Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2021

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)
1,143,260	0.4 %	$ 22.54	$ 46,890	0.3 %

Percentile wage estimates for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:

Percentile	10%	25%	50% (Median)	75%	90%
Hourly Wage	$ 13.94	$ 16.12	$ 18.86	$ 25.03	$ 35.17
Annual Wage (2)	$ 29,000	$ 33,520	$ 39,230	$ 52,070	$ 73,160

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	236,360	7.66	$ 20.45	$ 42,530
Food and Beverage Stores (4451 and 4452 only)	158,350	5.35	$ 22.40	$ 46,590
Gasoline Stations	98,180	10.61	$ 18.21	$ 37,870
Clothing Stores	86,660	11.40	$ 20.34	$ 42,300
Building Material and Supplies Dealers	85,420	6.85	$ 23.60	$ 49,080

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	24,310	14.82	$ 18.76	$ 39,010
Clothing Stores	86,660	11.40	$ 20.34	$ 42,300
Book Stores and News Dealers	6,120	11.28	$ 22.03	$ 45,820
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores	18,080	10.94	$ 21.31	$ 44,320
Gasoline Stations	98,180	10.61	$ 18.21	$ 37,870

Top paying industries for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers:

Industry	Employment (1)	Percent of industry employment	Hourly mean wage	Annual mean wage (2)
Agencies, Brokerages, and Other Insurance Related Activities	260	0.02	$ 48.30	$ 100,450
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other Financial Investments and Related Activities	50	0.01	$ 45.00	$ 93,590
Automobile Dealers	47,050	3.86	$ 41.91	$ 87,170
Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers	820	0.12	$ 39.16	$ 81,460
Insurance Carriers	70	0.01	$ 39.01	$ 81,140

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.

Map of employment of first-line supervisors of retail sales workers by state, May 2021

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)
Texas	116,060	9.49	1.17	$ 22.44	$ 46,660
California	107,690	6.52	0.80	$ 23.65	$ 49,190
Florida	78,060	9.07	1.12	$ 22.40	$ 46,580
New York	55,040	6.35	0.78	$ 25.99	$ 54,060
Pennsylvania	44,180	7.91	0.98	$ 21.88	$ 45,510

Map of location quotient of first-line supervisors of retail sales workers by state, May 2021

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	13,590	12.34	1.52	$ 19.52	$ 40,600
Alabama	22,760	11.80	1.45	$ 19.28	$ 40,110
Montana	5,390	11.47	1.41	$ 22.63	$ 47,080
Arkansas	13,540	11.37	1.40	$ 18.84	$ 39,180
Wyoming	2,900	11.14	1.37	$ 22.13	$ 46,030

Map of annual mean wages of first-line supervisors of retail sales workers by state, May 2021

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	3,360	7.33	0.90	$ 27.19	$ 56,550
New Jersey	26,850	6.97	0.86	$ 26.80	$ 55,750
New York	55,040	6.35	0.78	$ 25.99	$ 54,060
District of Columbia	1,300	1.96	0.24	$ 25.74	$ 53,530
Colorado	23,400	8.93	1.10	$ 25.54	$ 53,120

Map of employment of first-line supervisors of retail sales workers by area, May 2021

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	51,930	5.98	0.74	$ 27.80	$ 57,830
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	35,990	6.29	0.78	$ 23.46	$ 48,810
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	31,170	8.68	1.07	$ 22.98	$ 47,800
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI	27,090	6.40	0.79	$ 23.27	$ 48,400
Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX	26,710	9.22	1.14	$ 23.37	$ 48,610
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL	21,210	8.65	1.07	$ 22.89	$ 47,610
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	21,050	8.13	1.00	$ 22.15	$ 46,080
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	19,980	7.53	0.93	$ 23.69	$ 49,270
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	19,960	6.81	0.84	$ 26.40	$ 54,920
Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH	17,790	6.88	0.85	$ 25.75	$ 53,560

Map of location quotient of first-line supervisors of retail sales workers by area, May 2021

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)
Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL	1,400	18.82	2.32	$ 19.24	$ 40,020
Muskegon, MI	940	16.48	2.03	$ 22.32	$ 46,430
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC-NC	2,650	16.32	2.01	$ 19.71	$ 41,000
Dothan, AL	900	15.99	1.97	$ 18.26	$ 37,970
Jacksonville, NC	750	15.64	1.93	$ 20.37	$ 42,370
Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL	800	15.38	1.90	$ 18.72	$ 38,930
Gadsden, AL	480	15.16	1.87	$ 17.98	$ 37,390
Hot Springs, AR	540	14.89	1.84	$ 18.67	$ 38,830
Anniston-Oxford-Jacksonville, AL	630	14.55	1.79	$ 18.73	$ 38,950
Watertown-Fort Drum, NY	550	14.53	1.79	$ 21.65	$ 45,030

Map of annual mean wages of first-line supervisors of retail sales workers by area, May 2021

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)
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA	51,930	5.98	0.74	$ 27.80	$ 57,830
Boulder, CO	1,450	7.99	0.98	$ 27.18	$ 56,520
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	4,740	4.44	0.55	$ 26.89	$ 55,930
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	13,560	7.07	0.87	$ 26.82	$ 55,780
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI	4,910	6.24	0.77	$ 26.81	$ 55,770
Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO	11,080	7.56	0.93	$ 26.63	$ 55,380
San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA	11,800	5.26	0.65	$ 26.62	$ 55,360
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	19,960	6.81	0.84	$ 26.40	$ 54,920
Trenton, NJ	1,030	4.52	0.56	$ 26.38	$ 54,860
Napa, CA	450	6.56	0.81	$ 26.30	$ 54,710

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)
Kansas nonmetropolitan area	3,760	10.01	1.23	$ 18.07	$ 37,590
North Texas Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area	3,110	11.68	1.44	$ 19.66	$ 40,890
Piedmont North Carolina nonmetropolitan area	2,870	11.75	1.45	$ 20.92	$ 43,510
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)	2,780	8.85	1.09	$ 20.09	$ 41,790
Northeast Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	2,710	12.24	1.51	$ 18.89	$ 39,290

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)
Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area	560	16.47	2.03	$ 21.49	$ 44,700
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	1,540	15.53	1.91	$ 24.32	$ 50,580
North Arkansas nonmetropolitan area	1,670	14.75	1.82	$ 18.22	$ 37,910
Northwest Mississippi nonmetropolitan area	1,270	14.59	1.80	$ 17.63	$ 36,670
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area	970	14.52	1.79	$ 22.57	$ 46,940

Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for 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)
East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	350	5.78	0.71	$ 26.19	$ 54,480
West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area	860	8.15	1.00	$ 25.83	$ 53,730
Connecticut nonmetropolitan area	340	10.73	1.32	$ 24.93	$ 51,850
Northwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	1,570	13.45	1.66	$ 24.37	$ 50,690
Southwest Colorado nonmetropolitan area	1,540	15.53	1.91	$ 24.32	$ 50,580

About May 2021 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 2021 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2021 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2021 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2021 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

May 2021 Occupation Profiles

Technical Notes

Last Modified Date: March 31, 2022