Retail Salespersons · SOC 41-2031
Retail Salespersons Salary in the Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Retail Salespersons in the Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $35,360 per year ($17.00 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $30,310 at the 10th percentile to $47,120 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,170 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Retail Salespersons in the Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area earn more than $35,360 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $31,780 and $39,450.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $30,310 | $31,780 | $35,360 | $39,450 | $47,120 |
| Hourly | $14.57 | $15.28 | $17.00 | $18.97 | $22.66 |
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
- Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area$35,360 median for Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $31,780 to $39,450
- Oregonstate$36,770 median for Oregon; middle half earns $34,760 to $43,860
- 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 −4% vs Oregon overall and about the same vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Oregon
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for retail salespersons, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Central Oregon nonmetropolitan areathis page$35,360 median for Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $31,780 to $39,450
- $37,720 median for Bend metro area; middle half earns $35,140 to $45,390
- $37,340 median for Portland metro area; middle half earns $36,140 to $45,100
- $36,940 median for Grants Pass metro area; middle half earns $33,910 to $45,780
- $35,990 median for Albany metro area; middle half earns $33,150 to $41,570
- $35,840 median for Medford metro area; middle half earns $32,660 to $39,990
- $35,760 median for Salem metro area; middle half earns $33,410 to $38,410
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 Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area
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.