Salary History for Purchasing and Contracting Positions

To help public agencies and individuals in gauging what are common salaries for purchasing and contracting positions for the public sector, the following chart may be useful. 

The chart begins with January 2011 positions in the State of Washington that I publicized on my blog.  The date is the date the announcement appeared in my blog. 

Position	Agency/Location	Annual Salary	Date
Manager, Purchasing and Supplier Diversity	Port of Tacoma (Tacoma)	$66,204 - $86,076	05/11/12
Manager, Contracts	Port of Tacoma (Tacoma)	$58,452 - $75,984	04/08/12
Director of Procurement and Contracts	Sound Transit (Seattle)	Negotiable	03/29/12
Buyer	Port of Tacoma (Tacoma)	$65,395	03/21/12
Procurement Manager	Pierce Transit (Lakewood)	$72,848 - $107,630	03/20/12
Contract Staff Specialist	WA Dept. of Enterprise Services (Olympia)	$40,000 - $79,152	03/18/12
Cost Price Analyst	Port of Seattle (Seattle)	$69,108 - $86,366 (midpoint)	02/28/12
Procurement Coordinator	C-TRAN (Vancouver)	$52,872 - $71,460	02/20/12
Buyer	King County (Seattle)	$57,179 - $72,467	02/13/12
Procurement and Supply Specialist 4	WSDOT (Lacey)	$44,448 - $58,320	01/29/12
Contract Compliance Administrator	Pierce Transit (Lakewood)	$56,223 - $68,339	01/08/12
Contracts Specialist 2	WA DSHS (Olympia)	$41,316 - $54,156	12/11/11
Capital Projects Manager	WA DSHS (Olympia)	$59,784 - $78,468	11/16/11
Contracting Analyst	WSDOT (Lacey)	$50,304 - $65,976	11/14/11
Procurement Manager	King County (Seattle)	$94,074 - $119,245	10/25/11
Procurement Coordinator	Intercity Transit (Olympia)	$55,661 - $75,150	09/14/11
Senior Contracts Supervisor – Contracts Specialist 3	WSDOT (Lacey)	$47,892 - $62,796	09/14/11
Contracts Specialist 2	WSDOT (Lacey)	$41,316 - $54,156	09/14/11
Acquisition Specialist	Bellevue College (Bellevue)	$36,756 - $48,168	09/14/11
Purchasing Coordinator (half-time)	Snohomish Health District (Everett)	$22,484 - $30,128	08/25/11
Senior Buyer	King County (Seattle)	$60,167 - $76,265	08/21/11
Capital Projects Coordinator	Shoreline School District (Shoreline)	$58,918	08/14/11
Senior Buyer	City of Seattle (Seattle)	$67,870 - $79,040	07/14/11
Project Funding and Agreements Coordinator Supervisor	City of Seattle (Seattle)	$73,174 - $85,238	07/05/11
Public Works and Consultant Contracting Specialist	City of Seattle (Seattle)	$73,174 - $85,238	06/28/11
Contracts Specialist 3	WA DSHS (Olympia)	$49,368 - $64,740	06/26/11
Contract and Supply Chain Manager	Chelan County PUD (Wenatchee)	High $80,000 – Mid $90,000	06/13/11
Contracts Specialist 1	Liquor Control Board (Olympia)	$36,756 - $48,168	05/18/11
Procurement Coordinator	Intercity Transit (Olympia)	$55,661 - $75,150	05/16/11
Assistant Purchasing Manager	KCDA (Kent)	$57,996	05/10/11
Purchasing and Contracts Manager	Evergreen State College (Olympia)	$62,148 - $71,472	05/08/11
Contracts Specialist 2	State GA (Olympia)	$42,588 - $55,836	05/08/11
Contracts Specialist 3	State GA (Olympia)	$49,368 - $64,740	05/08/11
Procurement & Supply Specialist 2	Evergreen State College (Olympia)	$35,928 - $47,016	05/02/11
Contracts Analyst	Port of Tacoma (Tacoma)	$52,440 - $68,172	04/24/11
Contracts Consultant	State GA (Olympia)	$56,000 - $68,200	03/23/11
Buyer	Port of Seattle (Seattle)	$56,394 - $70,473	03/20/11
Performance Contract Manager	WA DSHS	$60,768 - $75,88	03/06/11
Lead Senior Buyer	King County (Seattle)	$71,048 - $90,058	02/28/11
Procurement Contract Manager	WA DSHS (Olympia)	$60,768 - $75,888	02/28/11
Procurement Manager	Intercity Transit (Olympia)	$63,419 - $85,613	02/23/11
Procurement Unit Manager	WA GA (Olympia)	$72,970 - $83,393	02/15/11
Construction Contract Administrator	Port of Seattle (Seattle)	$56,394 to $70,473 (mid-point)	02/14/11
P-Card Administrator	Port of Seattle (Seattle)	$63,765 - $79,716 (mid-point)	02/09/11
P Card Program Manager	King County (Seattle)	$70,774 - $89,710	02/06/11
Senior Contracts Specialist	Sound Transit (Seattle)	Negotiable	02/03/11
Procurement Manager	City of Vancouver (Vancouver)	$75,768 - $93,768	01/30/11