Purchasing Assistant Salary in Maine

How much does a Purchasing Assistant make in Maine?

As of May 18, 2021, the average salary for a Purchasing Assistant in Maine is $67,552 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $32.

However, a Purchasing Assistant's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $86,074
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $59,088 to $77,247
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $51,383

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Purchasing Assistant Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$77,247	$6,437	$1,486	$37
Average	$67,552	$5,629	$1,299	$32
25th Percentile	$59,088	$4,924	$1,136	$28

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Key Factors That Influence Purchasing Assistant Salaries

A Purchasing Assistant's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Purchasing Assistant Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Purchasing Assistant's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $51,603
Early Career (1-2 years): $59,219
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $66,355
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $84,673
Expert (over 8 years): $96,902

Levels	Salary
Purchasin... Level Purchasing Assistant	$51,603
Purchasin... Level Purchasing Assistant	$59,219
Purchasin... Level Purchasing Assistant	$66,355
Purchasin... Level Purchasing Assistant	$84,673
Purchasin... Level Purchasing Assistant	$96,902

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How Do Purchasing Assistant Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Purchasing Assistants. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $76,869.
California: $76,577.
Massachusetts: $75,557.

District of Columbia $76,869 California $76,577 Massachusetts $75,557 Washington $75,279 New Jersey $75,251 Alaska $75,154 Connecticut $74,196 New York $73,807

Hawaii $72,565 Rhode Island $71,981 Maryland $71,586 Minnesota $71,044 Colorado $70,836 Illinois $70,766 Oregon $70,503 Delaware $70,308

New Hampshire $70,186 Virginia $69,912 Pennsylvania $69,114 Nevada $68,711 North Dakota $68,580 Michigan $68,371 Wisconsin $68,295 Vermont $68,142

Texas $67,719 Maine $67,691 Arizona $67,649 Ohio $67,601 Georgia $66,962 Indiana $66,643 Wyoming $66,580 Utah $66,483

Iowa $66,441 Kansas $66,108 Louisiana $66,011 North Carolina $65,976 Missouri $65,962 Florida $65,691 Montana $65,546 Nebraska $65,407

Kentucky $65,330 South Carolina $65,053 Tennessee $64,879 Idaho $64,810 New Mexico $64,303 Oklahoma $64,192 Alabama $63,782 South Dakota $63,095

Arkansas $62,720 West Virginia $62,519 Mississippi $61,915

Top Paying Cities for Purchasing Assistants

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Freedom: $65,809
Harmony: $65,809
Hartland: $65,809

Freedom, ME $65,809 Harmony, ME $65,809 Hartland, ME $65,809 Hinckley, ME $65,809 Jackman, ME $65,809 Kingfield, ME $65,809 Liberty, ME $65,809 Madison, ME $65,809

Monroe, ME $66,087 Morrill, ME $65,809 Newport, ME $65,948 New Portland, ME $65,809 New Sharon, ME $65,809 New Vineyard, ME $65,809 Norridgewock, ME $65,809 North Anson, ME $65,809

North Vassalboro, ME $65,809 Oakland, ME $65,809 Oquossoc, ME $67,496 Palmyra, ME $65,809 Phillips, ME $67,496 Pittsfield, ME $65,809 Plymouth, ME $65,997 Rangeley, ME $67,496

Portland, ME $69,885 Falmouth, ME $69,885 South Portland, ME $69,885 Cape Elizabeth, ME $69,885 Peaks Island, ME $69,885 Cumberland Foreside, ME $69,885 Auburn, ME $69,190 Andover, ME $69,190

Bethel, ME $69,190 Bryant Pond, ME $69,190 Buckfield, ME $69,190 Canton, ME $69,190 Durham, ME $69,468 Danville, ME $69,190 Dixfield, ME $69,190 Dryden, ME $69,190

East Andover, ME $69,190 East Dixfield, ME $69,190 East Livermore, ME $69,190 East Poland, ME $69,190 Stoneham, ME $69,190 East Wilton, ME $67,496 Greene, ME $69,190 Hanover, ME $69,190

Hebron, ME $69,190 Jay, ME $69,190 Lewiston, ME $69,190 Lisbon, ME $69,190 Lisbon Falls, ME $69,190 Livermore, ME $69,190 Livermore Falls, ME $69,190 Greenwood, ME $69,190

Mechanic Falls, ME $69,190 Mexico, ME $69,190 Minot, ME $69,190 Monmouth, ME $69,190 New Gloucester, ME $69,378 Newry, ME $69,190 North Jay, ME $69,190 Leeds, ME $69,190

