Win· Before you ask
How much do retail salespersons make in Georgia?
- Median
- $30,840/year
- Mean
- $33,980/year
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What retail salespersons in Georgia earn, from low to high.
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- 9Atlanta, GA$33k
- 10Georgia$31k
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Retail Salespersons in Georgia: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source pay figures, job scale, price level, and survey limits as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 41-2031 and BLS area 13.
What the Retail Salespersons median says in Georgia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Retail Salespersons median in Georgia at $30,840 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 41-2031 and BLS area 13.
BLS lists 143,120 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $33,980 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.
Georgia's Retail Salespersons median is 12.9% below the U.S. Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.
Read source key 41-2031 with area 13
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 41-2031 and area 13. SOC 41-2031 names Retail Salespersons. Area 13 names Georgia. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 41-2031/13 row has 143,120 wage and salary jobs. There are 29.27 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.17. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.
For 41-2031/13, the annual median is $30,840 per year, while the matching mean is $33,980 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
- 41-2031/13 10th percentile: $22,590 per year.
- 41-2031/13 25th percentile: $27,610 per year.
- 41-2031/13 median: $30,840 per year.
- 41-2031/13 75th percentile: $36,420 per year.
- 41-2031/13 90th percentile: $46,430 per year.
- 41-2031/13 employment RSE: 1.6%. Mean-wage RSE: 0.7%.
- 41-2031/13 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.
BLS area 13 facts behind this Retail Salespersons page
Area 13 reports 4,889,170 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $65,920. Its annual median is $48,170. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 41-2031 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Georgia runs from $27,930 at the 10th percentile to $122,470 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $35,700. The median is $48,170. The 75th percentile is $77,570. This is a place check, not a pay range for Retail Salespersons.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 13. They do not show related skills or a path into Retail Salespersons.
- 1. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 13. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 145,030. Yearly median: $26,920. Jobs per 1,000: 29.67. Location quotient: 1.2.
- 2. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Area: 13. SOC: 53-7062. Jobs: 137,580. Yearly median: $38,480. Jobs per 1,000: 28.14. Location quotient: 1.48.
- 3. General and Operations Managers. Area: 13. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 111,060. Yearly median: $103,730. Jobs per 1,000: 22.72. Location quotient: 1.01.
- 4. Registered Nurses. Area: 13. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 100,950. Yearly median: $93,550. Jobs per 1,000: 20.65. Location quotient: 0.95.
- 5. Customer Service Representatives. Area: 13. SOC: 43-4051. Jobs: 97,850. Yearly median: $39,630. Jobs per 1,000: 20.01. Location quotient: 1.2.
- 6. Cashiers. Area: 13. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 97,540. Yearly median: $29,070. Jobs per 1,000: 19.95. Location quotient: 1.
Read the Georgia wage ladder for Retail Salespersons
The 10th percentile is $22,590 per year. The 25th percentile is $27,610 per year. The median is $30,840 per year. The 75th percentile is $36,420 per year. The 90th percentile is $46,430 per year.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from $27,610 per year to $36,420 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $23,840. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Compare Georgia with its state and the U.S.
Georgia has a annual median of $30,840 per year. No exact state row is linked for this area. The U.S. row has $35,410 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
A state comparison is not available for Georgia. Georgia is 12.9% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Where Georgia sits for Retail Salespersons
Georgia ranks 41 of 54 among states and territories with a published annual median for Retail Salespersons. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.
Rank 41 of 54 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.
The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.
- 38. North Carolina. The Retail Salespersons median is $31,370 per year. BLS estimates 127,540 jobs. The location quotient is 1.03.
- 39. Iowa. The Retail Salespersons median is $31,360 per year. BLS estimates 41,000 jobs. The location quotient is 1.05.
- 40. Pennsylvania. The Retail Salespersons median is $31,200 per year. BLS estimates 141,790 jobs. The location quotient is 0.93.
- 42. Ohio. The Retail Salespersons median is $30,800 per year. BLS estimates 137,370 jobs. The location quotient is 0.99.
- 43. Texas. The Retail Salespersons median is $30,800 per year. BLS estimates 341,640 jobs. The location quotient is 0.97.
