Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers · SOC 41-9091
Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workerss
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas
Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Top 8 of 8 metro areas
| # | Metro area | Median annual | Employment | Per 1,000 jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $49,330 | 70 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Kansas City, MO-KS | $46,040 | Not published | Not published |
| 3 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $44,370 | 70 | 0.0 |
| 4 | San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $42,910 | Not published | Not published |
| 5 | Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $39,970 | 90 | 0.1 |
| 6 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $35,590 | 50 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $35,090 | 260 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $31,550 | 40 | 0.1 |
Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers overview.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.