Average First-Line Supervisors Of Retail Sales Workers Salary in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

First-Line Supervisors Of Retail Sales Workers in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD earn a median annual salary of $45,380, which is -4.1% compared to the national median. There are 10,210 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD (metro area).

$45,380

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD median annual wage

$22/hour median

-4.1%

Difference vs national median

National median is $47,320

10,210

Local employment

7.6 jobs per 1,000 workers

1.05

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $36,090
25th: $37,700
Median: $45,380
75th: $56,720
90th: $73,360

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity

104.5%

Exact metro RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$43,431

Goods: 102.4%
Services: 110.2%
Rents: 118.2%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$60,320	Compare	14,440
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$60,260	Compare	4,610
Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$59,620	Compare	940
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$58,320	Compare	52,310
Boulder, CO	$57,990	Compare	1,570
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	$57,830	Compare	2,930

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Physicians, All Other	$226,570	1.25
Podiatrists	$218,390	1.63
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric	$213,490	N/A
Nurse Anesthetists	$209,340	0.95
Pediatricians, General	$187,190	0.76
Dentists, General	$186,530	1.11
Judges, Magistrate Judges, And Magistrates	$181,320	0.89
Computer And Information Systems Managers	$173,130	1.31

Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD has salary data for 672 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Physicians, All Other.

Historical series

Trend for First-Line Supervisors Of Retail Sales Workers in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, First-Line Supervisors Of Retail Sales Workers are projected to change by -5.0% from 2024 to 2034, with 125,100 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.