Salaries / Retail Salesperson
Sales & Business · SOC 41-2031
Retail Salesperson salary
Retail salespeople help customers find and buy products in stores, from clothing to electronics.
Median annual
$34,000
Median hourly
$16.30
Typical range
$26,000 to $50,000
Source: National estimate (to be replaced by live BLS data). Figures are gross pay and vary by location, employer, and experience.
The pay range, visually.
Low end (about the 10th percentile), median, and high end (about the 90th percentile).
By state
State figures are estimates derived from the national median and a state wage index, shown to give a rough sense of local differences.
Your skills are a business
Ideas we have for people in sales & business.
The same experience that earns a paycheck as a retail salesperson can start a business. Here are real ideas from our marketplace that fit this field.
Ecommerce and Shopify Virtual Assistant
Support online store owners with the daily grind of running a shop: adding and editing products, managing orders and customer service, updating listings, handling returns, and keeping the storefront running so the owner can focus on growth.
Amazon Handmade Shop with FBA
Sell your own handcrafted goods through Amazon Handmade and use FBA to store and ship the pieces, reaching Amazon's huge audience of gift and decor shoppers without running your own storefront.
Eco-Friendly Products Dropshipping Store
Curate reusable, plastic-free, and sustainable home and lifestyle products from suppliers who ship direct, serving shoppers who will pay more for goods that match their values.
Become a Social Media Manager for Local Shops
Run the online presence for cafes, boutiques, barbershops, and restaurants: one monthly content day in the shop, a month of posts, and the reviews handled.
You could hire retail salespersons, not just be one.
We have a staffing calculator to price the work and a full course on how to start a staffing agency, so you can turn a field you already know into a business that puts other people to work.