North Monmouth, ME $69,190 North Turner, ME $69,190 North Waterford, ME $69,190 Norway, ME $69,190 Oxford, ME $69,190 Paris, ME $69,190 Poland, ME $69,190 Roxbury, ME $69,190

Rumford, ME $69,190 Sabattus, ME $69,190 South Paris, ME $69,190 Turner, ME $69,190 Wayne, ME $69,190 Weld, ME $69,190 West Bethel, ME $69,190 Bowdoin, ME $69,190

West Minot, ME $69,190 West Paris, ME $69,190 Peru, ME $69,190 West Poland, ME $69,190 Sumner, ME $69,190 Wilton, ME $69,190 Augusta, ME $67,496 Coopers Mills, ME $67,496

Dresden, ME $69,190 East Winthrop, ME $69,190 Farmingdale, ME $69,190 Gardiner, ME $69,190 Randolph, ME $69,190 Hallowell, ME $69,190 Jefferson, ME $67,496 Kents Hill, ME $69,190

Litchfield, ME $69,190 Manchester, ME $69,190 Mount Vernon, ME $67,496 Whitefield, ME $69,190 Palermo, ME $65,809 Sebasco Estates, ME $69,329 Readfield, ME $69,190 Saint Albans, ME $65,809

South Bristol, ME $69,190 Squirrel Island, ME $69,190 Trevett, ME $69,190 Waldoboro, ME $69,190 Walpole, ME $69,190 Washington, ME $65,809 West Boothbay Harbor, ME $69,190 Southport, ME $69,190

Wiscasset, ME $69,190 Woolwich, ME $69,190 Ellsworth, ME $65,858 Addison, ME $65,809 Gouldsboro, ME $65,809 Bar Harbor, ME $65,809 Beals, ME $65,809 Bernard, ME $65,809

Birch Harbor, ME $65,809 Blue Hill, ME $65,809 Brooklin, ME $65,809 Brooksville, ME $65,809 Calais, ME $65,809 Cherryfield, ME $65,809 Columbia Falls, ME $65,809 Corea, ME $65,809

Cranberry Isles, ME $65,809 Cutler, ME $65,809 Deer Isle, ME $65,809 Dennysville, ME $65,809 East Blue Hill, ME $65,809 East Machias, ME $65,809 Eastport, ME $65,809 Franklin, ME $65,809

Frenchboro, ME $65,809 Grand Lake Stream, ME $65,809 Hancock, ME $65,809 Harborside, ME $65,809 Harrington, ME $65,809 Hulls Cove, ME $65,809 Isle Au Haut, ME $65,809 Islesford, ME $65,809

Jonesboro, ME $65,809 Jonesport, ME $65,809 Little Deer Isle, ME $65,809 Lubec, ME $65,809 Bass Harbor, ME $65,809 Machias, ME $65,809 Machiasport, ME $65,809 Meddybemps, ME $65,809

Milbridge, ME $65,809 Mount Desert, ME $65,809 Northeast Harbor, ME $65,809 Sullivan, ME $65,809 Pembroke, ME $65,809 Perry, ME $65,809 Princeton, ME $65,809 Prospect Harbor, ME $65,809

Robbinston, ME $65,809 Salsbury Cove, ME $65,809 Sargentville, ME $65,809 Seal Cove, ME $65,809 Seal Harbor, ME $65,809 Sedgwick, ME $65,809 Sorrento, ME $65,809 Southwest Harbor, ME $65,809

Steuben, ME $65,809 Stonington, ME $65,809 Sunset, ME $65,809 Surry, ME $65,809 Swans Island, ME $65,809 Wesley, ME $65,809 Whiting, ME $65,809 Winter Harbor, ME $65,809

Baileyville, ME $65,809 Houlton, ME $65,809 Ashland, ME $65,809 Benedicta, ME $65,809 Blaine, ME $65,809 Bridgewater, ME $65,809 Caribou, ME $65,809 Clayton Lake, ME $65,809

Crouseville, ME $65,809 Eagle Lake, ME $65,809 Easton, ME $65,809 Estcourt Station, ME $65,809 Fort Fairfield, ME $65,809 Fort Kent, ME $65,809 Fort Kent Mills, ME $65,809 Frenchville, ME $65,809

