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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2020
41-1011 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Directly supervise and coordinate activities of retail sales workers in an establishment or department. Duties may include management functions, such as purchasing, budgeting, accounting, and personnel work, in addition to supervisory duties.
National estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Industry profile for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Geographic profile for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
National estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 1,063,110 |
0.5 % |
$ 22.74 |
$ 47,300 |
0.2 % |
Percentile wage estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 13.11 |
$ 15.90 |
$ 19.99 |
$ 26.87 |
$ 35.01 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 27,260 |
$ 33,070 |
$ 41,580 |
$ 55,880 |
$ 72,810 |
Industry profile for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| General Merchandise Stores |
229,320 |
7.66 |
$ 21.33 |
$ 44,370 |
| Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only) |
152,710 |
5.25 |
$ 22.64 |
$ 47,100 |
| Gasoline Stations |
89,180 |
9.71 |
$ 19.04 |
$ 39,600 |
| Building Material and Supplies Dealers |
74,920 |
6.48 |
$ 23.91 |
$ 49,740 |
| Clothing Stores |
71,640 |
10.40 |
$ 21.31 |
$ 44,330 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Shoe Stores |
20,700 |
13.99 |
$ 19.96 |
$ 41,520 |
| Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores |
17,450 |
11.05 |
$ 22.00 |
$ 45,750 |
| Clothing Stores |
71,640 |
10.40 |
$ 21.31 |
$ 44,330 |
| Book Stores and News Dealers |
5,570 |
9.99 |
$ 19.85 |
$ 41,280 |
| Gasoline Stations |
89,180 |
9.71 |
$ 19.04 |
$ 39,600 |
Top paying industries for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
Geographic profile for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
105,060 |
6.39 |
0.84 |
$ 23.27 |
$ 48,400 |
| Texas |
102,600 |
8.48 |
1.11 |
$ 21.94 |
$ 45,640 |
| Florida |
77,110 |
9.13 |
1.20 |
$ 22.76 |
$ 47,350 |
| New York |
51,260 |
5.90 |
0.77 |
$ 26.16 |
$ 54,410 |
| Pennsylvania |
41,780 |
7.58 |
0.99 |
$ 23.06 |
$ 47,970 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Mississippi |
12,680 |
11.78 |
1.54 |
$ 20.95 |
$ 43,580 |
| Alabama |
20,770 |
10.91 |
1.43 |
$ 21.15 |
$ 43,990 |
| South Carolina |
21,730 |
10.78 |
1.41 |
$ 20.90 |
$ 43,470 |
| Montana |
4,840 |
10.62 |
1.39 |
$ 22.01 |
$ 45,780 |
| Wyoming |
2,640 |
10.07 |
1.32 |
$ 20.57 |
$ 42,790 |
Top paying states for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Rhode Island |
3,120 |
7.05 |
0.92 |
$ 29.41 |
$ 61,170 |
| District of Columbia |
1,600 |
2.33 |
0.31 |
$ 28.31 |
$ 58,890 |
| New Jersey |
24,570 |
6.49 |
0.85 |
$ 27.54 |
$ 57,280 |
| Connecticut |
12,330 |
8.00 |
1.05 |
$ 26.64 |
$ 55,410 |
| New York |
51,260 |
5.90 |
0.77 |
$ 26.16 |
$ 54,410 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
| 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 |
50,210 |
5.68 |
0.74 |
$ 28.06 |
$ 58,360 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
35,490 |
6.09 |
0.80 |
$ 22.97 |
$ 47,780 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
29,250 |
8.15 |
1.07 |
$ 22.34 |
$ 46,470 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
26,020 |
5.97 |
0.78 |
$ 23.34 |
$ 48,540 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
21,900 |
7.38 |
0.97 |
$ 23.18 |
$ 48,220 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
20,630 |
8.22 |
1.08 |
$ 23.59 |
