Salary guide, May 2025

Director of Procurement pay, United States

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The median annual wage for Purchasing Managers in the United States was $148,080 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2025). The middle half of workers earned between $115,550 and $182,270.

Broader occupation · SOC 11-3061 Purchasing Managers

BLS measures this broader occupation across industries. It does not publish a separate wage for this manufacturing title.

Purchasing Managers in U.S.: median $148,080; published 25th to 75th percentile $115,550 to $182,270.

Annual wage percentiles, U.S.
10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
$92,490	$115,550	$148,080	$182,270	$223,280

Purchasing Managers in U.S.: median $71.19; published 25th to 75th percentile $55.55 to $87.63.

Hourly wage percentiles, U.S.
10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
$44.47	$55.55	$71.19	$87.63	$107.35

BLS estimated 84,320 workers employed in this occupation in the United States.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. SOC 11-3061 Purchasing Managers, U.S.. Official occupation data · Official area tables. Released 2026-05-15.

How does pay compare in the target metros?

Director of Procurement pay in target metros (May 2025)
Metro	Median	25th to 75th	Employment	Location quotient
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	$131,400	$96,590 to $169,870	1,230	0.8
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL	$139,430	$104,940 to $165,780	660	0.84
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL	$129,470	$95,060 to $172,310	570	0.74
Raleigh-Cary, NC	$139,050	$114,950 to $180,550	500	1.23
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$171,810	$140,240 to $217,340	7,370	1.43
Northern New Jersey within New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$171,810	$140,240 to $217,340	7,370	1.43
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$137,820	$108,900 to $170,240	3,400	1.55
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$155,080	$128,970 to $185,230	3,250	1.33

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What should you know about pay by manufacturing industry, United States?

Same BLS occupation, national estimates for each manufacturing industry (NAICS) BLS publishes, May 2025. Industry names are BLS labels. Nested NAICS rows overlap; they are not independent samples and must not be added together. Identical source rows repeated at different publication levels appear once.

Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (NAICS 324000)$171,000
Apparel Manufacturing (NAICS 315000)$160,250
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing (NAICS 334000)$156,980
Chemical Manufacturing (NAICS 325000)$153,270
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing (NAICS 312000)$145,010
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing (NAICS 336000)$142,320
Miscellaneous Manufacturing (NAICS 339000)$135,170
Food Manufacturing (NAICS 311000)$134,610
Primary Metal Manufacturing (NAICS 331000)$134,000
Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing (NAICS 327000)$132,760
Textile Mills (NAICS 313000)$131,720
Paper Manufacturing (NAICS 322000)$131,670
Machinery Manufacturing (NAICS 333000)$129,920
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing (NAICS 335000)$127,980
Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing (NAICS 326000)$126,020

Bars compare up to 15 non-overlapping 3-digit manufacturing subsectors with exact annual medians. More detailed scopes remain in the table, identified by code and publication level.

