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Purchasing managers, buyers, and purchasing agents held about 527,000 jobs in 2002. Forty-two percent worked in the wholesale trade and manufacturing industries, and another 15 percent worked in retail trade. The remainder worked mostly in service establishments, such as hospitals, or different levels of government. A small number were self-employed.

The following tabulation shows the distribution of employment by occupational specialty:
 

Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products 245,000
Wholesale and retail buyers, except farm products 155,000
Purchasing managers 108,000
Purchasing agents and buyers, farm products 19,000

 
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Data Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2004-05 Edition