Retail Salespersons · SOC 41-2031
Retail Salespersons Salary in the Alabama
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Alabama
Figures describe the state of Alabama as a whole.
Retail Salespersons in the Alabama earned a median of $30,040 per year ($14.44 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $22,670 at the 10th percentile to $45,310 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60,880 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Retail Salespersons in the Alabama earn more than $30,040 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $27,150 and $36,140.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $22,670 | $27,150 | $30,040 | $36,140 | $45,310 |
| Hourly | $10.90 | $13.05 | $14.44 | $17.38 | $21.78 |
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
- Alabama$30,040 median for Alabama; middle half earns $27,150 to $36,140
- United Statesnational$35,410 median for United States; middle half earns $29,900 to $38,670
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Alabama
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for retail salespersons, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Alabamathis page$30,040 median for Alabama; middle half earns $27,150 to $36,140
- $33,120 median for Huntsville metro area; middle half earns $28,600 to $37,000
- $31,550 median for Decatur metro area; middle half earns $27,370 to $36,540
- $31,450 median for Birmingham metro area; middle half earns $28,140 to $36,830
- $29,710 median for Mobile metro area; middle half earns $27,090 to $36,450
- $29,650 median for Montgomery metro area; middle half earns $27,140 to $35,640
- $29,630 median for Tuscaloosa metro area; middle half earns $27,100 to $35,840
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:
Highest-paying metro areas for retail salespersonss · Highest-paying occupations in Alabama
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.
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.