Director of Procurement (SOC 11-3061) by manufacturing industry, national, May 2025
NAICS / scope	Industry	Employment	25th	Median	75th
31-33 · sector	Manufacturing	20,100	$111,730	$136,610	$172,080
336000 · 3-digit	Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	4,510	$124,660	$142,320	$173,510
334000 · 3-digit	Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing	2,780	$125,730	$156,980	$184,520
333000 · 3-digit	Machinery Manufacturing	2,540	$106,350	$129,920	$169,780
336400 · 4-digit	Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing	2,540	$132,910	$163,780	$181,070
325000 · 3-digit	Chemical Manufacturing	2,200	$123,970	$153,270	$187,100
3330A1 · 4-digit	Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only)	1,950	$107,020	$130,650	$168,530
332000 · 3-digit	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing	1,540	$100,920	$125,450	$152,320
334500 · 4-digit	Navigational, Measuring, Electromedical, and Control Instruments Manufacturing	1,440	$126,700	$161,220	$179,140
311000 · 3-digit	Food Manufacturing	1,410	$107,200	$134,610	$172,280
335000 · 3-digit	Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing	1,050	$107,010	$127,980	$159,790
325400 · 4-digit	Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing	1,020	$129,760	$164,660	$209,620
339000 · 3-digit	Miscellaneous Manufacturing	1,010	$106,820	$135,170	$173,690
336300 · 4-digit	Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing	970	$110,230	$130,390	$160,670
3320A1 · 4-digit	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3321, 3322, 3325, 3326, and 3329 only)	870	$104,510	$127,160	$155,100
334400 · 4-digit	Semiconductor and Other Electronic Component Manufacturing	860	$124,040	$154,330	$191,300
3250A1 · 4-digit	Chemical Manufacturing (3251, 3252, 3253, and 3259 only)	820	$121,580	$150,090	$176,470
326000 · 3-digit	Plastics and Rubber Products Manufacturing	660	$103,940	$126,020	$161,910
339100 · 4-digit	Medical Equipment and Supplies Manufacturing	650	$125,790	$151,730	$178,830
326100 · 4-digit	Plastics Product Manufacturing	560	$103,380	$123,750	$164,500
322000 · 3-digit	Paper Manufacturing	530	$113,100	$131,670	$158,250
331000 · 3-digit	Primary Metal Manufacturing	500	$108,750	$134,000	$170,530
3320A2 · 4-digit	Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only)	450	$96,440	$121,720	$145,990
311900 · 4-digit	Other Food Manufacturing	400	$110,700	$137,320	$172,640
335300 · 4-digit	Electrical Equipment Manufacturing	400	$108,890	$128,410	$156,180
3250A2 · 4-digit	Chemical Manufacturing (3255 and 3256 only)	360	$115,100	$132,360	$166,670
339900 · 4-digit	Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing	360	$95,190	$115,250	$154,490
322100 · 4-digit	Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills	330	$111,230	$130,880	$157,310
335900 · 4-digit	Other Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing	320	$109,690	$132,730	$172,100
336200 · 4-digit	Motor Vehicle Body and Trailer Manufacturing	320	$96,580	$126,330	$157,070
337000 · 3-digit	Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing	320	$94,740	$109,210	$135,960
321000 · 3-digit	Wood Product Manufacturing	310	$84,930	$104,010	$128,250
336100 · 4-digit	Motor Vehicle Manufacturing	300	$114,960	$134,760	$164,260
3370A1 · 4-digit	Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing (3371 and 3372 only)	300	$93,840	$105,770	$131,770
334200 · 4-digit	Communications Equipment Manufacturing	260	$126,540	$149,430	$173,590
333300 · 4-digit	Commercial and Service Industry Machinery Manufacturing	250	$103,170	$122,510	$166,570
335200 · 4-digit	Household Appliance Manufacturing	250	$102,390	$112,630	$154,620
311600 · 4-digit	Animal Slaughtering and Processing	240	$92,990	$122,870	$164,910
311400 · 4-digit	Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing	210	$105,240	$132,480	$177,730
322200 · 4-digit	Converted Paper Product Manufacturing	200	$114,410	$137,290	$164,030
332700 · 4-digit	Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing	200	$94,260	$117,850	$148,080
333600 · 4-digit	Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing	180	$126,640	$171,300	$212,850
334100 · 4-digit	Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing	180	$134,860	$178,520	$219,720
336600 · 4-digit	Ship and Boat Building	180	$103,400	$125,730	$141,250
321900 · 4-digit	Other Wood Product Manufacturing	170	$80,390	$94,490	$114,180
327000 · 3-digit	Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing	170	$103,310	$132,760	$159,990
324000 · 3-digit	Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	150	$134,990	$171,000	$198,190
324100 · 4-digit	Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing	150	$134,990	$171,000	$198,190
333500 · 4-digit	Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing	150	$87,880	$112,170	$130,260
311500 · 4-digit	Dairy Product Manufacturing	140	$107,150	$135,180	$174,150
311800 · 4-digit	Bakeries and Tortilla Manufacturing	140	$106,680	$126,260	$153,410
331100 · 4-digit	Iron and Steel Mills and Ferroalloy Manufacturing	140	$109,790	$131,110	$184,250
312000 · 3-digit	Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing	130	$116,780	$145,010	$170,590
323000 · 3-digit	Printing and Related Support Activities	130	$86,800	$108,100	$130,930
323100 · 4-digit	Printing and Related Support Activities	130	$86,800	$108,100	$130,930
311300 · 4-digit	Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing	120	$130,920	$165,230	$184,760
312100 · 4-digit	Beverage Manufacturing	120	$112,710	$140,360	$169,110
331200 · 4-digit	Steel Product Manufacturing from Purchased Steel	120	$108,000	$137,690	$157,270
336500 · 4-digit	Railroad Rolling Stock Manufacturing	120	$100,450	$134,060	$157,130
326200 · 4-digit	Rubber Product Manufacturing	110	$119,460	$137,590	$157,890
332710 · 5-digit	Machine Shops	110	$89,990	$109,210	$135,050
332720 · 5-digit	Turned Product and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing	100	$101,080	$128,370	$155,350
331400 · 4-digit	Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Production and Processing	90	$122,220	$140,860	$189,420
311200 · 4-digit	Grain and Oilseed Milling	80	$129,070	$167,120	$229,960
331500 · 4-digit	Foundries	80	$99,840	$119,620	$154,310
335100 · 4-digit	Electric Lighting Equipment Manufacturing	80	$103,200	$140,340	$163,560
315000 · 3-digit	Apparel Manufacturing	70	$131,870	$160,250	$185,100
321100 · 4-digit	Sawmills and Wood Preservation	70	$99,760	$121,630	$134,300
331300 · 4-digit	Alumina and Aluminum Production and Processing	70	$117,930	$137,850	$172,100
336900 · 4-digit	Other Transportation Equipment Manufacturing	70	$111,520	$125,730	$146,240
311100 · 4-digit	Animal Food Manufacturing	60	$101,840	$140,780	$205,720
315200 · 4-digit	Cut and Sew Apparel Manufacturing	60	$141,010	$162,550	$190,410
321200 · 4-digit	Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing	60	$106,190	$128,960	$139,980
313000 · 3-digit	Textile Mills	50	$105,770	$131,720	$184,850
313200 · 4-digit	Fabric Mills	40	$97,230	$123,730	$177,540
334300 · 4-digit	Audio and Video Equipment Manufacturing	40	$86,260	$105,240	$159,030
314000 · 3-digit	Textile Product Mills	30	$84,070	$112,570	$131,520

