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Average Retail Salespersons Salary in Pocatello, ID

Retail Salespersons in Pocatello, ID earn a median annual salary of $30,220, which is -14.7% compared to the national median. There are 990 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Pocatello, ID (metro area).

$30,220
Pocatello, ID median annual wage
$15/hour median
-14.7%
Difference vs national median
National median is $35,410
990
Local employment
25.8 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.03
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$23,320
25th
$27,340
Median
$30,220
75th
$35,750
90th
$47,960

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 Pocatello, ID, 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
88.9%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$33,991
Goods: 96.2%
Services: 69.8%
Rents: 66.4%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $44,220 Compare 18,340
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $43,850 Compare 39,460
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $42,080 Compare 46,620
Napa, CA $40,780 Compare 2,150
Kahului-Wailuku, HI $39,630 Compare 2,510
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $39,570 Compare 5,720

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 Pocatello, ID

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Nurse Anesthetists $268,710 3.76
Chief Executives $180,280 2.00
Sales Managers $136,520 0.54
Pharmacists $135,290 1.31
Computer And Information Systems Managers $133,800 0.32
Physician Assistants $129,480 2.01
Electrical Power-Line Installers And Repairers $127,700 0.97
Nurse Practitioners $125,690 1.07

Pocatello, ID has salary data for 181 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Nurse Anesthetists.

Historical series

Trend for Retail Salespersons in Pocatello, ID

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.