Pay distribution $46,760 10th $50,750 25th $72,100 75th $84,150 90th
Half of First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in the San Jose metro area earn more than $61,710 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $50,750 and $72,100.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $46,760 $50,750 $61,710 $72,100 $84,150 Hourly $22.48 $24.40 $29.67 $34.67 $40.46
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares San Jose metro areathis metro area
$61,710 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $50,750 to $72,100
$54,870 median for California; middle half earns $44,920 to $63,160
$48,520 median for United States; middle half earns $38,590 to $62,130
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +12% vs California overall and +27% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $28,800 $39,923 $51,047 $62,170 Aguadilla, PR — $28,800 Mayaguez, PR — $29,040 Guayama, PR — $29,290 Ponce, PR — $29,690 Arecibo, PR — $29,910 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $30,470 Hot Springs, AR — $35,390 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $36,280 El Paso, TX — $36,470 Jonesboro, AR — $36,790 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $36,880 Monroe, LA — $37,100 Dalton, GA — $37,230 Eagle Pass, TX — $37,350 Columbus, GA-AL — $37,440 Valdosta, GA — $37,480 Texarkana, TX-AR — $37,540 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $37,750 Albany, GA — $37,770 Hinesville, GA — $37,810 Bowling Green, KY — $37,930 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $38,260 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $38,310 Gadsden, AL — $38,390 Paducah, KY-IL — $38,410 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $38,480 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $38,480 Beckley, WV — $38,670 Laredo, TX — $38,700 Johnstown, PA — $38,790 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $38,820 Elizabethtown, KY — $38,850 Enid, OK — $39,100 Wichita Falls, TX — $39,320 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $39,370 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $39,750 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $40,450 San Angelo, TX — $40,740 Tyler, TX — $40,920 Longview, TX — $41,190 Erie, PA — $41,440 Sherman-Denison, TX — $41,630 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $41,770 Charleston, WV — $41,920 Abilene, TX — $42,000 Altoona, PA — $42,090 Lubbock, TX — $42,240 Pocatello, ID — $42,260 Salisbury, MD — $42,290 Wheeling, WV-OH — $42,310 Owensboro, KY — $42,450 Sebring, FL — $42,450 Alexandria, LA — $42,500 Springfield, OH — $42,520 Rome, GA — $42,580 Battle Creek, MI — $42,740 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $42,840 Terre Haute, IN — $42,870 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $42,900 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $43,040 Mansfield, OH — $43,040 Victoria, TX — $43,050 Morgantown, WV — $43,150 Killeen-Temple, TX — $43,330 Dothan, AL — $43,410 Bay City, MI — $43,430 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $43,540 Sumter, SC — $43,540 Sandusky, OH — $43,580 Warner Robins, GA — $43,610 Lima, OH — $43,670 Lafayette, LA — $43,710 Hammond, LA — $43,830 Lawton, OK — $43,900 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $43,960 Amarillo, TX — $44,150 Savannah, GA — $44,160 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $44,170 Corpus Christi, TX — $44,190 Farmington, NM — $44,190 Gettysburg, PA — $44,200 Canton-Massillon, OH — $44,280 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $44,350 Niles, MI — $44,440 Columbia, MO — $44,500 Mobile, AL — $44,600 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $44,630 Las Cruces, NM — $44,670 Kankakee, IL — $44,750 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $44,870 Flint, MI — $44,880 Jackson, MI — $44,880 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $44,890 Jefferson City, MO — $44,940 Tuscaloosa, AL — $44,950 Clarksville, TN-KY — $44,990 Chambersburg, PA — $45,060 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $45,090 Springfield, MO — $45,120 Odessa, TX — $45,170 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $45,200 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $45,240 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $45,240 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $45,260 Homosassa Springs, FL — $45,280 Lynchburg, VA — $45,290 Manhattan, KS — $45,310 Yuma, AZ — $45,310 Williamsport, PA — $45,340 Decatur, IL — $45,350 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $45,380 Midland, MI — $45,380 Saginaw, MI — $45,400 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $45,410 York-Hanover, PA — $45,450 Montgomery, AL — $45,480 Twin Falls, ID — $45,490 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $45,570 College Station-Bryan, TX — $45,620 Goldsboro, NC — $45,640 Waco, TX — $45,640 Roanoke, VA — $45,690 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $45,700 Rocky Mount, NC — $45,710 Tallahassee, FL — $45,720 Ocala, FL — $45,740 Rockford, IL — $45,790 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $45,810 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $45,830 Cleveland, TN — $45,880 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $45,880 Muncie, IN — $45,880 Hattiesburg, MS — $45,910 Lincoln, NE — $45,920 Cheyenne, WY — $45,960 Greenville, NC — $45,960 Ogden, UT — $45,980 Bloomington, IL — $46,020 Joplin, MO-KS — $46,020 Peoria, IL — $46,020 Akron, OH — $46,090 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $46,100 Mankato, MN — $46,110 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $46,140 Idaho Falls, ID — $46,140 Gainesville, GA — $46,180 