Retail Salespersons Salary

Median Salary
$35,410
per year
Hourly Rate
$17.03
per hour
Employment
3,897,860
jobs in the U.S.

Salary Distribution

10th percentile
$27,210
25th percentile
$29,900
Median
$35,410
75th percentile
$38,670
90th percentile
$47,890

💰 Retail Salespersons Salary by State

StateMedianvs. National
Washington$39,560+11.7%
District of Columbia$38,500+8.7%
California$38,440+8.6%
Colorado$37,950+7.2%
Hawaii$37,790+6.7%
New York$37,720+6.5%
Vermont$37,400+5.6%
Alaska$37,290+5.3%
Oregon$36,770+3.8%
Maine$36,640+3.5%
Massachusetts$36,610+3.4%
New Jersey$36,520+3.1%
Connecticut$36,490+3.0%
Minnesota$36,370+2.7%
Montana$36,270+2.4%
New Hampshire$36,200+2.2%
North Dakota$36,040+1.8%
Arizona$35,720+0.9%
Maryland$35,510+0.3%
Illinois$35,370-0.1%
Delaware$35,360-0.1%
Idaho$35,080-0.9%
Rhode Island$34,860-1.6%
Michigan$34,640-2.2%
Wisconsin$34,480-2.6%
South Dakota$34,370-2.9%
Wyoming$34,310-3.1%
Virginia$34,240-3.3%
Nevada$34,190-3.4%
Florida$34,010-4.0%
Utah$33,900-4.3%
Missouri$33,460-5.5%
New Mexico$33,300-6.0%
Kansas$32,180-9.1%
Tennessee$31,950-9.8%
Nebraska$31,870-10.0%
Indiana$31,530-11.0%
North Carolina$31,370-11.4%
Iowa$31,360-11.4%
Pennsylvania$31,200-11.9%
Georgia$30,840-12.9%
Ohio$30,800-13.0%
Texas$30,800-13.0%
South Carolina$30,690-13.3%
Alabama$30,040-15.2%
Oklahoma$29,660-16.2%
Kentucky$29,650-16.3%
Louisiana$29,490-16.7%
Arkansas$29,270-17.3%
West Virginia$28,950-18.2%
Mississippi$28,640-19.1%

