How much do retail salespersons make in St. Cloud, MN?

What the Retail Salespersons median says in St. Cloud, MN

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Retail Salespersons median in St. Cloud, MN at $34,860 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 41060.

BLS lists 2,850 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 $37,140 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

St. Cloud, MN's Retail Salespersons median is 1.6% 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 41060

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 41-2031 and area 41060. SOC 41-2031 names Retail Salespersons. Area 41060 names St. Cloud, MN. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 41-2031/41060 row has 2,850 wage and salary jobs. There are 27.42 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 1.09. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 41-2031/41060, the annual median is $34,860 per year, while the matching mean is $37,140 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 41-2031/41060 10th percentile: $28,430 per year.
• 41-2031/41060 25th percentile: $30,180 per year.
• 41-2031/41060 median: $34,860 per year.
• 41-2031/41060 75th percentile: $38,400 per year.
• 41-2031/41060 90th percentile: $47,720 per year.
• 41-2031/41060 employment RSE: 3.5%. Mean-wage RSE: 0.9%.
• 41-2031/41060 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 41060 facts behind this Retail Salespersons page

Area 41060 reports 103,920 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $63,750. Its annual median is $50,840. The employment RSE is 0.1%. 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 St. Cloud, MN runs from $31,310 at the 10th percentile to $103,890 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $38,240. The median is $50,840. The 75th percentile is $75,420. 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 41060. They do not show related skills or a path into Retail Salespersons.

• 1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Area: 41060. SOC: 31-1120. Jobs: 3,140. Yearly median: $37,100. Jobs per 1,000: 30.19. Location quotient: 1.09.
• 2. Registered Nurses. Area: 41060. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 2,910. Yearly median: $105,290. Jobs per 1,000: 28.05. Location quotient: 1.29.
• 3. Cashiers. Area: 41060. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 2,560. Yearly median: $32,480. Jobs per 1,000: 24.6. Location quotient: 1.24.
• 4. General and Operations Managers. Area: 41060. SOC: 11-1021. Jobs: 2,340. Yearly median: $89,700. Jobs per 1,000: 22.52. Location quotient: 1.
• 5. Office Clerks, General. Area: 41060. SOC: 43-9061. Jobs: 2,240. Yearly median: $46,390. Jobs per 1,000: 21.59. Location quotient: 1.36.
• 6. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand. Area: 41060. SOC: 53-7062. Jobs: 2,230. Yearly median: $45,480. Jobs per 1,000: 21.5. Location quotient: 1.13.

Read the St. Cloud, MN wage ladder for Retail Salespersons

The 10th percentile is $28,430 per year. The 25th percentile is $30,180 per year. The median is $34,860 per year. The 75th percentile is $38,400 per year. The 90th percentile is $47,720 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 $30,180 per year to $38,400 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $19,290. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare St. Cloud, MN with its state and the U.S.

St. Cloud, MN has a annual median of $34,860 per year. Minnesota has $36,370 per year. The U.S. row has $35,410 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

St. Cloud, MN is 4.2% below Minnesota on the same published median. St. Cloud, MN is 1.6% 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 St. Cloud, MN sits for Retail Salespersons

St. Cloud, MN ranks 112 of 393 among metro areas 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 112 of 393 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.

• 109. Ann Arbor, MI. The Retail Salespersons median is $35,040 per year. BLS estimates 4,570 jobs. The location quotient is 0.83.
• 110. Great Falls, MT. The Retail Salespersons median is $35,000 per year. BLS estimates 1,130 jobs. The location quotient is 1.23.
• 111. Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. The Retail Salespersons median is $34,910 per year. BLS estimates 15,160 jobs. The location quotient is 1.13.
• 113. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD. The Retail Salespersons median is $34,810 per year. BLS estimates 63,990 jobs. The location quotient is 0.88.
• 114. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD. The Retail Salespersons median is $34,800 per year. BLS estimates 39,920 jobs. The location quotient is 1.17.
• 115. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI. The Retail Salespersons median is $34,800 per year. BLS estimates 12,600 jobs. The location quotient is 0.84.