Springfield, IL — $46,180 Toledo, OH — $46,190 Birmingham, AL — $46,210 Midland, TX — $46,220 Lake Charles, LA — $46,230 El Centro, CA — $46,250 Pittsburgh, PA — $46,250 Cleveland, OH — $46,260 Lancaster, PA — $46,270 Lexington Park, MD — $46,280 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $46,280 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $46,300 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $46,350 Tucson, AZ — $46,360 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $46,380 Grand Island, NE — $46,380 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $46,380 Jacksonville, NC — $46,400 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $46,420 Johnson City, TN — $46,420 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $46,500 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $46,500 Fayetteville, NC — $46,510 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $46,550 Traverse City, MI — $46,550 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $46,570 Tulsa, OK — $46,600 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $46,610 St. George, UT — $46,610 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $46,650 State College, PA — $46,650 Winston-Salem, NC — $46,660 Oklahoma City, OK — $46,700 Cedar Rapids, IA — $46,730 Morristown, TN — $46,730 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $46,760 Monroe, MI — $46,770 Wichita, KS — $46,770 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $46,780 Lewiston, ID-WA — $46,790 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $46,790 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $46,850 Evansville, IN — $46,870 Harrisonburg, VA — $46,870 Jackson, TN — $46,900 Omaha, NE-IA — $46,900 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $46,930 Duluth, MN-WI — $46,960 Florence, SC — $46,960 Topeka, KS — $46,960 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $46,970 Logan, UT-ID — $46,990 Gainesville, FL — $47,060 Decatur, AL — $47,090 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $47,090 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $47,110 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $47,120 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $47,130 Bloomington, IN — $47,150 Columbus, OH — $47,150 Dubuque, IA — $47,150 Visalia, CA — $47,170 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $47,180 Reading, PA — $47,210 Albuquerque, NM — $47,250 Casper, WY — $47,270 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $47,290 Iowa City, IA — $47,290 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $47,320 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $47,320 Jackson, MS — $47,330 Burlington, NC — $47,340 St. Cloud, MN — $47,340 Boise City, ID — $47,350 Rochester, MN — $47,350 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $47,360 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $47,380 Baton Rouge, LA — $47,400 Lebanon, PA — $47,410 Huntsville, AL — $47,430 Ann Arbor, MI — $47,540 Binghamton, NY — $47,570 Lawrence, KS — $47,590 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $47,660 Columbia, SC — $47,680 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $47,680 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $47,750 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $47,800 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $47,850 Columbus, IN — $47,880 Winchester, VA-WV — $47,910 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $47,920 Knoxville, TN — $47,970 Kokomo, IN — $47,970 Flagstaff, AZ — $47,980 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $47,990 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $48,020 St. Louis, MO-IL — $48,020 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,040 Port St. Lucie, FL — $48,070 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $48,140 Punta Gorda, FL — $48,140 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $48,180 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $48,180 Salem, OR — $48,200 Walla Walla, WA — $48,200 Wilmington, NC — $48,270 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $48,280 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $48,290 Ames, IA — $48,300 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $48,300 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $48,320 Redding, CA — $48,350 Richmond, VA — $48,380 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $48,380 Minot, ND — $48,420 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $48,420 Corvallis, OR — $48,450 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $48,450 Fargo, ND-MN — $48,560 Elmira, NY — $48,570 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $48,570 Charlottesville, VA — $48,600 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $48,600 Fort Wayne, IN — $48,620 Kansas City, MO-KS — $48,620 Great Falls, MT — $48,650 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $48,720 Grants Pass, OR — $48,750 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $48,760 Reno, NV — $48,810 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $48,880 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $48,900 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $48,990 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $49,010 Spartanburg, SC — $49,080 Wausau, WI — $49,090 Santa Fe, NM — $49,120 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $49,130 Medford, OR — $49,170 Fond du Lac, WI — $49,180 Missoula, MT — $49,190 Jacksonville, FL — $49,240 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $49,300 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $49,320 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $49,350 Asheville, NC — $49,410 