Pay distribution $42,800 10th $43,830 25th $62,050 75th $79,200 90th
Half of Parts Salespersons in the San Jose metro area earn more than $50,200 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $43,830 and $62,050.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $42,800 $43,830 $50,200 $62,050 $79,200 Hourly $20.58 $21.07 $24.14 $29.83 $38.08
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
$50,200 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $43,830 to $62,050
$44,440 median for California; middle half earns $37,090 to $56,060
$38,630 median for United States; middle half earns $33,110 to $49,850
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is +13% vs California overall and +30% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $22,280 $31,587 $40,893 $50,200 Aguadilla, PR — $22,280 Ponce, PR — $22,290 Mayaguez, PR — $22,310 Arecibo, PR — $22,410 Guayama, PR — $22,550 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,920 Jacksonville, NC — $27,600 Gadsden, AL — $28,180 Fayetteville, NC — $28,580 Rocky Mount, NC — $28,820 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $28,970 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $29,070 Florence, SC — $29,290 Winston-Salem, NC — $29,380 Laredo, TX — $29,470 Eagle Pass, TX — $29,500 El Paso, TX — $29,570 Goldsboro, NC — $29,660 Sumter, SC — $29,720 Lafayette, LA — $30,020 Burlington, NC — $30,250 Killeen-Temple, TX — $30,280 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $30,370 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $30,390 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $30,430 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $30,480 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $30,700 Lawton, OK — $30,840 San Angelo, TX — $30,870 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $30,900 Dothan, AL — $31,010 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $31,200 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $31,350 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $31,560 Hot Springs, AR — $31,620 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $31,890 Spartanburg, SC — $31,940 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $32,100 Decatur, AL — $32,160 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $32,350 Hammond, LA — $32,480 Monroe, LA — $32,970 Baton Rouge, LA — $33,040 Wichita Falls, TX — $33,060 Longview, TX — $33,120 Las Cruces, NM — $33,220 College Station-Bryan, TX — $33,270 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $33,640 Homosassa Springs, FL — $33,820 Sherman-Denison, TX — $33,830 Mansfield, OH — $33,980 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $34,010 Cleveland, TN — $34,050 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $34,050 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $34,080 Victoria, TX — $34,120 Waco, TX — $34,170 Greenville, NC — $34,190 Morgantown, WV — $34,190 Montgomery, AL — $34,220 Columbia, SC — $34,310 Morristown, TN — $34,330 Columbus, GA-AL — $34,370 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $34,400 Corpus Christi, TX — $34,480 Sebring, FL — $34,480 Asheville, NC — $34,490 Amarillo, TX — $34,630 Lubbock, TX — $34,670 Mobile, AL — $34,680 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $34,800 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $34,850 Canton-Massillon, OH — $34,860 Springfield, OH — $34,870 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $34,940 Hattiesburg, MS — $34,980 Tuscaloosa, AL — $35,050 Jonesboro, AR — $35,060 Tallahassee, FL — $35,060 Tyler, TX — $35,130 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $35,150 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $35,290 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $35,320 Wilmington, NC — $35,390 Abilene, TX — $35,410 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $35,480 Birmingham, AL — $35,620 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $35,620 Warner Robins, GA — $35,640 Texarkana, TX-AR — $35,660 Wheeling, WV-OH — $35,670 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $35,710 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $35,720 Salisbury, MD — $35,820 Enid, OK — $35,860 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $35,860 Johnson City, TN — $35,870 Alexandria, LA — $35,890 Erie, PA — $35,900 Ocala, FL — $35,910 Paducah, KY-IL — $35,920 Gettysburg, PA — $35,930 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $35,950 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $35,960 Kokomo, IN — $35,980 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $36,010 Lynchburg, VA — $36,060 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $36,090 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $36,090 Beckley, WV — $36,120 Bloomington, IN — $36,120 Elizabethtown, KY — $36,120 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $36,150 Corvallis, OR — $36,170 Knoxville, TN — $36,200 Jackson, MS — $36,210 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $36,240 Rockford, IL — $36,270 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $36,280 Bowling Green, KY — $36,300 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $36,300 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $36,340 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $36,350 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $36,370 Johnstown, PA — $36,380 Manhattan, KS — $36,380 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $36,390 Ogden, UT — $36,400 Jefferson City, MO — $36,430 