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Salary data from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

Average Retail Salespersons Salary in Bay City, MI

Retail Salespersons in Bay City, MI earn a median annual salary of $30,120, which is -12.9% compared to the national median. There are 1,030 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2024 estimates for Bay City, MI (metro area).

$30,120
Bay City, MI median annual wage
$14/hour median
-12.9%
Difference vs national median
National median is $34,580
1,030
Local employment
30.7 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.25
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$23,100
25th
$26,890
Median
$30,120
75th
$36,290
90th
$52,500

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 Bay City, MI, 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
91.9%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$32,767
Goods: 93.7%
Services: 95.2%
Rents: 66.7%

Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

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 Bay City, MI

OccupationMedian annual wageLQ
Family Medicine Physicians$214,9001.35
Dentists, General$167,2701.67
Architectural And Engineering Managers$133,9500.77
Pharmacists$128,4500.91
Financial Managers$127,9000.61
Sales Managers$125,7400.72
Electrical Engineers$124,1701.98
Computer And Information Systems Managers$122,7500.31

Bay City, MI has salary data for 181 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Family Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Retail Salespersons in Bay City, MI

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

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Retail Salespersons are projected to change by -0.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 555,800 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.