Where Retail Salespersons medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 41-2031, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $44,220 per year. St. Cloud, MN sits at $34,860 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. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Retail Salespersons median of $44,220 per year, or $9,360 above St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 18,340 jobs there, compared with 2,850 in St. Cloud, MN. The location quotient is 0.64.
• 2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Retail Salespersons median of $43,850 per year, or $8,990 above St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 39,460 jobs there, compared with 2,850 in St. Cloud, MN. The location quotient is 0.66.
• 3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Retail Salespersons median of $42,080 per year, or $7,220 above St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 46,620 jobs there, compared with 2,850 in St. Cloud, MN. The location quotient is 0.89.
• 4. Napa, CA has a Retail Salespersons median of $40,780 per year, or $5,920 above St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 2,150 jobs there, compared with 2,850 in St. Cloud, MN. The location quotient is 1.1.
• 5. Kahului-Wailuku, HI has a Retail Salespersons median of $39,630 per year, or $4,770 above St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 2,510 jobs there, compared with 2,850 in St. Cloud, MN. The location quotient is 1.36.
• 6. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA has a Retail Salespersons median of $39,570 per year, or $4,710 above St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 5,720 jobs there, compared with 2,850 in St. Cloud, MN. The location quotient is 1.11.
• 7. Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA has a Retail Salespersons median of $39,240 per year, or $4,380 above St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 1,730 jobs there, compared with 2,850 in St. Cloud, MN. The location quotient is 1.31.
• 8. Boulder, CO has a Retail Salespersons median of $38,700 per year, or $3,840 above St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 4,880 jobs there, compared with 2,850 in St. Cloud, MN. The location quotient is 1.01.

Where BLS counts the most Retail Salespersons jobs

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Retail Salespersons in this same-source set, at 202,080 jobs. St. Cloud, MN has 2,850. 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. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 202,080 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 199,230 jobs from St. Cloud, MN. Its median is $38,280 per year, or $3,420 above St. Cloud, MN. Its location quotient is 0.85.
• 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 130,650 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 127,800 jobs from St. Cloud, MN. Its median is $37,700 per year, or $2,840 above St. Cloud, MN. Its location quotient is 0.83.
• 3. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 100,340 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 97,490 jobs from St. Cloud, MN. Its median is $33,400 per year, or $1,460 below St. Cloud, MN. Its location quotient is 0.99.
• 4. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 96,950 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 94,100 jobs from St. Cloud, MN. Its median is $35,820 per year, or $960 above St. Cloud, MN. Its location quotient is 0.86.
• 5. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 91,370 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 88,520 jobs from St. Cloud, MN. Its median is $34,330 per year, or $530 below St. Cloud, MN. Its location quotient is 1.29.
• 6. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 84,970 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 82,120 jobs from St. Cloud, MN. Its median is $32,850 per year, or $2,010 below St. Cloud, MN. Its location quotient is 1.17.
• 7. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 78,960 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 76,110 jobs from St. Cloud, MN. Its median is $31,340 per year, or $3,520 below St. Cloud, MN. Its location quotient is 0.96.
• 8. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ has 69,060 estimated Retail Salespersons jobs, a gap of 66,210 jobs from St. Cloud, MN. Its median is $35,960 per year, or $1,100 above St. Cloud, MN. Its location quotient is 1.16.

