Pay distribution $39,300 10th $40,980 25th $47,010 75th $58,300 90th
Half of Retail Salespersons in the San Jose metro area earn more than $44,220 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $40,980 and $47,010.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $39,300 $40,980 $44,220 $47,010 $58,300 Hourly $18.89 $19.70 $21.26 $22.60 $28.03
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
$44,220 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $40,980 to $47,010
$38,440 median for California; middle half earns $36,350 to $45,460
$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 California overall and +25% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,950 $29,373 $36,797 $44,220 Aguadilla, PR — $21,950 Ponce, PR — $22,030 Mayaguez, PR — $22,090 Guayama, PR — $22,190 Arecibo, PR — $22,390 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $22,780 El Paso, TX — $27,330 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $27,420 Laredo, TX — $27,530 Beckley, WV — $27,630 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $27,640 Monroe, LA — $27,710 Eagle Pass, TX — $27,720 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $27,780 Hot Springs, AR — $27,890 Johnstown, PA — $27,960 Tyler, TX — $28,050 Lawton, OK — $28,150 Columbus, GA-AL — $28,180 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $28,220 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $28,220 Gadsden, AL — $28,300 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $28,350 Altoona, PA — $28,370 Paducah, KY-IL — $28,390 San Angelo, TX — $28,390 Hattiesburg, MS — $28,410 Bowling Green, KY — $28,430 Lubbock, TX — $28,480 Gettysburg, PA — $28,500 Hammond, LA — $28,570 Morgantown, WV — $28,570 Lafayette, LA — $28,600 Valdosta, GA — $28,600 Erie, PA — $28,610 Wichita Falls, TX — $28,610 Elizabethtown, KY — $28,650 Florence, SC — $28,650 Albany, GA — $28,660 Alexandria, LA — $28,660 Texarkana, TX-AR — $28,700 Sumter, SC — $28,720 Dothan, AL — $28,770 Enid, OK — $28,770 Lake Charles, LA — $28,780 Victoria, TX — $28,780 College Station-Bryan, TX — $28,800 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $28,820 Mansfield, OH — $28,830 Rocky Mount, NC — $28,830 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $28,880 Lima, OH — $28,900 Jonesboro, AR — $28,960 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $28,980 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $28,990 Owensboro, KY — $29,030 Charleston, WV — $29,050 Jackson, MS — $29,070 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $29,080 Terre Haute, IN — $29,090 Clarksville, TN-KY — $29,100 Longview, TX — $29,130 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $29,140 Dalton, GA — $29,140 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $29,150 Corpus Christi, TX — $29,200 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $29,220 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $29,240 State College, PA — $29,240 Greenville, NC — $29,250 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $29,280 Amarillo, TX — $29,310 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $29,320 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $29,350 Wheeling, WV-OH — $29,370 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $29,400 Canton-Massillon, OH — $29,480 Jacksonville, NC — $29,480 Abilene, TX — $29,530 Columbia, SC — $29,540 Manhattan, KS — $29,540 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $29,600 Burlington, NC — $29,630 Tuscaloosa, AL — $29,630 Montgomery, AL — $29,650 Mobile, AL — $29,710 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $29,810 Tulsa, OK — $29,810 Waco, TX — $29,810 Johnson City, TN — $29,820 Columbus, IN — $29,840 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $29,840 Hinesville, GA — $29,880 Iowa City, IA — $29,940 Goldsboro, NC — $29,960 Killeen-Temple, TX — $29,970 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $30,020 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $30,020 Baton Rouge, LA — $30,070 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $30,100 Winston-Salem, NC — $30,100 Evansville, IN — $30,130 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $30,150 Oklahoma City, OK — $30,160 Savannah, GA — $30,160 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $30,200 Pocatello, ID — $30,220 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $30,250 Lancaster, PA — $30,280 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $30,300 Odessa, TX — $30,320 Tallahassee, FL — $30,330 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $30,360 Jefferson City, MO — $30,400 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $30,400 Williamsport, PA — $30,430 Fayetteville, NC — $30,440 Roanoke, VA — $30,440 Las Cruces, NM — $30,460 York-Hanover, PA — $30,480 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $30,500 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $30,520 Spartanburg, SC — $30,540 Lynchburg, VA — $30,570 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $30,570 Rome, GA — $30,590 Warner Robins, GA — $30,650 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $30,660 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $30,670 Sherman-Denison, TX — $30,670 Logan, UT-ID — $30,730 Joplin, MO-KS — $30,740 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $30,750 Wichita, KS — $30,760 Toledo, OH — $30,780 Winchester, VA-WV — $30,780 Wilmington, NC — $30,790 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $30,810 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $30,820 