- 44. South Carolina. The Retail Salespersons median is $30,690 per year. BLS estimates 67,310 jobs. The location quotient is 1.16.
Where Retail Salespersons medians lead among states and territories
The rows below use the same SOC 41-2031, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same state map type. Washington has the highest published median in this set, at $39,560 per year. Georgia sits at $30,840 per year.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Retail Salespersons is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
- 1. Washington has a Retail Salespersons median of $39,560 per year, or $8,720 above Georgia. BLS lists 84,850 jobs there, compared with 143,120 in Georgia. The location quotient is 0.95.
- 2. District of Columbia has a Retail Salespersons median of $38,500 per year, or $7,660 above Georgia. BLS lists 4,660 jobs there, compared with 143,120 in Georgia. The location quotient is 0.26.
- 3. California has a Retail Salespersons median of $38,440 per year, or $7,600 above Georgia. BLS lists 376,460 jobs there, compared with 143,120 in Georgia. The location quotient is 0.82.
- 4. Colorado has a Retail Salespersons median of $37,950 per year, or $7,110 above Georgia. BLS lists 76,660 jobs there, compared with 143,120 in Georgia. The location quotient is 1.06.
- 5. Hawaii has a Retail Salespersons median of $37,790 per year, or $6,950 above Georgia. BLS lists 19,180 jobs there, compared with 143,120 in Georgia. The location quotient is 1.22.
- 6. New York has a Retail Salespersons median of $37,720 per year, or $6,880 above Georgia. BLS lists 238,540 jobs there, compared with 143,120 in Georgia. The location quotient is 0.98.
- 7. Vermont has a Retail Salespersons median of $37,400 per year, or $6,560 above Georgia. BLS lists 8,250 jobs there, compared with 143,120 in Georgia. The location quotient is 1.08.
- 8. Alaska has a Retail Salespersons median of $37,290 per year, or $6,450 above Georgia. BLS lists 7,890 jobs there, compared with 143,120 in Georgia. The location quotient is 0.97.
Where BLS counts the most Retail Salespersons jobs
California has the largest published state job estimate for Retail Salespersons in this same-source set, at 376,460 jobs. Georgia has 143,120. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
- 1. California has 376,460 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 233,340 jobs from Georgia. Its median is $38,440 per year, or $7,600 above Georgia. Its location quotient is 0.82.
- 2. Texas has 341,640 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 198,520 jobs from Georgia. Its median is $30,800 per year, or $40 below Georgia. Its location quotient is 0.97.
- 3. Florida has 333,460 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 190,340 jobs from Georgia. Its median is $34,010 per year, or $3,170 above Georgia. Its location quotient is 1.34.
- 4. New York has 238,540 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 95,420 jobs from Georgia. Its median is $37,720 per year, or $6,880 above Georgia. Its location quotient is 0.98.
- 5. Georgia has 143,120 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 0 jobs from Georgia. Its median is $30,840 per year, or $0 above Georgia. Its location quotient is 1.17.
- 6. Pennsylvania has 141,790 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 1,330 jobs from Georgia. Its median is $31,200 per year, or $360 above Georgia. Its location quotient is 0.93.
- 7. Ohio has 137,370 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 5,750 jobs from Georgia. Its median is $30,800 per year, or $40 below Georgia. Its location quotient is 0.99.
- 8. North Carolina has 127,540 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 15,580 jobs from Georgia. Its median is $31,370 per year, or $530 above Georgia. Its location quotient is 1.03.
How common Retail Salespersons is in Georgia
BLS lists 143,120 Retail Salespersons jobs in Georgia. It also lists 29.27 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 1.17. A value of 1 means Retail Salespersons has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Retail Salespersons beside other roles in Georgia
The all-occupations median in Georgia is $48,170 per year. The Retail Salespersons median is $30,840 per year. Retail Salespersons is 36.0% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.
The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Georgia. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.
Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Retail Salespersons. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.
- 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides, SOC 31-1120, has a Georgia median of $29,270 per year. BLS lists 50,870 jobs and a location quotient of 0.38.
- 2. Cashiers, SOC 41-2011, has a Georgia median of $29,070 per year. BLS lists 97,540 jobs and a location quotient of 1.
