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Purchasing
Buyer
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Key facts
+6%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesEmployment in this job is holding up or growing in the United States, but it is highly exposed to AI. AI exposure: low according to the ILO, very high according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +6% (BLS). Working well with AI is becoming an asset.
The job
Selects suppliers, negotiates prices and lead times, and secures a company's supplies.
92 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
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- assistant production buyer
- assistant purchase planner
- assistant purchaser
- assistant supply chain planner
- buyer
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- buying agent
- buying manager
- coffee buyer
- company buyer
- costume and composite effects buyer
- costume buyer
- costume purchaser
- costumes buyer
- demand and inventory planner
- demand planner
- fabric purchasing manager
- graduate buyer planner
- graduate purchase planner
- graduate purchaser
- graduate supply chain planner
- green coffee acquisition specialist
- green coffee buyer
- green coffee procurement specialist
- green coffee purchaser
- ICT buyer
- ICT buyers
- ICT procurement officer
- ICT procurer
- ICT purchaser
- IT buyer
- IT procurement officer
- lumber merchant
- material planner
- procurement agent
- procurement and supply agent
- procurement and supply manager
- procurement and supply officer
- procurement manager
- procurement officer
- procurement planner
- procurer
- production buyer
- property buyer
- purchase administrator
- purchase planner
- purchase planning office manager
- purchase planning office worker
- purchaser
- purchasing office clerk
- purchasing agent
- purchasing and supply agent
- purchasing and supply assistant
- purchasing and supply manager
- purchasing and supply office administrator
- purchasing and supply office clerk
- purchasing and supply office worker
- purchasing and supply officer
- purchasing assistant
- purchasing coordinator
- purchasing manager
- purchasing office administrator
- purchasing office worker
- purchasing officer
- purchasing team leader
- purchasing team worker
- senior buyer
- senior buyer planner
- senior purchase planner
- senior purchaser
- senior supply chain planner
- set buyer
- set decoration buyer
- supply agent
- supply manager
- supply officer
- textile merchandise manager
- textile merchandiser
- textile purchasing manager
- textile sourcer merchandiser
- textile sourcing merchandiser
- textile sourcing specialist
- timber merchant
- timber seller
- timber trader
- trader of timber
- trainee buyer planner
- trainee purchase planner
- trainee purchaser
- trainee supply chain planner
- wood merchant
Training
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Gauges
Risk 4/5 · High
AI exposureVery highBLS AI exposure category "very high" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (low)
Employment outlookGrowthBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Buyers and purchasing agents)
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayHighBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $77,710
EntryLongBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.