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $36,430 Altoona, PA — $36,450 Kankakee, IL — $36,460 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $36,480 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $36,490 Wichita, KS — $36,490 Akron, OH — $36,540 Lexington Park, MD — $36,550 Gainesville, FL — $36,570 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $36,600 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $36,610 Lake Charles, LA — $36,620 Columbus, IN — $36,630 Yuma, AZ — $36,670 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $36,680 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $36,700 Rome, GA — $36,750 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $36,780 Huntsville, AL — $36,800 Cleveland, OH — $36,810 Santa Fe, NM — $36,810 Jackson, TN — $36,860 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $36,880 Dalton, GA — $36,930 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $36,940 Toledo, OH — $36,940 Charleston, WV — $36,950 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $36,980 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $37,010 Ithaca, NY — $37,110 Muncie, IN — $37,110 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $37,120 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $37,120 Valdosta, GA — $37,120 Clarksville, TN-KY — $37,140 Sandusky, OH — $37,170 El Centro, CA — $37,180 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $37,190 Elmira, NY — $37,280 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $37,300 Evansville, IN — $37,310 Williamsport, PA — $37,310 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $37,340 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $37,370 Farmington, NM — $37,410 Charlottesville, VA — $37,420 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $37,430 Lima, OH — $37,440 Dover, DE — $37,450 Topeka, KS — $37,470 Midland, TX — $37,530 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $37,530 Punta Gorda, FL — $37,540 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $37,560 Rochester, NY — $37,570 Oklahoma City, OK — $37,610 Visalia, CA — $37,620 Tulsa, OK — $37,640 Port St. Lucie, FL — $37,650 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $37,680 Redding, CA — $37,690 Columbia, MO — $37,710 Joplin, MO-KS — $37,720 Albany, GA — $37,760 Pittsburgh, PA — $37,790 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $37,860 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $37,890 Columbus, OH — $37,910 Lawrence, KS — $37,910 Springfield, MA — $37,910 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $37,960 Utica-Rome, NY — $37,980 Owensboro, KY — $37,990 Decatur, IL — $38,000 Jacksonville, FL — $38,020 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $38,030 Fort Wayne, IN — $38,050 Terre Haute, IN — $38,110 Odessa, TX — $38,180 Logan, UT-ID — $38,200 Binghamton, NY — $38,290 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $38,310 Bay City, MI — $38,310 Richmond, VA — $38,320 Roanoke, VA — $38,350 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $38,480 Battle Creek, MI — $38,550 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $38,560 Pittsfield, MA — $38,590 Hinesville, GA — $38,620 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $38,620 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $38,630 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $38,640 Carson City, NV — $38,650 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $38,730 Winchester, VA-WV — $38,760 State College, PA — $38,880 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $38,890 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $38,900 Vineland, NJ — $38,980 Albuquerque, NM — $38,990 Grants Pass, OR — $38,990 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $39,000 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $39,090 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $39,110 Iowa City, IA — $39,160 York-Hanover, PA — $39,190 Fresno, CA — $39,220 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $39,250 Chambersburg, PA — $39,260 Chico, CA — $39,410 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $39,500 Duluth, MN-WI — $39,520 Cheyenne, WY — $39,570 Savannah, GA — $39,740 Springfield, MO — $39,880 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $39,890 Flint, MI — $39,930 Glens Falls, NY — $40,050 Worcester, MA — $40,360 Reading, PA — $40,380 Helena, MT — $40,520 Ames, IA — $40,540 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $40,860 St. George, UT — $41,140 Rapid City, SD — $41,380 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $41,560 Lewiston, ID-WA — $41,600 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $41,600 Peoria, IL — $41,710 Albany, OR — $41,850 Kenosha, WI — $41,900 Monroe, MI — $42,030 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $42,120 Merced, CA — $42,260 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $42,380 Barnstable Town, MA — $42,490 Sheboygan, WI — $42,880 St. Louis, MO-IL — $42,890 Niles, MI — $42,910 Pocatello, ID — $43,050 Kansas City, MO-KS — $43,090 Springfield, IL — $43,230 Gainesville, GA — $43,310 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $43,410 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $43,470 New Haven, CT — $43,610 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $43,630 Harrisonburg, VA — $43,680 Casper, WY — $43,750 Kingston, NY — $43,860 Lebanon, PA — $43,920 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $43,920 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $43,960 Bloomington, IL — $43,960 