Purchasing Associate Salary in Louisiana

How much does a Purchasing Associate make in Louisiana?

As of May 18, 2021, the average salary for a Purchasing Associate in Louisiana is $51,060 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $25.

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

Top Earners (90th percentile): $61,417
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $45,526 to $56,481
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $40,488

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Purchasing Associate Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$56,481	$4,707	$1,086	$27
Average	$51,060	$4,255	$982	$25
25th Percentile	$45,526	$3,794	$876	$22

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Key Factors That Influence Purchasing Associate Salaries

A Purchasing Associate'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 Associate Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Purchasing Associate'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): $45,370
Early Career (1-2 years): $50,829
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $58,331
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $65,359
Expert (over 8 years): $83,402

Levels	Salary
Purchasin... Level Purchasing Associate	$45,370
Purchasin... Level Purchasing Associate	$50,829
Purchasin... Level Purchasing Associate	$58,331
Purchasin... Level Purchasing Associate	$65,359
Purchasin... Level Purchasing Associate	$83,402

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How Do Purchasing Associate 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 Associates. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $59,447.
California: $59,221.
Massachusetts: $58,432.

District of Columbia $59,447 California $59,221 Massachusetts $58,432 Washington $58,217 New Jersey $58,196 Alaska $58,121 Connecticut $57,380 New York $57,079

Hawaii $56,118 Rhode Island $55,667 Maryland $55,361 Minnesota $54,942 Colorado $54,781 Illinois $54,727 Oregon $54,523 Delaware $54,373

New Hampshire $54,279 Virginia $54,067 Pennsylvania $53,450 Nevada $53,138 North Dakota $53,036 Michigan $52,875 Wisconsin $52,816 Vermont $52,698

Texas $52,370 Maine $52,349 Arizona $52,317 Ohio $52,279 Georgia $51,785 Indiana $51,538 Wyoming $51,490 Utah $51,415

Iowa $51,382 Kansas $51,125 Louisiana $51,050 North Carolina $51,023 Missouri $51,012 Florida $50,803 Montana $50,690 Nebraska $50,582

Kentucky $50,523 South Carolina $50,309 Tennessee $50,174 Idaho $50,121 New Mexico $49,729 Oklahoma $49,643 Alabama $49,326 South Dakota $48,795

Arkansas $48,505 West Virginia $48,349 Mississippi $47,882

Top Paying Cities for Purchasing Associates

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:

Moreauville: $46,604
Morrow: $47,275
Newellton: $47,302

Moreauville, LA $46,604 Morrow, LA $47,275 Newellton, LA $47,302 Palmetto, LA $48,478 Pineville, LA $47,033 Plaucheville, LA $46,604 Rhinehart, LA $46,604 Ruby, LA $46,974

Saint Joseph, LA $47,350 Saint Landry, LA $46,674 Sicily Island, LA $47,350 Simmesport, LA $46,604 Trout, LA $46,604 Vidalia, LA $46,604 Waterproof, LA $46,974 Wildsville, LA $46,604

Wisner, LA $47,350 Aimwell, LA $46,604 Anacoco, LA $46,604 Atlanta, LA $46,604 Ball, LA $47,033 Belmont, LA $48,827 Bentley, LA $46,862 Boyce, LA $46,835

Calvin, LA $46,974 Campti, LA $47,715 Clarence, LA $46,604 Clarks, LA $47,350 Cloutierville, LA $46,604 Colfax, LA $46,631 Columbia, LA $47,350 Converse, LA $48,827

Dodson, LA $47,350 Dry Prong, LA $46,690 Elmer, LA $46,862 Enterprise, LA $47,350 Fisher, LA $46,604 Flatwoods, LA $46,604 Flora, LA $46,604 Florien, LA $46,604

Forest Hill, LA $46,862 Gardner, LA $46,862 Georgetown, LA $46,604 Glenmora, LA $46,663 Gorum, LA $46,604 Grayson, LA $47,350 Hineston, LA $46,690 Hornbeck, LA $46,604

Joyce, LA $46,829 Kelly, LA $47,350 Kurthwood, LA $46,604 Leesville, LA $46,604 Springfield, LA $50,631 Sun, LA $48,735 Talisheek, LA $49,675 Tangipahoa, LA $50,566

Tickfaw, LA $50,566 Varnado, LA $46,915 Lafayette, LA $48,526 Arcadia, LA $47,941 Ashland, LA $48,827 Athens, LA $48,827 Belcher, LA $49,025 Benton, LA $49,170

