Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

41-2022 Parts Salespersons

Sell spare and replacement parts and equipment in repair shop or parts store.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
Geographic profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation:

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1)	Employment RSE (3)	Mean hourly wage	Mean annual wage (2)	Wage RSE (3)
256,170	1.2 %	$16.93	$35,220	0.5 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$9.89	$11.94	$15.24	$20.18	$26.97
Annual Wage (2)	$20,570	$24,840	$31,710	$41,980	$56,090

Industry profile for this occupation:

Industries with the highest published employment and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all industries with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Automotive Parts, Accessories, and Tire Stores	110,700	19.75	$14.17	$29,480
Automobile Dealers	58,450	4.51	$18.99	$39,510
Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	22,050	3.09	$20.25	$42,110
Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	20,190	5.72	$19.24	$40,010
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers	11,080	6.84	$16.52	$34,370

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Automotive Parts, Accessories, and Tire Stores	110,700	19.75	$14.17	$29,480
Other Motor Vehicle Dealers	11,080	6.84	$16.52	$34,370
Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	20,190	5.72	$19.24	$40,010
Automobile Dealers	58,450	4.51	$18.99	$39,510
Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	22,050	3.09	$20.25	$42,110

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	50	(7)	$23.62	$49,120
Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	250	0.03	$22.04	$45,850
Machinery Manufacturing (3331, 3332, 3334, and 3339 only)	620	0.08	$21.70	$45,130
Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers	1,050	0.20	$20.66	$42,980
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3323 and 3324 only)	40	0.01	$20.41	$42,450

Geographic profile for this occupation:

States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for this occupation are provided. For a list of all areas with employment in this occupation, see the Create Customized Tables function.

States with the highest employment level in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
California	26,140	1.50	0.86	$18.22	$37,890
Texas	24,090	1.94	1.11	$15.53	$32,310
Florida	14,930	1.70	0.97	$15.65	$32,550
New York	10,780	1.13	0.65	$19.06	$39,640
Ohio	10,070	1.85	1.06	$15.93	$33,130

States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
North Dakota	1,710	4.05	2.32	$20.57	$42,790
South Dakota	1,710	4.02	2.31	$17.64	$36,700
Wyoming	880	3.21	1.84	$18.77	$39,040
Montana	1,390	2.96	1.70	$16.99	$35,350
Arkansas	3,400	2.79	1.60	$14.45	$30,050

Top paying States for this occupation:

State	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Colorado	3,410	1.27	0.73	$20.58	$42,800
North Dakota	1,710	4.05	2.32	$20.57	$42,790
Hawaii	640	1.01	0.58	$20.53	$42,710
Alaska	530	1.67	0.96	$20.16	$41,940
New Jersey	4,870	1.19	0.68	$19.73	$41,040

Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in this occupation:

Metropolitan area	Employment (1)	Employment per thousand jobs	Location quotient (9)	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	8,090	0.84	0.48	$20.69	$43,040
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	7,770	2.13	1.22	$15.44	$32,100
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	7,770	1.25	0.71	$18.12	$37,690
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	5,970	1.28	0.73	$18.54	$38,560
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	5,180	1.89	1.08	$15.59	$32,420
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	4,910	1.61	0.92	$15.16	$31,530
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	3,800	1.44	0.82	$16.38	$34,070
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	3,770	1.31	0.75	$16.94	$35,240
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ	3,630	1.71	0.98	$16.44	$34,190
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	3,150	0.99	0.57	$16.84	$35,020