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43-3061 Procurement Clerks

Occupational Description:

Compile information and records to draw up purchase orders for procurement of materials and services. Excludes ?Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products? (13-1022).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
					Percentiles
Geography	Employment	Emp SE*	Mean	Mean SE*	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th
EDR 7E- East Central	N/A	1	N/A	$0.69/hr	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A
Minnesota	1,120	95	$21.07/hr	$0.25/hr	$15.61/hr	$17.65/hr	$20.96/hr	$24.33/hr	$27.60/hr
U S	66,030	924	$21.40/hr	$0.06/hr	$14.33/hr	$17.29/hr	$21.07/hr	$24.96/hr	$29.16/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.

Other Regional Data For Procurement Clerks
Geography (click title for details)	OES		Projections
Geography (click title for details)	Employment	Median Wage	% Change -
EDR 11 - 7 County Twin Cities	730	$21.53/hr	N/A
EDR 7W- Central	80	$22.07/hr	N/A
EDR 3 - Arrowhead	70	$17.94/hr	N/A
EDR 10 - Southeast	60	$21.67/hr	N/A
EDR 5 - North Central	40	$18.79/hr	N/A
EDR 4 - West Central	40	$17.40/hr	N/A
EDR 9 - South Central	30	$22.05/hr	N/A
EDR 2 - Headwaters	20	$18.88/hr	N/A
EDR 1 - Northwest	20	N/A	N/A
EDR 6W- Upper Minnesota Valley	20	$18.61/hr	N/A
EDR 6E- Southwest Central	10	$17.63/hr	N/A
EDR 8 - Southwest	N/A	N/A	N/A
EDR 7E- East Central	N/A	N/A	N/A

Related Occupations
Occupation (click title for details)	OES		Projections
Occupation (click title for details)	Employment	Median Wage	% Change -
Office Clerks, General	800	$17.53/hr	N/A
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	250	$21.86/hr	N/A
Medical Secretaries	190	$21.06/hr	N/A
Library Assistants, Clerical	N/A	N/A	N/A
Correspondence Clerks	N/A	N/A	N/A
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	N/A	N/A	N/A
Credit Authorizers, Checkers, and Clerks	N/A	N/A	N/A
Insurance Underwriters	N/A	N/A	N/A

Tasks for Procurement Clerks

Verifies terminology and specifications of purchase requests.
Confers with suppliers concerning late deliveries.
Approves bills for payment.
Determines if material is on hand in sufficient quantity.
Types or writes purchase order and sends copy to supplier and department originating request.
Computes total cost of items purchased, using calculator.
Verifies bills from suppliers with bids and purchase orders.
Compares prices, specifications, and delivery dates, and awards contract to supplier with best bid.
Types or writes invitation-of-bid forms and mails forms to supplier firms or distributes forms for public posting.
Compiles records of items purchased or transferred between departments.
Reads catalogs and interviews suppliers to obtain prices and specifications.