🏙️ Retail Salespersons Salary by Metro Area

Metro AreaMedianvs. National
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$44,220+24.9%
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$43,850+23.8%
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$42,080+18.8%
Napa, CA$40,780+15.2%
Kahului-Wailuku, HI$39,630+11.9%
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$39,570+11.7%
Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA$39,240+10.8%
Boulder, CO$38,700+9.3%
Longview-Kelso, WA$38,680+9.2%
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$38,620+9.1%
Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA$38,470+8.6%
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$38,470+8.6%
Vallejo, CA$38,420+8.5%
Bozeman, MT$38,350+8.3%
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$38,280+8.1%
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$38,100+7.6%
Salinas, CA$37,970+7.2%
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$37,900+7.0%
Bellingham, WA$37,840+6.9%
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$37,810+6.8%
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$37,780+6.7%
Merced, CA$37,740+6.6%
Bend, OR$37,720+6.5%
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$37,700+6.5%
Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA$37,700+6.5%
Stockton-Lodi, CA$37,660+6.4%
Kennewick-Richland, WA$37,600+6.2%
Fairbanks-College, AK$37,550+6.0%
Anchorage, AK$37,520+6.0%
Carson City, NV$37,490+5.9%
Modesto, CA$37,430+5.7%
Urban Honolulu, HI$37,400+5.6%
Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA$37,350+5.5%
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$37,340+5.5%
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$37,330+5.4%
Burlington-South Burlington, VT$37,330+5.4%
Portland-South Portland, ME$37,320+5.4%
Yuba City, CA$37,310+5.4%
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$37,200+5.1%
Coeur d'Alene, ID$37,010+4.5%
Lewiston, ID-WA$37,010+4.5%
Grants Pass, OR$36,940+4.3%
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$36,880+4.2%
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$36,880+4.2%
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$36,850+4.1%
Barnstable Town, MA$36,790+3.9%
Bismarck, ND$36,730+3.7%
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$36,720+3.7%
Trenton-Princeton, NJ$36,720+3.7%
Chico, CA$36,680+3.6%
Greeley, CO$36,670+3.6%
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$36,670+3.6%
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$36,640+3.5%
Yakima, WA$36,640+3.5%
Amherst Town-Northampton, MA$36,630+3.4%
Walla Walla, WA$36,620+3.4%
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$36,610+3.4%
Lewiston-Auburn, ME$36,540+3.2%
Kingston, NY$36,530+3.2%
Fresno, CA$36,460+3.0%
Redding, CA$36,450+2.9%
Flagstaff, AZ$36,440+2.9%
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$36,320+2.6%
Worcester, MA$36,220+2.3%
Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY$36,160+2.1%
Colorado Springs, CO$36,060+1.8%
Rochester, MN$36,000+1.7%
Albany, OR$35,990+1.6%
Helena, MT$35,990+1.6%
Visalia, CA$35,990+1.6%
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$35,960+1.6%
Santa Fe, NM$35,960+1.6%
New Haven, CT$35,950+1.5%
Fargo, ND-MN$35,860+1.3%
Medford, OR$35,840+1.2%
Madison, WI$35,830+1.2%
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$35,820+1.2%
Billings, MT$35,760+1.0%
Salem, OR$35,760+1.0%
Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT$35,740+0.9%
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$35,720+0.9%
Boise City, ID$35,670+0.7%
Grand Junction, CO$35,630+0.6%
Pueblo, CO$35,580+0.5%
Bangor, ME$35,560+0.4%
Pittsfield, MA$35,540+0.4%
Ithaca, NY$35,510+0.3%
El Centro, CA$35,490+0.2%
Springfield, MA$35,440+0.1%
Missoula, MT$35,430+0.1%
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$35,420+0.0%
Corvallis, OR$35,410+0.0%
Eugene-Springfield, OR$35,410+0.0%
Naples-Marco Island, FL$35,380-0.1%
Sheboygan, WI$35,370-0.1%
Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ$35,360-0.1%
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$35,360-0.1%
Manchester-Nashua, NH$35,350-0.2%
Mankato, MN$35,350-0.2%
Minot, ND$35,290-0.3%
Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ$35,290-0.3%
Syracuse, NY$35,250-0.5%
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$35,230-0.5%
Vineland, NJ$35,230-0.5%
North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$35,160-0.7%
Reno, NV$35,160-0.7%
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$35,130-0.8%
Glens Falls, NY$35,070-1.0%
Ann Arbor, MI$35,040-1.0%
Great Falls, MT$35,000-1.2%
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$34,910-1.4%
St. Cloud, MN$34,860-1.6%
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$34,810-1.7%
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$34,800-1.7%
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$34,800-1.7%
Jackson, MI$34,770-1.8%
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$34,650-2.1%
Duluth, MN-WI$34,650-2.1%
Rochester, NY$34,650-2.1%
Monroe, MI$34,620-2.2%
Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ$34,610-2.3%
Sioux Falls, SD-MN$34,600-2.3%
Appleton, WI$34,540-2.5%