$ 49,060 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
19,050 |
7.24 |
0.95 |
$ 22.22 |
$ 46,210 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
18,730 |
6.20 |
0.81 |
$ 25.82 |
$ 53,700 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
17,730 |
6.58 |
0.86 |
$ 25.16 |
$ 52,340 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
15,950 |
6.13 |
0.80 |
$ 26.47 |
$ 55,070 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Hinesville, GA |
340 |
19.31 |
2.53 |
$ 18.69 |
$ 38,870 |
| Gadsden, AL |
550 |
17.43 |
2.28 |
$ 17.75 |
$ 36,920 |
| Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL |
880 |
16.95 |
2.22 |
$ 19.85 |
$ 41,280 |
| Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL |
1,170 |
16.02 |
2.10 |
$ 22.07 |
$ 45,900 |
| Punta Gorda, FL |
740 |
15.96 |
2.09 |
$ 22.75 |
$ 47,320 |
| Muskegon, MI |
850 |
15.63 |
2.04 |
$ 21.29 |
$ 44,280 |
| Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC |
2,300 |
14.87 |
1.95 |
$ 20.37 |
$ 42,370 |
| Hot Springs, AR |
500 |
14.18 |
1.85 |
$ 21.06 |
$ 43,800 |
| Altoona, PA |
770 |
14.10 |
1.85 |
$ 20.44 |
$ 42,510 |
| Jacksonville, NC |
640 |
14.10 |
1.84 |
$ 22.44 |
$ 46,680 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
3,000 |
7.97 |
1.04 |
$ 29.89 |
$ 62,180 |
| Yakima, WA |
790 |
8.76 |
1.15 |
$ 29.67 |
$ 61,710 |
| Sheboygan, WI |
380 |
6.60 |
0.86 |
$ 29.62 |
$ 61,610 |
| New Haven, CT |
2,120 |
7.84 |
1.03 |
$ 29.22 |
$ 60,770 |
| Odessa, TX |
750 |
10.18 |
1.33 |
$ 28.61 |
$ 59,500 |
| Napa, CA |
570 |
8.28 |
1.08 |
$ 28.35 |
$ 58,970 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA |
4,110 |
7.77 |
1.02 |
$ 28.35 |
$ 58,970 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
50,210 |
5.68 |
0.74 |
$ 28.06 |
$ 58,360 |
| Fond du Lac, WI |
240 |
5.70 |
0.75 |
$ 27.97 |
$ 58,190 |
| Boulder, CO |
1,140 |
6.27 |
0.82 |
$ 27.74 |
$ 57,700 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
| Nonmetropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous) |
3,400 |
10.89 |
1.43 |
$ 19.95 |
$ 41,490 |
| Kansas nonmetropolitan area |
3,340 |
8.82 |
1.15 |
$ 19.45 |
$ 40,460 |
| North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area |
3,090 |
11.49 |
1.50 |
$ 19.53 |
$ 40,620 |
| Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area |
2,370 |
9.66 |
1.26 |
$ 21.61 |
$ 44,960 |
| Southeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area |
2,330 |
9.70 |
1.27 |
$ 20.92 |
$ 43,510 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
| Nonmetropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Southwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area |
1,130 |
16.33 |
2.14 |
$ 22.86 |
$ 47,560 |
| Northeast Louisiana nonmetropolitan area |
1,000 |
15.98 |
2.09 |
$ 17.96 |
$ 37,360 |
| East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area |
1,500 |
15.68 |
2.05 |
$ 16.02 |
$ 33,320 |
| Northeast Coastal North Carolina nonmetropolitan area |
1,370 |
15.37 |
2.01 |
$ 20.40 |
$ 42,440 |
| Central Louisiana nonmetropolitan area |
1,090 |
14.73 |
1.93 |
$ 20.02 |
$ 41,630 |
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:
About May 2020 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.
(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 OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2020 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2020 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2020 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2020 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2020 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: March 31, 2021
United States Department of Labor
