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Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2019

41-9099 Sales and Related Workers, All Other

All sales and related workers not listed separately.


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)
118,910 1.7 % $19.53 $40,620 0.9 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $10.41 $11.90 $15.30 $22.85 $33.63
Annual Wage (2) $21,650 $24,740 $31,820 $47,530 $69,940


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)
Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only) 6,710 0.23 $15.69 $32,630
Nondepository Credit Intermediation 5,780 1.01 $15.05 $31,310
Automobile Dealers 4,860 0.38 $20.77 $43,210
Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 4,520 1.16 $24.57 $51,100
Miscellaneous Store Retailers (4532 and 4533 only) 4,410 1.03 $13.84 $28,800

Industries with the highest concentration of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Vending Machine Operators 480 1.21 (8) (8)
Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses 4,520 1.16 $24.57 $51,100
Miscellaneous Store Retailers (4532 and 4533 only) 4,410 1.03 $13.84 $28,800
Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers 710 1.02 $20.49 $42,620
Nondepository Credit Intermediation 5,780 1.01 $15.05 $31,310

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment (1) Percent of industry employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Data Processing, Hosting, and Related Services 570 0.17 $34.94 $72,680
Petroleum and Coal Products Manufacturing (8) (8) $33.25 $69,150
Software Publishers 1,040 0.24 $33.23 $69,120
Postal Service (federal government) 180 0.03 $32.48 $67,550
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (3321, 3322, 3325, 3326, and 3329 only) 150 0.03 $32.22 $67,020


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 29,030 1.67 2.06 $24.71 $51,400
Texas 13,070 1.05 1.30 $16.26 $33,820
Florida 8,560 0.97 1.20 $16.93 $35,210
New Jersey 6,310 1.54 1.91 $27.40 $57,000
Georgia 4,510 1.01 1.25 $19.72 $41,020




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)
California 29,030 1.67 2.06 $24.71 $51,400
New Jersey 6,310 1.54 1.91 $27.40 $57,000
Colorado 3,750 1.40 1.73 $20.39 $42,420
Texas 13,070 1.05 1.30 $16.26 $33,820
Maryland 2,810 1.04 1.28 $18.76 $39,020




Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
New Jersey 6,310 1.54 1.91 $27.40 $57,000
Massachusetts 1,810 0.50 0.62 $25.14 $52,300
California 29,030 1.67 2.06 $24.71 $51,400
Vermont (8) (8) (8) $24.68 $51,340
Connecticut 690 0.41 0.51 $22.94 $47,720





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)
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 12,940 2.07 2.56 $24.37 $50,690
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 6,540 0.68 0.84 $25.54 $53,110
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 3,640 1.00 1.23 $16.58 $34,490
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX 3,020 0.99 1.22 $16.61 $34,550
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 2,910 1.06 1.31 $20.83 $43,320
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 2,600 0.98 1.21 $16.81 $34,960
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2,440 2.14 2.64 $27.51 $57,220
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO 2,430 1.61 1.99 $22.24 $46,260
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 2,370 1.54 1.91 $19.06 $39,650
San Diego-Carlsbad, CA 2,350 1.57 1.94 $23.56 $49,000




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

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Killeen-Temple, TX 460 3.27 4.04 $12.95 $26,930
Napa, CA 200 2.56 3.16 $28.12 $58,480
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2,440 2.14 2.64 $27.51 $57,220
Victoria, TX 80 2.08 2.56 $14.80 $30,790
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 12,940 2.07 2.56 $24.37 $50,690
Medford, OR 170 2.01 2.48 $19.40 $40,350
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 620 1.97 2.43 $23.10 $48,060
Odessa, TX 160 1.92 2.37 $18.63 $38,740
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 510 1.92 2.37 $13.85 $28,810
Clarksville, TN-KY 160 1.90 2.35 $12.95 $26,940




Top paying metropolitan areas for this occupation:

Metropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Napa, CA 200 2.56 3.16 $28.12 $58,480
Modesto, CA 270 1.43 1.77 $27.58 $57,370
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2,440 2.14 2.64 $27.51 $57,220
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH 1,530 0.55 0.67 $26.27 $54,640
Green Bay, WI 90 0.49 0.61 $25.56 $53,160
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA 6,540 0.68 0.84 $25.54 $53,110
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 50 0.38 0.47 $24.72 $51,430
Fresno, CA 330 0.85 1.05 $24.60 $51,160
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA 12,940 2.07 2.56 $24.37 $50,690
Salinas, CA 200 1.12 1.38 $24.30 $50,550

Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
North Northeastern Ohio non-metropolitan area (non-contiguous) 230 0.67 0.83 $14.02 $29,160
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area 220 1.10 1.36 $12.88 $26,790
Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area 210 1.09 1.35 $17.24 $35,860
Kansas nonmetropolitan area 200 0.52 0.64 $13.92 $28,950
Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area 200 1.01 1.25 $15.34 $31,920

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

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
Maryland nonmetropolitan area 100 1.58 1.96 $12.78 $26,580
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area 170 1.55 1.92 $15.35 $31,920
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area 170 1.53 1.89 $13.04 $27,120
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area 180 1.45 1.79 $17.24 $35,860
Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area 160 1.39 1.72 $18.02 $37,480

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for this occupation:

Nonmetropolitan area Employment (1) Employment per thousand jobs Location quotient (9) Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage (2)
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area 80 0.70 0.87 $21.33 $44,360
Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area (8) (8) (8) $21.17 $44,030
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area 170 0.78 0.97 $20.98 $43,650
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area 50 0.73 0.91 $20.94 $43,550
Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area 30 0.52 0.64 $20.22 $42,070


About May 2019 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia. The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.

The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate--50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

(8) Estimate not released.

(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration. A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.


Other OES estimates and related information:

May 2019 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2019 Occupation Profiles

Technical Notes

 

Last Modified Date: July 6, 2020