Bethany, LA $49,058 Bienville, LA $48,827 Blanchard, LA $49,256 Castor, LA $48,827 Cotton Valley, LA $48,827 Coushatta, LA $48,827 Cullen, LA $48,827 Doyline, LA $48,972

Dubberly, LA $48,827 Frierson, LA $48,972 Gibsland, LA $48,827 Gilliam, LA $48,913 Gloster, LA $48,913 Goldonna, LA $47,592 Grand Cane, LA $48,827 Greenwood, LA $49,143

Hall Summit, LA $48,827 Haughton, LA $49,111 Haynesville, LA $48,827 Heflin, LA $48,827 Homer, LA $48,827 Hosston, LA $48,827 Ida, LA $48,827 Jamestown, LA $48,827

Keatchie, LA $48,827 Keithville, LA $49,025 Lisbon, LA $47,350 Logansport, LA $48,827 Longstreet, LA $48,827 Elm Grove, LA $48,999 Mansfield, LA $48,827 Minden, LA $48,827

Mooringsport, LA $49,058 Oil City, LA $48,907 Pelican, LA $48,827 Plain Dealing, LA $48,827 Pleasant Hill, LA $48,827 Powhatan, LA $48,827 Princeton, LA $49,058 Ringgold, LA $48,827

Rodessa, LA $48,827 Saline, LA $48,086 Sarepta, LA $48,827 Shongaloo, LA $48,827 Sibley, LA $48,827 Springhill, LA $48,827 Stonewall, LA $49,058 Vivian, LA $48,827

Ruston, LA $47,350 Simsboro, LA $47,350 Prairieville, LA $50,824 Lacassine, LA $49,557 Leblanc, LA $49,326 Longville, LA $49,299 Merryville, LA $49,299 Mittie, LA $49,106

Oberlin, LA $49,299 Pitkin, LA $46,604 Ragley, LA $49,444 Reeves, LA $49,385 Rosepine, LA $49,299 Singer, LA $49,299 Starks, LA $50,298 Sugartown, LA $48,317

Sulphur, LA $49,729 Vinton, LA $50,228 Westlake, LA $49,729 Baker, LA $50,996 Denham Springs, LA $50,883 Gonzales, LA $50,625 Addis, LA $50,996 Albany, LA $50,566

Angola, LA $50,566 Batchelor, LA $50,035 Brittany, LA $50,625 Brusly, LA $50,996 Carville, LA $50,797 Clinton, LA $50,566 Convent, LA $50,615 Darrow, LA $50,566

Duplessis, LA $50,738 Erwinville, LA $50,883 Ethel, LA $50,566 Fordoche, LA $49,552 French Settlement, LA $50,566 Geismar, LA $50,765 Glynn, LA $50,851 Burnside, LA $50,679

Greenwell Springs, LA $50,937 Grosse Tete, LA $50,851 Hester, LA $50,647 Holden, LA $50,566 Innis, LA $50,072 Jackson, LA $50,566 Jarreau, LA $50,765 Krotz Springs, LA $49,063

Lakeland, LA $50,824 Lettsworth, LA $49,433 Livingston, LA $50,566 Livonia, LA $49,723 Lottie, LA $49,423 Maringouin, LA $50,711 Morganza, LA $49,836 New Roads, LA $50,298

Norwood, LA $50,566 Oscar, LA $50,738 Paulina, LA $50,625 Plaquemine, LA $50,937 Port Allen, LA $50,996 Hahnville, LA $50,856 Harvey, LA $51,173 Kenner, LA $51,146

Lafitte, LA $50,942 La Place, LA $50,738 Luling, LA $50,974 Lutcher, LA $50,652 Marrero, LA $51,173 Meraux, LA $51,173 Mount Airy, LA $50,684 New Sarpy, LA $50,915

Norco, LA $50,888 Paradis, LA $50,803 Pilottown, LA $50,743 Pointe A La Hache, LA $50,743 Port Sulphur, LA $50,743 Reserve, LA $50,711 Saint Bernard, LA $49,423 Saint James, LA $50,588

Saint Rose, LA $51,060 Vacherie, LA $50,684 Venice, LA $50,743 Violet, LA $51,146 Westwego, LA $51,173 New Orleans, LA $51,173 Sondheimer, LA $47,297 Summerfield, LA $47,350

Taylor, LA $48,827 Lena, LA $46,604 Pride, LA $50,679 Rosedale, LA $50,824 Rougon, LA $50,851 Saint Amant, LA $50,593 Saint Francisville, LA $50,566 Saint Gabriel, LA $50,883