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $49,450 Helena, MT — $49,460 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $49,470 Eau Claire, WI — $49,610 Green Bay, WI — $49,670 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $49,690 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $49,730 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $49,740 Springfield, MA — $49,910 Utica-Rome, NY — $50,020 Billings, MT — $50,050 Ithaca, NY — $50,110 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $50,130 Kenosha, WI — $50,250 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $50,250 Dover, DE — $50,320 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $50,320 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $50,390 Appleton, WI — $50,430 Albany, OR — $50,450 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $50,460 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $50,530 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $50,540 Glens Falls, NY — $50,650 Chico, CA — $50,770 Fresno, CA — $50,790 Carson City, NV — $50,920 Yuba City, CA — $50,950 Sheboygan, WI — $51,060 Merced, CA — $51,190 Rochester, NY — $51,320 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $51,390 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $51,440 Pueblo, CO — $51,530 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $51,570 Bismarck, ND — $51,730 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $51,760 Modesto, CA — $51,770 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $51,930 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $51,990 Bangor, ME — $52,200 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $52,240 Madison, WI — $52,280 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $52,310 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $52,560 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $52,570 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $52,590 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $52,660 Pittsfield, MA — $52,710 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $53,000 Colorado Springs, CO — $53,690 Bozeman, MT — $53,750 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $53,860 Barnstable Town, MA — $53,890 Bend, OR — $53,900 Syracuse, NY — $54,210 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $54,250 Grand Junction, CO — $54,760 Worcester, MA — $54,920 Vineland, NJ — $55,130 Salinas, CA — $55,380 Urban Honolulu, HI — $55,410 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $55,450 Portland-South Portland, ME — $55,550 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $55,910 Vallejo, CA — $56,150 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $56,300 Rapid City, SD — $56,330 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $56,470 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $56,550 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $56,630 Greeley, CO — $56,730 Bellingham, WA — $57,150 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $57,150 Kingston, NY — $57,180 Anchorage, AK — $57,310 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $57,320 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $57,580 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $57,620 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $57,680 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $57,840 New Haven, CT — $57,900 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $58,050 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $58,110 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $58,190 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $58,820 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $58,850 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $58,930 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $58,950 Napa, CA — $59,060 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $59,100 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $59,100 Yakima, WA — $59,100 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $59,110 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $59,420 Fairbanks-College, AK — $59,660 Longview-Kelso, WA — $59,980 Boulder, CO — $60,530 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $61,710 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $62,170 San Jose metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The San Jose metro area has the 2nd-highest published median for this occupation among the 393 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in California Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for first-line supervisors of retail sales workers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Jose metro areathis page
$61,710 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $50,750 to $72,100
$59,060 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $47,950 to $75,600
$58,950 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $48,440 to $70,320
$58,190 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $46,290 to $64,920
$56,300 median for San Diego metro area; middle half earns $44,720 to $62,500
$56,150 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $45,300 to $64,850
$55,380 median for Salinas metro area; middle half earns $45,540 to $62,060
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Retail Salespersons $44,220 Cashiers $42,960 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel $116,510 Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products $103,670 Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents $100,030 Counter and Rental Clerks $48,570 Highest-paying metro areas for first-line supervisors of retail sales workerss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .