Retail Salespersons · SOC 41-2031
Retail Salespersons Salary in the Arizona
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Arizona
Figures describe the state of Arizona as a whole.
Retail Salespersons in the Arizona earned a median of $35,720 per year ($17.18 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $30,820 at the 10th percentile to $47,220 at the 90th. BLS estimates 93,920 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Retail Salespersons in the Arizona earn more than $35,720 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $32,480 and $38,050.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $30,820 | $32,480 | $35,720 | $38,050 | $47,220 |
| Hourly | $14.82 | $15.62 | $17.18 | $18.29 | $22.70 |
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
- Arizona$35,720 median for Arizona; middle half earns $32,480 to $38,050
- 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 +1% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Arizona
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for retail salespersons, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Arizonathis page$35,720 median for Arizona; middle half earns $32,480 to $38,050
- $36,440 median for Flagstaff metro area; middle half earns $35,090 to $38,890
- $35,960 median for Phoenix metro area; middle half earns $33,570 to $38,130
- $35,290 median for Prescott Valley metro area; middle half earns $33,150 to $38,440
- $34,610 median for Lake Havasu City metro area; middle half earns $31,310 to $38,340
- $34,530 median for Tucson metro area; middle half earns $31,480 to $36,760
- $33,840 median for Yuma metro area; middle half earns $30,840 to $38,090
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 Arizona
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.