Grand Isle, ME $65,809 Island Falls, ME $65,809 Limestone, ME $65,809 Madawaska, ME $65,809 Mapleton, ME $65,809 Richmond, ME $69,190 South China, ME $65,809 South Gardiner, ME $69,190

Vienna, ME $67,496 Windsor, ME $67,496 Winthrop, ME $69,190 Bangor, ME $66,504 Abbot, ME $65,809 Aurora, ME $65,858 Bradford, ME $66,226 Bradley, ME $66,504

Brewer, ME $66,504 Brookton, ME $65,809 Brownville, ME $65,809 Brownville Junction, ME $65,809 Bucksport, ME $66,177 Burlington, ME $65,809 Greenbush, ME $66,087 Carmel, ME $66,365

Castine, ME $65,809 Charleston, ME $66,038 Danforth, ME $65,809 Dover Foxcroft, ME $65,809 Corinth, ME $66,365 Eddington, ME $66,504 Holden, ME $66,504 East Millinocket, ME $65,809

East Orland, ME $66,038 Etna, ME $66,275 Exeter, ME $66,136 Frankfort, ME $66,136 Greenville, ME $65,809 Greenville Junction, ME $65,809 Guilford, ME $65,809 Hampden, ME $66,504

Howland, ME $65,809 Hudson, ME $66,455 Kenduskeag, ME $66,504 Kingman, ME $65,809 Lagrange, ME $65,948 Lambert Lake, ME $65,809 Lee, ME $65,809 Levant, ME $66,504

Lincoln, ME $65,809 Mattawamkeag, ME $65,809 Medway, ME $65,809 Milford, ME $66,504 Millinocket, ME $65,809 Milo, ME $65,809 Monson, ME $65,809 Olamon, ME $65,997

Old Town, ME $66,504 Orono, ME $66,504 Orient, ME $65,809 Orland, ME $66,038 Orrington, ME $66,504 Passadumkeag, ME $65,809 Penobscot, ME $65,809 Rockwood, ME $65,809

Sangerville, ME $65,809 Sebec, ME $65,809 Shirley Mills, ME $65,809 Springfield, ME $65,809 Stetson, ME $66,177 Stillwater, ME $66,413 Topsfield, ME $65,809 Vanceboro, ME $65,809

Waite, ME $65,809 West Enfield, ME $65,809 Winn, ME $65,809 Winterport, ME $66,316 Wytopitlock, ME $65,809 Bath, ME $69,190 Alna, ME $69,190 Boothbay, ME $69,190

Boothbay Harbor, ME $69,190 Bristol, ME $69,190 Chamberlain, ME $69,190 Damariscotta, ME $69,190 East Boothbay, ME $69,190 Friendship, ME $69,190 Georgetown, ME $69,190 Isle Of Springs, ME $69,190

Bremen, ME $69,190 Newcastle, ME $69,190 New Harbor, ME $69,190 Nobleboro, ME $69,190 Edgecomb, ME $69,190 Pemaquid, ME $69,190 Phippsburg, ME $69,190 Cushing, ME $69,190

Round Pond, ME $69,190 Sandy Point, ME $65,900 Searsmont, ME $65,809 Searsport, ME $65,809 Shawmut, ME $65,809 Skowhegan, ME $65,809 Smithfield, ME $65,809 Solon, ME $65,809

Stockton Springs, ME $65,809 Stratton, ME $65,809 Strong, ME $65,809 Temple, ME $67,496 West Forks, ME $65,809 Thorndike, ME $65,809 Troy, ME $65,809 Unity, ME $65,809

Vassalboro, ME $65,809 West Farmington, ME $67,496 Berwick, ME $72,967 Cape Neddick, ME $73,064 Eliot, ME $73,127 Kittery, ME $73,127 Kittery Point, ME $73,127 North Berwick, ME $72,898

Ogunquit, ME $72,933 South Berwick, ME $73,064 York, ME $73,127 York Beach, ME $73,127 York Harbor, ME $73,127 Acton, ME $70,100 Alfred, ME $70,412 Bailey Island, ME $69,697

Bar Mills, ME $69,697 Biddeford, ME $69,558 Biddeford Pool, ME $69,607 Bowdoinham, ME $69,190 Bridgton, ME $69,190 Brownfield, ME $69,190 Brunswick, ME $69,281 Bustins Island, ME $69,746

Cape Porpoise, ME $70,787 Casco, ME $69,190 Center Lovell, ME $69,190 Chebeague Island, ME $69,885 Cliff Island, ME $69,885 Cornish, ME $69,190 Cumberland Center, ME $69,885 Denmark, ME $69,190