Slaughter, LA $50,765 Sorrento, LA $50,566 Sunshine, LA $50,969 Tunica, LA $50,566 Ventress, LA $50,711 Wakefield, LA $50,566 Walker, LA $50,711 Watson, LA $50,824

Weyanoke, LA $50,566 White Castle, LA $50,711 Wilson, LA $50,566 Zachary, LA $50,851 Uncle Sam, LA $50,631 Baton Rouge, LA $50,996 Shreveport, LA $49,256 Barksdale Afb, LA $49,256

Bossier City, LA $49,256 Monroe, LA $47,780 Archibald, LA $47,350 Baskin, LA $47,350 Bastrop, LA $47,463 Bernice, LA $47,350 Bonita, LA $47,329 Calhoun, LA $47,667

Chatham, LA $47,350 Choudrant, LA $47,409 Collinston, LA $47,581 Crowville, LA $47,350 Delhi, LA $47,350 Delta, LA $47,254 Downsville, LA $47,522 Dubach, LA $47,350

Epps, LA $47,350 Eros, LA $47,463 Fairbanks, LA $47,780 Farmerville, LA $47,377 Forest, LA $47,291 Abbeville, LA $48,241 Arnaudville, LA $48,467 Avery Island, LA $48,123

Baldwin, LA $48,478 Basile, LA $48,671 Branch, LA $48,327 Breaux Bridge, LA $48,526 Broussard, LA $48,526 Cade, LA $48,467 Carencro, LA $48,526 Cecilia, LA $48,467

Centerville, LA $48,097 Charenton, LA $48,714 Chataignier, LA $48,027 Church Point, LA $48,327 Crowley, LA $48,220 Delcambre, LA $48,241 Duson, LA $48,499 Egan, LA $48,440

Elton, LA $48,956 Erath, LA $48,241 Estherwood, LA $48,343 Eunice, LA $48,097 Evangeline, LA $48,633 Franklin, LA $48,370 Garden City, LA $48,097 Grand Coteau, LA $48,467

Gueydan, LA $48,408 Iota, LA $48,408 Jeanerette, LA $48,419 Jennings, LA $48,827 Kaplan, LA $48,156 Lake Arthur, LA $48,880 Lawtell, LA $48,182 Leonville, LA $48,354

Loreauville, LA $48,671 Mamou, LA $47,624 Maurice, LA $48,467 Mermentau, LA $48,655 Milton, LA $48,526 Morse, LA $48,408 New Iberia, LA $48,241 Lydia, LA $48,097

Opelousas, LA $48,241 Perry, LA $48,123 Pine Prairie, LA $46,958 Port Barre, LA $48,478 Rayne, LA $48,381 Reddell, LA $47,425 Roanoke, LA $49,052 Saint Martinville, LA $48,440

Scott, LA $48,526 Sunset, LA $48,467 Turkey Creek, LA $46,604 Ville Platte, LA $47,511 Washington, LA $48,097 Welsh, LA $49,267 Youngsville, LA $48,526 Lake Charles, LA $49,729

Metairie, LA $51,173 Des Allemands, LA $50,743 Ama, LA $51,060 Arabi, LA $51,173 Barataria, LA $51,001 Belle Chasse, LA $51,173 Boothville, LA $50,743 Boutte, LA $50,915

Braithwaite, LA $50,743 Buras, LA $50,743 Chalmette, LA $51,173 Destrehan, LA $50,974 Edgard, LA $50,727 Empire, LA $50,743 Garyville, LA $50,690 Gramercy, LA $50,663

Gretna, LA $51,173 Bell City, LA $49,557 Cameron, LA $49,713 Creole, LA $49,353 Dequincy, LA $49,557 Deridder, LA $49,299 Dry Creek, LA $49,299 Elizabeth, LA $46,604

Evans, LA $49,299 Fenton, LA $49,471 Grand Chenier, LA $49,299 Grant, LA $48,472 Hackberry, LA $50,051 Hayes, LA $49,471 Iowa, LA $49,702 Kinder, LA $49,299

Thibodaux, LA $50,743 Pierre Part, LA $50,566 Amelia, LA $50,566 Belle Rose, LA $50,566 Berwick, LA $50,566 Bourg, LA $50,743 Chauvin, LA $50,743 Cut Off, LA $50,743