- 3. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2011, has a Georgia median of $34,310 per year. BLS lists 55,660 jobs and a location quotient of 0.8.
- 4. Fast Food and Counter Workers, SOC 35-3023, has a Georgia median of $26,920 per year. BLS lists 145,030 jobs and a location quotient of 1.2.
- 5. Stockers and Order Fillers, SOC 53-7065, has a Georgia median of $35,620 per year. BLS lists 86,660 jobs and a location quotient of 0.97.
- 6. Cooks, Restaurant, SOC 35-2014, has a Georgia median of $35,940 per year. BLS lists 46,350 jobs and a location quotient of 1.05.
- 7. Nursing Assistants, SOC 31-1131, has a Georgia median of $37,680 per year. BLS lists 43,440 jobs and a location quotient of 0.95.
- 8. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators, SOC 51-2090, has a Georgia median of $38,310 per year. BLS lists 52,020 jobs and a location quotient of 1.18.
The largest detailed roles in Georgia
Fast Food and Counter Workers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Georgia table, at 145,030 jobs. Retail Salespersons has 143,120 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 4,889,170. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Retail Salespersons's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
- 1. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 145,030 jobs in Georgia, a gap of 1,910 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $26,920 per year, or $3,920 below Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.2.
- 2. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 137,580 jobs in Georgia, a gap of 5,540 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $38,480 per year, or $7,640 above Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.48.
- 3. General and Operations Managers has 111,060 jobs in Georgia, a gap of 32,060 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $103,730 per year, or $72,890 above Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.01.
- 4. Registered Nurses has 100,950 jobs in Georgia, a gap of 42,170 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $93,550 per year, or $62,710 above Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 0.95.
- 5. Customer Service Representatives has 97,850 jobs in Georgia, a gap of 45,270 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $39,630 per year, or $8,790 above Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.2.
- 6. Cashiers has 97,540 jobs in Georgia, a gap of 45,580 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $29,070 per year, or $1,770 below Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.
- 7. Stockers and Order Fillers has 86,660 jobs in Georgia, a gap of 56,460 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $35,620 per year, or $4,780 above Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 0.97.
- 8. Waiters and Waitresses has 76,470 jobs in Georgia, a gap of 66,650 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $18,700 per year, or $12,140 below Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.07.
Published role medians around Georgia
Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Georgia role table, at $131,010 per year. Retail Salespersons has $30,840 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $48,170 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
- 1. Software Developers has a median of $131,010 per year in Georgia, or $100,170 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 49,700 jobs, compared with 143,120 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 0.94.
- 2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $103,730 per year in Georgia, or $72,890 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 111,060 jobs, compared with 143,120 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.01.
- 3. Management Analysts has a median of $99,600 per year in Georgia, or $68,760 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 38,390 jobs, compared with 143,120 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.36.
- 4. Registered Nurses has a median of $93,550 per year in Georgia, or $62,710 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 100,950 jobs, compared with 143,120 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 0.95.
- 5. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $81,900 per year in Georgia, or $51,060 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 44,020 jobs, compared with 143,120 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 0.97.
- 6. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $78,410 per year in Georgia, or $47,570 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 67,450 jobs, compared with 143,120 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.97.
- 7. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has a median of $75,280 per year in Georgia, or $44,440 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 46,960 jobs, compared with 143,120 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.19.
- 8. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $72,290 per year in Georgia, or $41,450 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 43,820 jobs, compared with 143,120 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.
What $30,840 may mean after the Georgia price level
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Georgia is 96.3. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 3.7% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
WageScope divides the $30,840 Retail Salespersons median by 96.3 divided by 100. The result is $32,027 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.
Housing is 88.7. Goods are 98.9. Utilities are 92.8. Other services are 97.3. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.
How much care to use with the Georgia row
The employment RSE for this Retail Salespersons row is 1.6%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.7%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 143,120 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $33,980 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
Use Georgia wage data before you tailor
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Retail Salespersons. It uses a Georgia place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $30,840 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Retail Salespersons row for Georgia does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 143,120 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.17 is not a growth score. Rank 41 of 54 is not a place score. The 96.3 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 41-2031 in BLS area 13. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.