Traverse City, MI$34,540-2.5%
Tucson, AZ$34,530-2.5%
Utica-Rome, NY$34,530-2.5%
Binghamton, NY$34,460-2.7%
Grand Forks, ND-MN$34,440-2.7%
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$34,420-2.8%
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$34,420-2.8%
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$34,410-2.8%
Jacksonville, FL$34,360-3.0%
Lexington Park, MD$34,360-3.0%
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$34,330-3.0%
Flint, MI$34,320-3.1%
Kansas City, MO-KS$34,320-3.1%
Punta Gorda, FL$34,290-3.2%
Wildwood-The Villages, FL$34,290-3.2%
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY$34,280-3.2%
Charlottesville, VA$34,210-3.4%
Niles, MI$34,170-3.5%
Albuquerque, NM$34,160-3.5%
Wausau, WI$34,160-3.5%
Elmira, NY$34,140-3.6%
Asheville, NC$34,110-3.7%
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$34,090-3.7%
Green Bay, WI$34,090-3.7%
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN$34,090-3.7%
Cheyenne, WY$34,070-3.8%
Dover, DE$34,060-3.8%
Port St. Lucie, FL$34,020-3.9%
Eau Claire, WI$34,000-4.0%
Janesville-Beloit, WI$34,000-4.0%
Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$33,920-4.2%
Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC$33,880-4.3%
Champaign-Urbana, IL$33,870-4.3%
Peoria, IL$33,870-4.3%
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$33,860-4.4%
Lansing-East Lansing, MI$33,840-4.4%
Yuma, AZ$33,840-4.4%
St. Louis, MO-IL$33,820-4.5%
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$33,790-4.6%
Columbus, OH$33,780-4.6%
Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV$33,720-4.8%
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI$33,660-4.9%
Midland, TX$33,660-4.9%
Decatur, IL$33,650-5.0%
Fond du Lac, WI$33,640-5.0%
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$33,580-5.2%
Kenosha, WI$33,580-5.2%
Richmond, VA$33,580-5.2%
Rockford, IL$33,540-5.3%
Ogden, UT$33,450-5.5%
Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$33,450-5.5%
Springfield, IL$33,450-5.5%
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA$33,440-5.6%
Cedar Rapids, IA$33,430-5.6%
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$33,430-5.6%
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$33,430-5.6%
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$33,400-5.7%
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$33,370-5.8%
Elkhart-Goshen, IN$33,360-5.8%
Harrisonburg, VA$33,350-5.8%
Rapid City, SD$33,350-5.8%
Bay City, MI$33,320-5.9%
Midland, MI$33,260-6.1%
Omaha, NE-IA$33,260-6.1%
St. George, UT$33,150-6.4%
Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ$33,140-6.4%
Huntsville, AL$33,120-6.5%
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$33,120-6.5%
Raleigh-Cary, NC$33,100-6.5%
Reading, PA$33,010-6.8%
Salisbury, MD$33,010-6.8%
Lebanon, PA$32,960-6.9%
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$32,850-7.2%
Topeka, KS$32,820-7.3%
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI$32,690-7.7%
Casper, WY$32,660-7.8%
Kankakee, IL$32,650-7.8%
Springfield, OH$32,610-7.9%
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$32,580-8.0%
Ames, IA$32,460-8.3%
Battle Creek, MI$32,460-8.3%
Idaho Falls, ID$32,320-8.7%
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$32,310-8.8%
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$32,290-8.8%
Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$32,290-8.8%
Cleveland, TN$32,160-9.2%
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$32,030-9.5%
Twin Falls, ID$31,900-9.9%
Gainesville, GA$31,870-10.0%
Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$31,870-10.0%
Gainesville, FL$31,830-10.1%
Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$31,820-10.1%
Durham-Chapel Hill, NC$31,790-10.2%
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA$31,780-10.3%
St. Joseph, MO-KS$31,770-10.3%
Springfield, MO$31,760-10.3%
Morristown, TN$31,750-10.3%
Bloomington, IL$31,670-10.6%
Kokomo, IN$31,580-10.8%
Decatur, AL$31,550-10.9%
Farmington, NM$31,530-11.0%
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$31,530-11.0%
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$31,490-11.1%
Chattanooga, TN-GA$31,460-11.2%
Birmingham, AL$31,450-11.2%
Columbia, MO$31,390-11.4%
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$31,340-11.5%
Lawrence, KS$31,320-11.6%
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$31,270-11.7%
Homosassa Springs, FL$31,240-11.8%
Saginaw, MI$31,210-11.9%
Fort Wayne, IN$31,200-11.9%
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$31,200-11.9%
Sebring, FL$31,200-11.9%
Knoxville, TN$31,150-12.0%
Chambersburg, PA$31,090-12.2%
Ocala, FL$31,090-12.2%
Akron, OH$31,060-12.3%
Muncie, IN$31,060-12.3%
Cleveland, OH$31,000-12.5%
Sandusky, OH$31,000-12.5%
Jackson, TN$30,990-12.5%
Lincoln, NE$30,990-12.5%
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$30,970-12.5%
Dubuque, IA$30,960-12.6%
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$30,960-12.6%
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI$30,930-12.7%
Bloomington, IN$30,890-12.8%
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$30,840-12.9%
Pittsburgh, PA$30,840-12.9%
Grand Island, NE$30,830-12.9%