Grand Island, NE — $30,830 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $30,840 Pittsburgh, PA — $30,840 Bloomington, IN — $30,890 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $30,930 Dubuque, IA — $30,960 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $30,960 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $30,970 Jackson, TN — $30,990 Lincoln, NE — $30,990 Cleveland, OH — $31,000 Sandusky, OH — $31,000 Akron, OH — $31,060 Muncie, IN — $31,060 Chambersburg, PA — $31,090 Ocala, FL — $31,090 Knoxville, TN — $31,150 Fort Wayne, IN — $31,200 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $31,200 Sebring, FL — $31,200 Saginaw, MI — $31,210 Homosassa Springs, FL — $31,240 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $31,270 Lawrence, KS — $31,320 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $31,340 Columbia, MO — $31,390 Birmingham, AL — $31,450 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $31,460 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $31,490 Farmington, NM — $31,530 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $31,530 Decatur, AL — $31,550 Kokomo, IN — $31,580 Bloomington, IL — $31,670 Morristown, TN — $31,750 Springfield, MO — $31,760 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $31,770 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $31,780 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $31,790 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $31,820 Gainesville, FL — $31,830 Gainesville, GA — $31,870 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $31,870 Twin Falls, ID — $31,900 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $32,030 Cleveland, TN — $32,160 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $32,290 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $32,290 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $32,310 Idaho Falls, ID — $32,320 Ames, IA — $32,460 Battle Creek, MI — $32,460 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $32,580 Springfield, OH — $32,610 Kankakee, IL — $32,650 Casper, WY — $32,660 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $32,690 Topeka, KS — $32,820 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $32,850 Lebanon, PA — $32,960 Reading, PA — $33,010 Salisbury, MD — $33,010 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $33,100 Huntsville, AL — $33,120 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $33,120 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $33,140 St. George, UT — $33,150 Midland, MI — $33,260 Omaha, NE-IA — $33,260 Bay City, MI — $33,320 Harrisonburg, VA — $33,350 Rapid City, SD — $33,350 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $33,360 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $33,370 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $33,400 Cedar Rapids, IA — $33,430 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $33,430 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $33,430 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $33,440 Ogden, UT — $33,450 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $33,450 Springfield, IL — $33,450 Rockford, IL — $33,540 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $33,580 Kenosha, WI — $33,580 Richmond, VA — $33,580 Fond du Lac, WI — $33,640 Decatur, IL — $33,650 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $33,660 Midland, TX — $33,660 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $33,720 Columbus, OH — $33,780 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $33,790 St. Louis, MO-IL — $33,820 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $33,840 Yuma, AZ — $33,840 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $33,860 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $33,870 Peoria, IL — $33,870 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $33,880 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $33,920 Eau Claire, WI — $34,000 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $34,000 Port St. Lucie, FL — $34,020 Dover, DE — $34,060 Cheyenne, WY — $34,070 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $34,090 Green Bay, WI — $34,090 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $34,090 Asheville, NC — $34,110 Elmira, NY — $34,140 Albuquerque, NM — $34,160 Wausau, WI — $34,160 Niles, MI — $34,170 Charlottesville, VA — $34,210 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $34,280 Punta Gorda, FL — $34,290 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $34,290 Flint, MI — $34,320 Kansas City, MO-KS — $34,320 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $34,330 Jacksonville, FL — $34,360 Lexington Park, MD — $34,360 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $34,410 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $34,420 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $34,420 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $34,440 Binghamton, NY — $34,460 Tucson, AZ — $34,530 Utica-Rome, NY — $34,530 Appleton, WI — $34,540 Traverse City, MI — $34,540 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $34,600 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $34,610 Monroe, MI — $34,620 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $34,650 Duluth, MN-WI — $34,650 Rochester, NY — $34,650 Jackson, MI — $34,770 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $34,800 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $34,800 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $34,810 St. Cloud, MN — $34,860 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $34,910 Great Falls, MT — $35,000 Ann Arbor, MI — $35,040 Glens Falls, NY — $35,070 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $35,130 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $35,160 Reno, NV — $35,160 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $35,230 Vineland, NJ — $35,230 Syracuse, NY — $35,250 Minot, ND — $35,290 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $35,290 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $35,350 Mankato, MN — $35,350 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $35,360 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $35,360 Sheboygan, WI — $35,370 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $35,380 Corvallis, OR — $35,410 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $35,410 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $35,420 Missoula, MT — $35,430 Springfield, MA — $35,440 El Centro, CA — $35,490 Ithaca, NY — $35,510 Pittsfield, MA — $35,540 Bangor, ME — $35,560 Pueblo, CO — $35,580 Grand Junction, CO — $35,630 Boise City, ID — $35,670 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $35,720 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $35,740 Billings, MT — $35,760 Salem, OR — $35,760 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $35,820 Madison, WI — $35,830 Medford, OR — $35,840 Fargo, ND-MN — $35,860 New Haven, CT — $35,950 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $35,960 Santa Fe, NM — $35,960 Albany, OR — $35,990 Helena, MT — $35,990 Visalia, CA — $35,990 Rochester, MN — $36,000 Colorado Springs, CO — $36,060 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $36,160 Worcester, MA — $36,220 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $36,320 Flagstaff, AZ — $36,440 Redding, CA — $36,450 Fresno, CA — $36,460 Kingston, NY — $36,530 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $36,540 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $36,610 Walla Walla, WA — $36,620 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $36,630 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $36,640 Yakima, WA — $36,640 Greeley, CO — $36,670 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $36,670 Chico, CA — $36,680 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $36,720 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $36,720 Bismarck, ND — $36,730 Barnstable Town, MA — $36,790 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $36,850 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $36,880 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $36,880 Grants Pass, OR — $36,940 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $37,010 Lewiston, ID-WA — $37,010 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $37,200 Yuba City, CA — $37,310 Portland-South Portland, ME — $37,320 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $37,330 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $37,330 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $37,340 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $37,350 Urban Honolulu, HI — $37,400 Modesto, CA — $37,430 Carson City, NV — $37,490 Anchorage, AK — $37,520 Fairbanks-College, AK — $37,550 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $37,600 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $37,660 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $37,700 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $37,700 Bend, OR — $37,720 Merced, CA — $37,740 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $37,780 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $37,810 Bellingham, WA — $37,840 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $37,900 Salinas, CA — $37,970 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $38,100 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $38,280 Bozeman, MT — $38,350 Vallejo, CA — $38,420 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $38,470 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $38,470 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $38,620 Longview-Kelso, WA — $38,680 Boulder, CO — $38,700 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $39,240 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $39,570 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $39,630 Napa, CA — $40,780 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $42,080 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $43,850 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $44,220 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 393 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 retail salespersons, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
San Jose metro areathis page
$44,220 median for San Jose metro area; middle half earns $40,980 to $47,010
$43,850 median for San Francisco metro area; middle half earns $40,010 to $47,900
$40,780 median for Napa metro area; middle half earns $38,290 to $48,430
$39,570 median for Santa Rosa metro area; middle half earns $37,940 to $45,740
$38,620 median for Santa Cruz metro area; middle half earns $36,670 to $45,430
$38,420 median for Vallejo metro area; middle half earns $37,160 to $45,390
$38,100 median for Sacramento metro area; middle half earns $36,260 to $44,650
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:
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 Counter and Rental Clerks $48,570 Highest-paying metro areas for retail 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 .