Where Retail Salespersons takes the largest share of local jobs

Arecibo, PR has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 2.59. St. Cloud, MN has 1.09. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Retail Salespersons is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. Arecibo, PR has a location quotient of 2.59, a gap of 1.50 from St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 2,260 Retail Salespersons jobs and a median of $22,390 per year, or $12,470 below St. Cloud, MN.
• 2. Ponce, PR has a location quotient of 2.25, a gap of 1.16 from St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 3,580 Retail Salespersons jobs and a median of $22,030 per year, or $12,830 below St. Cloud, MN.
• 3. Aguadilla, PR has a location quotient of 2.17, a gap of 1.08 from St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 2,660 Retail Salespersons jobs and a median of $21,950 per year, or $12,910 below St. Cloud, MN.
• 4. Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC has a location quotient of 2.12, a gap of 1.03 from St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 7,780 Retail Salespersons jobs and a median of $29,320 per year, or $5,540 below St. Cloud, MN.
• 5. Guayama, PR has a location quotient of 2.09, a gap of 1.00 from St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 650 Retail Salespersons jobs and a median of $22,190 per year, or $12,670 below St. Cloud, MN.
• 6. Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL has a location quotient of 2.08, a gap of 0.99 from St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 4,550 Retail Salespersons jobs and a median of $29,600 per year, or $5,260 below St. Cloud, MN.
• 7. Mayaguez, PR has a location quotient of 2, a gap of 0.91 from St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 2,610 Retail Salespersons jobs and a median of $22,090 per year, or $12,770 below St. Cloud, MN.
• 8. Punta Gorda, FL has a location quotient of 1.89, a gap of 0.80 from St. Cloud, MN. BLS lists 2,720 Retail Salespersons jobs and a median of $34,290 per year, or $570 below St. Cloud, MN.

How common Retail Salespersons is in St. Cloud, MN

BLS lists 2,850 Retail Salespersons jobs in St. Cloud, MN. It also lists 27.42 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 1.09. 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 St. Cloud, MN

The all-occupations median in St. Cloud, MN is $50,840 per year. The Retail Salespersons median is $34,860 per year. Retail Salespersons is 31.4% 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 St. Cloud, MN. 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. Food Preparation Workers, SOC 35-2021, has a St. Cloud, MN median of $33,540 per year. BLS lists 890 jobs and a location quotient of 1.49.
• 2. Stockers and Order Fillers, SOC 53-7065, has a St. Cloud, MN median of $36,970 per year. BLS lists 1,820 jobs and a location quotient of 0.96.
• 3. Home Health and Personal Care Aides, SOC 31-1120, has a St. Cloud, MN median of $37,100 per year. BLS lists 3,140 jobs and a location quotient of 1.09.
• 4. Cashiers, SOC 41-2011, has a St. Cloud, MN median of $32,480 per year. BLS lists 2,560 jobs and a location quotient of 1.24.
• 5. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2011, has a St. Cloud, MN median of $37,760 per year. BLS lists 1,770 jobs and a location quotient of 1.2.
• 6. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary, SOC 25-9045, has a St. Cloud, MN median of $38,730 per year. BLS lists 1,350 jobs and a location quotient of 1.42.
• 7. Fast Food and Counter Workers, SOC 35-3023, has a St. Cloud, MN median of $29,680 per year. BLS lists 2,120 jobs and a location quotient of 0.82.
• 8. Nursing Assistants, SOC 31-1131, has a St. Cloud, MN median of $40,130 per year. BLS lists 1,580 jobs and a location quotient of 1.63.

The largest detailed roles in St. Cloud, MN

Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded St. Cloud, MN table, at 3,140 jobs. Retail Salespersons has 2,850 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 103,920. 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. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 3,140 jobs in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 290 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $37,100 per year, or $2,240 above Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.09.
• 2. Registered Nurses has 2,910 jobs in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 60 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $105,290 per year, or $70,430 above Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.29.
• 3. Cashiers has 2,560 jobs in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 290 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $32,480 per year, or $2,380 below Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.24.
• 4. General and Operations Managers has 2,340 jobs in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 510 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $89,700 per year, or $54,840 above Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.
• 5. Office Clerks, General has 2,240 jobs in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 610 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $46,390 per year, or $11,530 above Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.36.
• 6. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 2,230 jobs in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 620 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $45,480 per year, or $10,620 above Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.13.
• 7. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 2,140 jobs in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 710 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $61,960 per year, or $27,100 above Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.55.
• 8. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 2,120 jobs in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 730 from Retail Salespersons. Its median is $29,680 per year, or $5,180 below Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 0.82.