What should you know about manufacturing pay mix?

For Director of Procurement, separate the guaranteed salary from any discretionary bonus or commission arrangement. OEWS measures straight-time gross wages, not pure base salary or total compensation. It includes base rate, guaranteed pay, commissions and production bonuses. It excludes overtime, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses and benefits.

An attendance bonus is not a production bonus; confirm its purpose and treatment rather than adding every bonus to the BLS figure. Skills-based pay steps affect the base rate when they are part of straight-time pay; BLS does not publish a separate rate for each plant's skill grade. Ask whether a tool allowance is expense reimbursement or wage pay. OEWS does not publish a separate tool-allowance component. Keep these items separate in the offer so the published wage is not mistaken for the whole package.

Pay mix here means how published medians for this one BLS occupation differ across manufacturing industries and against the all-industry median. It does not split pay into base, incentive or overtime. BLS wages are straight-time gross pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials and nonproduction bonuses.

What should you know about two BLS releases?

Director of Procurement in the United States, annual wages, May 2024 and May 2025
Release period	25th	Median	75th
May 2024	$107,430	$139,510	$175,460
May 2025	$115,550	$148,080	$182,270

These are two separate BLS estimates from different survey panels. The workers and employers behind them differ, so the gap is not like-for-like pay for the same workers and is not a growth rate. We show no percentage change.

