OES Code: 213080

CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

JOB KEY FOR PURCHASING AGENTS - EXCEPT WHOLESALE, RETAIL & FARM PRODUCTS

Purchasing Agents, except Wholesale, Retail and Farm Products, purchase raw or semi-finished materials for manufacturing. They also purchase machinery, equipment, tools, parts, supplies, or services necessary for the operation of an establishment.

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PROJECTED ESTIMATES OF EMPLOYMENT (excluding self-employed)

Number Working in this Occupation --- Year --- 1995 2002		Percent Change	Increase/ Decrease	Additional Openings Due to People Chang- ing Occupations or Retiring	Sum of Increase/Decrease and Additional Openings
380	450	18%	70	70	140

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HOW TO FIND BUSINESSES MOST LIKELY TO HIRE PURCHASING AGENTS - EXCEPT WHOLESALE, RETAIL & FARM PRODUCTS IN CONTRA COSTA COUNTY

The following are the types of firms that employ the most workers in this occupation within this county. They are listed in order from largest to smallest.

Industry Code (SIC)	Industry Title
2911	Petroleum refiners
1731	Electrical work contractors
9030	Local government, except education
5065	Electronic parts/equipment, all other, wholesale
8062	General medical & surgical hospitals
2819	Industrial inorganic chemical manufacturers, all other
4812	Radiotelephone communications
7372	Prepackaged software
9010	Federal government
1541	General contractors--industrial buildings/warehouses
7363	Temporary help agencies
5251	Hardware stores
8711	Engineering services
3825	Electricity measuring instruments manufacturers
5999	Miscellaneous retail stores, all other
7338	Secretarial & court-reporting services
1311	Crude petroleum & natural gas extraction
2062	Cane sugar refineries
3312	Blast furnaces & steel mills
3661	Telephone & telegraph apparatus manufacturers
3679	Electronic components manufacturers, all other
3699	Electrical equipment & supplies manufacturers, all other
4412	Deep sea foreign freight transportation
3743	Railroad equipment manufacturers
7629	Electrical & electronic repair shops, all other
7699	Repair shops & related services, all other

Look in the yellow pages of the phone book under the above or similar industry titles, or look in employer directories in libraries. Directories such as Business Prospector, California Services Register and those by chambers of commerce often list firms by Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code.