Published role medians around St. Cloud, MN

Registered Nurses has the highest published median in the bounded St. Cloud, MN role table, at $105,290 per year. Retail Salespersons has $34,860 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $50,840 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. Registered Nurses has a median of $105,290 per year in St. Cloud, MN, or $70,430 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 2,910 jobs, compared with 2,850 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.29.
• 2. Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters has a median of $90,230 per year in St. Cloud, MN, or $55,370 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 830 jobs, compared with 2,850 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 2.66.
• 3. General and Operations Managers has a median of $89,700 per year in St. Cloud, MN, or $54,840 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 2,340 jobs, compared with 2,850 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.
• 4. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $77,720 per year in St. Cloud, MN, or $42,860 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 800 jobs, compared with 2,850 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 0.82.
• 5. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $73,160 per year in St. Cloud, MN, or $38,300 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 950 jobs, compared with 2,850 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.03.
• 6. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $71,790 per year in St. Cloud, MN, or $36,930 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 820 jobs, compared with 2,850 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 0.86.
• 7. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products has a median of $64,700 per year in St. Cloud, MN, or $29,840 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 1,240 jobs, compared with 2,850 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.49.
• 8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $61,960 per year in St. Cloud, MN, or $27,100 above Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 2,140 jobs, compared with 2,850 for Retail Salespersons. Its location quotient is 1.55.

Roles with the largest local share in St. Cloud, MN

Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters has the highest location quotient in the bounded St. Cloud, MN role table, at 2.66. Retail Salespersons has 1.09. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Retail Salespersons with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters has a location quotient of 2.66 in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 1.57 from Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 830 jobs and a median of $90,230 per year, or $55,370 above Retail Salespersons.
• 2. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a location quotient of 2.15 in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 1.06 from Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 930 jobs and a median of $61,900 per year, or $27,040 above Retail Salespersons.
• 3. Construction Laborers has a location quotient of 2.01 in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 0.92 from Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 1,470 jobs and a median of $57,820 per year, or $22,960 above Retail Salespersons.
• 4. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 1.72 in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 0.63 from Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 1,620 jobs and a median of $52,330 per year, or $17,470 above Retail Salespersons.
• 5. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 1.63 in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 0.54 from Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 1,580 jobs and a median of $40,130 per year, or $5,270 above Retail Salespersons.
• 6. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a location quotient of 1.55 in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 0.46 from Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 2,140 jobs and a median of $61,960 per year, or $27,100 above Retail Salespersons.
• 7. Bartenders has a location quotient of 1.54 in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 0.45 from Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 780 jobs and a median of $25,970 per year, or $8,890 below Retail Salespersons.
• 8. Food Preparation Workers has a location quotient of 1.49 in St. Cloud, MN, a gap of 0.40 from Retail Salespersons. BLS lists 890 jobs and a median of $33,540 per year, or $1,320 below Retail Salespersons.

What $34,860 may mean after the St. Cloud, MN price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for St. Cloud, MN is 87.6. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 12.4% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $34,860 Retail Salespersons median by 87.6 divided by 100. The result is $39,780 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 65.1. Goods are 95.4. Utilities are 88.7. Other services are 92.2. 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 St. Cloud, MN row

The employment RSE for this Retail Salespersons row is 3.5%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.9%. 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 2,850 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $37,140 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 St. Cloud, MN wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Retail Salespersons. It uses a St. Cloud, MN 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 $34,860 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 St. Cloud, MN 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 2,850 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.09 is not a growth score. Rank 112 of 393 is not a place score. The 87.6 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 41060. 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.