Retail Salespersons · SOC 41-2031
Retail Salespersons Salary in the Maine
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Maine
Figures describe the state of Maine as a whole.
Retail Salespersons in the Maine earned a median of $36,640 per year ($17.61 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $31,300 at the 10th percentile to $49,500 at the 90th. BLS estimates 18,450 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Retail Salespersons in the Maine earn more than $36,640 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $34,720 and $43,270.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $31,300 | $34,720 | $36,640 | $43,270 | $49,500 |
| Hourly | $15.05 | $16.69 | $17.61 | $20.80 | $23.80 |
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
- Maine$36,640 median for Maine; middle half earns $34,720 to $43,270
- 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 +3% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Maine
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for retail salespersons, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Mainethis page$36,640 median for Maine; middle half earns $34,720 to $43,270
- $37,320 median for Portland metro area; middle half earns $35,640 to $44,730
- $36,540 median for Lewiston metro area; middle half earns $34,530 to $44,530
- $35,560 median for Bangor metro area; middle half earns $31,990 to $38,950
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 Maine
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.