East Baldwin, ME $69,190 Lebanon, ME $70,537 East Parsonsfield, ME $69,482 Sebago, ME $69,190 East Waterboro, ME $70,211 Freeport, ME $69,656 Fryeburg, ME $69,190 Gorham, ME $69,885

Gray, ME $69,607 Harrison, ME $69,190 Hiram, ME $69,190 Hollis Center, ME $69,517 Kennebunk, ME $70,905 Kennebunkport, ME $70,871 Parsonsfield, ME $69,482 Limerick, ME $69,808

Limington, ME $69,621 Long Island, ME $69,885 Lovell, ME $69,190 Moody, ME $72,835 Naples, ME $69,190 Newfield, ME $69,919 North Bridgton, ME $69,190 North Waterboro, ME $70,065

Windham, ME $69,836 Ocean Park, ME $69,794 Old Orchard Beach, ME $69,836 Orrs Island, ME $69,558 Porter, ME $69,045 Pownal, ME $69,607 Scarborough, ME $69,885 Raymond, ME $69,420

Saco, ME $69,746 Sanford, ME $70,454 Sebago Lake, ME $69,281 Shapleigh, ME $70,128 South Casco, ME $69,468 South Freeport, ME $69,607 Harpswell, ME $69,558 South Windham, ME $69,885

Springvale, ME $70,378 Standish, ME $69,656 Steep Falls, ME $69,420 Topsham, ME $69,190 Waterboro, ME $70,308 Waterford, ME $69,190 Wells, ME $71,079 West Baldwin, ME $69,190

Westbrook, ME $69,885 Buxton, ME $69,558 West Kennebunk, ME $70,655 West Newfield, ME $69,760 Yarmouth, ME $69,885 North Yarmouth, ME $69,746 Mars Hill, ME $65,809 Monticello, ME $65,809

New Limerick, ME $65,809 New Sweden, ME $65,809 Oakfield, ME $65,809 Oxbow, ME $65,809 Patten, ME $65,809 Perham, ME $65,809 Portage, ME $65,809 Presque Isle, ME $65,809

Saint Agatha, ME $65,809 Saint David, ME $65,809 Saint Francis, ME $65,809 Sheridan, ME $65,809 Sherman, ME $65,809 Stacyville, ME $65,809 Sinclair, ME $65,809 Smyrna Mills, ME $65,809

Wallagrass, ME $65,809 Stockholm, ME $65,809 Van Buren, ME $65,809 Washburn, ME $65,809 Westfield, ME $65,809 Rockland, ME $65,809 Camden, ME $65,809 Glen Cove, ME $65,809

Hope, ME $65,809 Islesboro, ME $65,809 Lincolnville, ME $65,809 Lincolnville Center, ME $65,809 Matinicus, ME $67,496 Monhegan, ME $69,190 North Haven, ME $65,809 Owls Head, ME $65,809

Port Clyde, ME $69,190 Rockport, ME $65,809 South Thomaston, ME $65,809 Spruce Head, ME $67,496 Tenants Harbor, ME $69,190 Thomaston, ME $67,496 Union, ME $65,809 Vinalhaven, ME $65,809

Warren, ME $67,496 West Rockport, ME $65,809 Waterville, ME $65,809 Albion, ME $65,809 Anson, ME $65,809 Athens, ME $65,809 Belfast, ME $65,809 Belgrade, ME $67,496

Belgrade Lakes, ME $65,809 Bingham, ME $65,809 Brooks, ME $65,809 Burnham, ME $65,809 Cambridge, ME $65,809 Canaan, ME $65,809 Caratunk, ME $65,809 China Village, ME $65,809

Clinton, ME $65,809 Corinna, ME $65,900 Detroit, ME $65,858 Dexter, ME $65,809 Dixmont, ME $65,997 East Newport, ME $66,038 East Vassalboro, ME $65,809 Eustis, ME $65,809

Fairfield, ME $65,809 Farmington, ME $67,496 Garland, ME $65,997 Farmington Falls, ME $67,496

Purchasing Assistant Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Purchasing Assistant's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on May 18, 2021

$59,088

Average $67,552/year

$77,247

$4,924

Average $5,629/month

$6,437

$1,136

Average $1,299/week

$1,486

$28

Average $32/hour

$37

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$77,247	$6,437	$1,486	$37
Average	$67,552	$5,629	$1,299	$32
25th Percentile	$59,088	$4,924	$1,136	$28

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