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$30,820-13.0%
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$30,810-13.0%
Wilmington, NC$30,790-13.0%
Toledo, OH$30,780-13.1%
Winchester, VA-WV$30,780-13.1%
Wichita, KS$30,760-13.1%
Greensboro-High Point, NC$30,750-13.2%
Joplin, MO-KS$30,740-13.2%
Logan, UT-ID$30,730-13.2%
Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN$30,670-13.4%
Sherman-Denison, TX$30,670-13.4%
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$30,660-13.4%
Warner Robins, GA$30,650-13.4%
Rome, GA$30,590-13.6%
Lynchburg, VA$30,570-13.7%
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI$30,570-13.7%
Spartanburg, SC$30,540-13.8%
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$30,520-13.8%
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$30,500-13.9%
York-Hanover, PA$30,480-13.9%
Las Cruces, NM$30,460-14.0%
Fayetteville, NC$30,440-14.0%
Roanoke, VA$30,440-14.0%
Williamsport, PA$30,430-14.1%
Jefferson City, MO$30,400-14.1%
New Orleans-Metairie, LA$30,400-14.1%
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH$30,360-14.3%
Tallahassee, FL$30,330-14.3%
Odessa, TX$30,320-14.4%
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR$30,300-14.4%
Lancaster, PA$30,280-14.5%
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$30,250-14.6%
Pocatello, ID$30,220-14.7%
Brunswick-St. Simons, GA$30,200-14.7%
Oklahoma City, OK$30,160-14.8%
Savannah, GA$30,160-14.8%
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$30,150-14.9%
Evansville, IN$30,130-14.9%
Lexington-Fayette, KY$30,100-15.0%
Winston-Salem, NC$30,100-15.0%
Baton Rouge, LA$30,070-15.1%
Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC$30,020-15.2%
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA$30,020-15.2%
Killeen-Temple, TX$29,970-15.4%
Goldsboro, NC$29,960-15.4%
Iowa City, IA$29,940-15.4%
Hinesville, GA$29,880-15.6%
Columbus, IN$29,840-15.7%
Michigan City-La Porte, IN$29,840-15.7%
Johnson City, TN$29,820-15.8%
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX$29,810-15.8%
Tulsa, OK$29,810-15.8%
Waco, TX$29,810-15.8%
Mobile, AL$29,710-16.1%
Montgomery, AL$29,650-16.3%
Burlington, NC$29,630-16.3%
Tuscaloosa, AL$29,630-16.3%
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL$29,600-16.4%
Columbia, SC$29,540-16.6%
Manhattan, KS$29,540-16.6%
Abilene, TX$29,530-16.6%
Canton-Massillon, OH$29,480-16.7%
Jacksonville, NC$29,480-16.7%
Anniston-Oxford, AL$29,400-17.0%
Wheeling, WV-OH$29,370-17.1%
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$29,350-17.1%
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC$29,320-17.2%
Amarillo, TX$29,310-17.2%
Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA$29,280-17.3%
Greenville, NC$29,250-17.4%
Athens-Clarke County, GA$29,240-17.4%
State College, PA$29,240-17.4%
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA$29,220-17.5%
Corpus Christi, TX$29,200-17.5%
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$29,150-17.7%
Auburn-Opelika, AL$29,140-17.7%
Dalton, GA$29,140-17.7%
Longview, TX$29,130-17.7%
Clarksville, TN-KY$29,100-17.8%
Terre Haute, IN$29,090-17.8%
Youngstown-Warren, OH$29,080-17.9%
Jackson, MS$29,070-17.9%
Charleston, WV$29,050-18.0%
Owensboro, KY$29,030-18.0%
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA$28,990-18.1%
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL$28,980-18.2%
Jonesboro, AR$28,960-18.2%
Lima, OH$28,900-18.4%
Gulfport-Biloxi, MS$28,880-18.4%
Mansfield, OH$28,830-18.6%
Rocky Mount, NC$28,830-18.6%
Macon-Bibb County, GA$28,820-18.6%
College Station-Bryan, TX$28,800-18.7%
Virgin Islands$28,790-18.7%
Lake Charles, LA$28,780-18.7%
Victoria, TX$28,780-18.7%
Dothan, AL$28,770-18.8%
Enid, OK$28,770-18.8%
Sumter, SC$28,720-18.9%
Texarkana, TX-AR$28,700-18.9%
Albany, GA$28,660-19.1%
Alexandria, LA$28,660-19.1%
Elizabethtown, KY$28,650-19.1%
Florence, SC$28,650-19.1%
Erie, PA$28,610-19.2%
Wichita Falls, TX$28,610-19.2%
Lafayette, LA$28,600-19.2%
Valdosta, GA$28,600-19.2%
Hammond, LA$28,570-19.3%
Morgantown, WV$28,570-19.3%
Gettysburg, PA$28,500-19.5%
Lubbock, TX$28,480-19.6%
Bowling Green, KY$28,430-19.7%
Hattiesburg, MS$28,410-19.8%
Paducah, KY-IL$28,390-19.8%
San Angelo, TX$28,390-19.8%
Altoona, PA$28,370-19.9%
Fort Smith, AR-OK$28,350-19.9%
Gadsden, AL$28,300-20.1%
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$28,220-20.3%
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$28,220-20.3%
Columbus, GA-AL$28,180-20.4%
Lawton, OK$28,150-20.5%
Tyler, TX$28,050-20.8%
Johnstown, PA$27,960-21.0%
Hot Springs, AR$27,890-21.2%
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX$27,780-21.5%
Eagle Pass, TX$27,720-21.7%
Monroe, LA$27,710-21.7%
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$27,640-21.9%
Beckley, WV$27,630-22.0%
Laredo, TX$27,530-22.3%
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX$27,420-22.6%
El Paso, TX$27,330-22.8%
Guam$24,000-32.2%
San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR$22,780-35.7%
Puerto Rico$22,560-36.3%
Arecibo, PR$22,390-36.8%
Guayama, PR$22,190-37.3%
Mayaguez, PR$22,090-37.6%
Ponce, PR$22,030-37.8%
Aguadilla, PR$21,950-38.0%
Data Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS). Data reflects the most recent annual survey.