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $43,960 Missoula, MT — $43,960 Saginaw, MI — $43,960 Yuba City, CA — $43,960 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $43,980 Jackson, MI — $44,030 Bangor, ME — $44,090 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $44,120 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $44,130 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $44,160 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $44,160 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $44,160 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $44,210 Idaho Falls, ID — $44,210 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $44,210 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $44,260 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $44,310 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $44,350 Salinas, CA — $44,350 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $44,480 Urban Honolulu, HI — $44,660 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $44,660 Yakima, WA — $44,680 Pueblo, CO — $44,700 Modesto, CA — $44,730 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $44,840 Syracuse, NY — $44,850 Salem, OR — $44,860 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $44,870 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $44,910 Lincoln, NE — $44,960 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $45,020 Dubuque, IA — $45,060 Reno, NV — $45,090 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $45,140 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $45,150 Fairbanks-College, AK — $45,160 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $45,220 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $45,250 Ann Arbor, MI — $45,330 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $45,440 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $45,560 Twin Falls, ID — $45,610 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $45,670 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $45,680 Bend, OR — $45,760 Vallejo, CA — $45,840 Medford, OR — $45,930 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $45,930 Appleton, WI — $45,950 Great Falls, MT — $46,060 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $46,090 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $46,120 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $46,160 Grand Junction, CO — $46,200 Walla Walla, WA — $46,230 Rochester, MN — $46,270 Green Bay, WI — $46,280 Eau Claire, WI — $46,320 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $46,370 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $46,400 Wausau, WI — $46,400 Fond du Lac, WI — $46,410 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $46,430 Anchorage, AK — $46,500 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $46,530 Omaha, NE-IA — $46,600 Colorado Springs, CO — $46,660 Boulder, CO — $46,680 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $46,740 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $46,800 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $46,860 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $46,930 Grand Island, NE — $46,960 Boise City, ID — $46,970 Longview-Kelso, WA — $47,010 Bozeman, MT — $47,030 Traverse City, MI — $47,060 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $47,080 Tucson, AZ — $47,100 Flagstaff, AZ — $47,130 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $47,180 Billings, MT — $47,210 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $47,340 Bellingham, WA — $47,400 Lancaster, PA — $47,410 Fargo, ND-MN — $47,520 Madison, WI — $47,590 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $47,660 Mankato, MN — $47,750 St. Cloud, MN — $47,790 Portland-South Portland, ME — $47,850 Napa, CA — $47,870 Cedar Rapids, IA — $48,010 Bismarck, ND — $48,040 Minot, ND — $48,150 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $48,160 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $48,410 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $48,440 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $48,540 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $48,630 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $48,850 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $48,950 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $49,020 Greeley, CO — $49,080 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $50,030 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $50,200 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 1st-highest published median for this occupation among the 391 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 parts salespersons, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Jose metro areathis page
$50,200 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $43,830 to $62,050
$50,030 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $42,310 to $65,000
$48,410 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $39,170 to $61,830
$47,870 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $38,520 to $51,880
$47,180 median for San Luis Obispo metro area; middle half earns $37,250 to $51,210
$45,840 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $38,650 to $57,490
$45,680 median for Stockton metro area; middle half earns $36,320 to $56,620
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 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers $61,710 Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents $100,030 Highest-paying metro areas for parts salespersonss · 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 .