Recruiter's read. Qualitative, not BLS data.

What should you know about a move that can hold up?

Someone working in procurement directors with direct-materials and manufacturing supplier responsibility needs a clear reason to leave. Explain how your opening changes their responsibility for procurement leaders and purchasing governance for manufacturing spend. If the answer depends on authority over procurement leaders and purchasing governance for manufacturing spend that you cannot offer, that mismatch belongs in the conversation before an offer.

What should you know about questions?

Wages for the OEWS survey are straight-time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay. Base rate; cost-of-living allowances; guaranteed pay; hazardous-duty pay; incentive pay, including commissions and production bonuses; and tips are included. Excluded are overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses, employer cost for supplementary benefits, and tuition reimbursements.

What is the median pay for a Director of Procurement?

The median annual wage for Purchasing Managers in the United States was $148,080 (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2025). The middle half of workers earned between $115,550 and $182,270. This is the broader occupation BLS publishes, not a figure for this exact title.

What does the 10th percentile mean here?

10% of workers in this occupation and area earned less than $92,490. 90% earned less than $223,280.

Does this include overtime or bonuses?

Is this the pay for a Director of Procurement at a plant?

BLS measures this broader occupation across industries. It does not publish a separate wage for this manufacturing title. These are occupation estimates across all industries, not an offer for a particular manufacturing title.

How many people work in this occupation?

BLS estimated 84,320 workers employed in this occupation in the United States.

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What does this data mean for your opening?

The Director of Procurement role falls within the broader SOC 11-3061 Purchasing Managers classification. BLS data captures this as an aggregate, lacking a separate category for manufacturing-specific procurement directors. For Director of Procurement in the United States, releases are separate survey estimates. The May 2025 median is $148,080; the May 2024 median is $139,510. Their arithmetic difference is $8,570.

They are not the same workers' raises and do not establish a pay trend or its cause. For Director of Procurement in the United States, OEWS measures straight-time gross wages, not pure base salary or total compensation. Commissions and production bonuses are included; overtime, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses and benefits are excluded. Effective directors in this space are evaluated on their ability to manage complex sourcing tradeoffs between supply continuity and commercial terms, rather than daily purchasing.

With a P25 to P75 middle band width of $66,720, the compensation for purchasing managers varies based on the scope and organizational impact. The two metros with the highest occupation employment are New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, with a median of $171,810, and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV, with a median of $172,150. Location quotients of 1.43 and 2.46 show high occupational concentration in these regions. These metrics demonstrate where the workforce is clustered, which does not necessarily define the pay expectations for an experienced manufacturing procurement leader.

National industry-specific rows provide valuable context for manufacturing sectors. Computer and Peripheral Equipment Manufacturing lists a median of $178,520, while Engine, Turbine, and Power Transmission Equipment Manufacturing reports $171,300. Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing follows with $171,000. These figures are exclusively national and reflect higher pay bands than the overall occupation median. The BLS does not distinguish between a procurement manager for a single site and a director managing global commodities. Consequently, hiring managers should use the upper percentiles and industry-specific medians when scoping a director-level mandate.

Which pay questions should you settle before hiring?

Why does the industry median differ from the occupation median?

Industry medians represent specialized sectors where procurement often requires deeper technical and commodity expertise. The $178,520 median for computer equipment is national and specific to that industry classification.

How should managers interpret the P90 figures?

The P90 national figure of $223,280 represents the upper tier of purchasing management within the broad SOC code. This level likely corresponds to director-level positions with broad strategic scope.

Do these figures include benefits?

For Director of Procurement in the United States, OEWS measures straight-time gross wages, not pure base salary or total compensation. Commissions and production bonuses are included; overtime, shift differentials, nonproduction bonuses and benefits are excluded.