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First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers earn $48,520 a year at the midpoint

One of the largest occupations in the country — about 1,121,800 people — with a midpoint of $48,520 a year.

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$48,520median a year · United States
$23.33an hour $53,380average 1,121,800people
Nine in ten people in this work earn between the two ends. The shaded part is the middle half — where most people are.
$38,59025th $48,520median $62,13075th
$33,12010th percentile $77,08090th percentile
$38,590a year at the 25th percentile, nearer a first job
$60,750best-paying state · Washington
$36,950lowest-paying state · Arkansas
+25%top state against the national median
  • Read the spread, not the middle. The median is the midpoint across everyone in the occupation, most of them years into the work. A beginner starts nearer the 10th to 25th percentile, which is why the spread is published alongside it.
  • What the figure counts. The figure counts base pay plus tips, commissions and production bonuses. It leaves out the self-employed, unpaid family workers, private household workers, and the value of benefits or profit sharing.
  • The annual figure is arithmetic. For hourly occupations the annual figure is the hourly rate times 2080 hours. It is a calculation, not observed earnings: part time is the norm in retail and food service.
  • Where you live moves it more than your resume does. National figures. A state or metro area can sit far from the national number, and that gap is usually larger than any difference a resume makes.
  • Not in these numbers. Growth and annual openings are not in this dataset. They come from the separate Employment Projections tables, where an opening is a modelled ten year average and not a posted vacancy.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025. Retrieved through the BLS Public Data API on 2026-08-13. bls.gov/oes “BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.”

State matters a lotThe same job pays $60,750 in Washington and $36,950 in Arkansas — a gap of $23,800 a year.

Retail sales supervisor earnings, from starting pay to the best-paid 10%

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  • Provided customer service by greeting and assisting customers and responding to customer inquiries and complaints.
  • Directed and supervised employees engaged in sales, inventory-taking, reconciling cash receipts, or in performing services for customers.
  • Examined merchandise to ensure that it is correctly priced and displayed and that it functions as advertised.

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Retail sales supervisor wages by state

The 37 states where the most people do this work, of 51 with a published figure: their medians range by 1.64 times. Figures are the 2025 survey.

State Median a year Where most start 10th to 90th Employed
Washington $60,750 $44,890 $44,890 — $86,860 27,640
New York $58,300 $38,840 $38,840 — $88,640 50,830
Colorado $58,200 $39,440 $39,440 — $86,320 26,390
Massachusetts $57,490 $39,740 $39,740 — $81,300 20,240
New Jersey $57,320 $39,200 $39,200 — $82,750 31,160
Connecticut $56,510 $37,110 $37,110 — $82,140 13,910
California $54,870 $38,860 $38,860 — $77,590 109,180
Oregon $50,660 $37,530 $37,530 — $78,630 13,940
Wisconsin $49,550 $35,040 $35,040 — $76,060 17,750
Minnesota $48,770 $36,550 $36,550 — $75,900 21,530
Florida $48,410 $34,710 $34,710 — $76,200 80,470
Arizona $48,010 $36,640 $36,640 — $69,400 20,260
Illinois $47,990 $35,360 $35,360 — $77,550 36,940
Virginia $47,990 $34,330 $34,330 — $76,220 32,250
Tennessee $47,880 $28,520 $28,520 — $76,300 26,470
Indiana $47,790 $31,630 $31,630 — $73,410 22,090
South Carolina $47,770 $29,280 $29,280 — $76,960 19,390
North Carolina $47,760 $32,030 $32,030 — $77,110 39,890
Utah $47,470 $34,610 $34,610 — $76,050 10,270
Maryland $47,000 $36,990 $36,990 — $74,610 23,080
Kansas $46,950 $31,780 $31,780 — $72,040 9,250
Nevada $46,900 $33,360 $33,360 — $74,980 10,500
Missouri $46,860 $33,300 $33,300 — $73,590 19,160
Pennsylvania $46,690 $30,830 $30,830 — $73,880 40,970
Iowa $46,610 $32,160 $32,160 — $74,030 9,970
New Mexico $46,550 $34,490 $34,490 — $72,510 7,660
Michigan $46,430 $31,610 $31,610 — $70,640 30,750
Texas $46,280 $28,780 $28,780 — $74,840 103,410
Georgia $46,150 $29,430 $29,430 — $75,960 36,900
Mississippi $45,760 $28,100 $28,100 — $72,550 13,020
Ohio $45,680 $30,410 $30,410 — $70,400 39,110
Oklahoma $45,430 $28,460 $28,460 — $75,000 15,340
Alabama $44,860 $27,960 $27,960 — $75,330 25,020
Louisiana $43,860 $27,720 $27,720 — $71,290 16,910
Kentucky $40,080 $28,360 $28,360 — $69,930 18,290
West Virginia $39,740 $27,870 $27,870 — $66,210 7,420
Arkansas $36,950 $28,600 $28,600 — $69,020 11,050

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Number 555 of 788 by median pay

Better paid than 30% of the occupations in the survey.

  1. 553 First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services $48,560
  2. 554 Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders $48,540
  3. 555 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers $48,520
  4. 556 Billing and Posting Clerks $48,500
  5. 557 Models $48,470

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What is a retail sales supervisor’s yearly income?

A retail sales supervisor makes a median of $48,520 a year (2025 survey). The middle half earn between $38,590 and $62,130.

What is a retail sales supervisor’s hourly pay rate?

The median pay rate is $23.33 an hour; the average is $53,380 a year.

What is the starting pay for a retail sales supervisor?

Starting pay is usually near the 25th percentile, $38,590 a year, and sometimes as low as the 10th, $33,120.

Which state pays first-line supervisors of retail sales workers the most?

Washington, with a median of $60,750 a year.

How many people work as first-line supervisors of retail sales workers?

About 1,121,800 in the United States — number 555 of 788 occupations by median pay.

Work that pays roughly the same

Median pay within $50 of what first-line supervisors of retail sales workers earn — $48,520 a year — but not always the same spread.

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