Donaldsonville, LA $50,566 Donner, LA $50,652 Dulac, LA $50,743 Galliano, LA $50,743 Gheens, LA $50,743 Gibson, LA $50,652 Golden Meadow, LA $50,743 Grand Isle, LA $50,743

Gray, LA $50,743 Houma, LA $50,743 Kraemer, LA $50,743 Labadieville, LA $50,566 Larose, LA $50,743 Lockport, LA $50,743 Mathews, LA $50,743 Montegut, LA $50,743

Morgan City, LA $50,566 Napoleonville, LA $50,566 Paincourtville, LA $50,566 Patterson, LA $49,331 Plattenville, LA $50,566 Raceland, LA $50,743 Schriever, LA $50,743 Theriot, LA $50,743

Hammond, LA $50,641 Abita Springs, LA $50,743 Akers, LA $50,711 Amite, LA $50,566 Angie, LA $46,915 Bogalusa, LA $46,915 Bush, LA $50,743 Covington, LA $50,743

Fluker, LA $50,566 Folsom, LA $50,743 Franklinton, LA $50,652 Greensburg, LA $50,566 Husser, LA $50,652 Independence, LA $50,566 Kentwood, LA $50,566 Lacombe, LA $50,743

Loranger, LA $50,743 Madisonville, LA $50,743 Mandeville, LA $50,743 Maurepas, LA $50,631 Mount Hermon, LA $50,652 Natalbany, LA $50,604 Pearl River, LA $48,719 Pine Grove, LA $50,566

Ponchatoula, LA $50,674 Robert, LA $50,743 Roseland, LA $50,566 Saint Benedict, LA $50,743 Slidell, LA $49,417 Spearsville, LA $47,350 Start, LA $47,667 Sterlington, LA $47,721

Swartz, LA $47,780 Tallulah, LA $47,302 Transylvania, LA $47,248 West Monroe, LA $47,780 Winnsboro, LA $47,350 Alexandria, LA $47,033 Acme, LA $46,604 Bordelonville, LA $46,604

Bunkie, LA $46,604 Center Point, LA $46,921 Chase, LA $47,350 Cheneyville, LA $46,776 Clayton, LA $46,974 Cottonport, LA $46,604 Deville, LA $46,862 Dupont, LA $46,803

Echo, LA $46,888 Effie, LA $46,862 Evergreen, LA $46,604 Ferriday, LA $46,604 Gilbert, LA $47,350 Hamburg, LA $46,604 Harrisonburg, LA $46,604 Hessmer, LA $46,663

Jena, LA $46,604 Jonesville, LA $46,604 Lebeau, LA $48,070 Lecompte, LA $46,948 Libuse, LA $47,033 Mansura, LA $46,604 Marksville, LA $46,663 Melville, LA $49,246

Monterey, LA $46,604 Longleaf, LA $46,776 Many, LA $47,715 Marthaville, LA $48,827 Melrose, LA $46,604 Montgomery, LA $46,604 Mora, LA $46,604 Natchez, LA $46,604

Natchitoches, LA $46,604 Fort Polk, LA $46,604 Negreet, LA $47,715 New Llano, LA $46,604 Noble, LA $48,827 Oakdale, LA $46,604 Olla, LA $46,974 Otis, LA $46,776

Pollock, LA $46,803 Provencal, LA $46,604 Robeline, LA $47,715 Saint Maurice, LA $46,604 Sieper, LA $46,690 Sikes, LA $47,350 Simpson, LA $46,604 Slagle, LA $46,604

Tioga, LA $47,033 Tullos, LA $46,604 Urania, LA $46,808 Winnfield, LA $46,604 Woodworth, LA $47,033 Zwolle, LA $48,827 Fort Necessity, LA $47,350 Grambling, LA $47,350

Hodge, LA $47,350 Jigger, LA $47,350 Jones, LA $47,291 Jonesboro, LA $47,350 Kilbourne, LA $47,248 Lake Providence, LA $47,248 Lillie, LA $47,350 Mangham, LA $47,350

Marion, LA $47,350 Mer Rouge, LA $47,350 Oak Grove, LA $47,264 Oak Ridge, LA $47,463 Pioneer, LA $47,318 Quitman, LA $47,350 Rayville, LA $47,463

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

Understanding how a Purchasing Associate'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

$45,526

Average $51,060/year

$56,481

$3,794

Average $4,255/month

$4,707

$876

Average $982/week

$1,086

$22

Average $25/hour

$27

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$56,481	$4,707	$1,086	$27
Average	$51,060	$4,255	$982	$25
25th Percentile	$45,526	$3,794	$876	$22

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