The highest-paying states for first-line supervisors of retail sales workers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of first-line supervisors of retail sales workers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $53,840, New Jersey is the highest paying state for first-line supervisors of retail sales workers. It is followed by Rhode Island (average annual salary $53,560). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of first-line supervisors of retail sales workers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Jersey | $53,840 |
$34,880 | 27,720 |
| 2 | Rhode Island | $53,560 |
$34,330 | 3,710 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | $49,840 |
$36,780 | 23,450 |
| 4 | District of Columbia | $49,510 |
$36,850 | 1,540 |
| 5 | Washington | $49,360 |
$36,770 | 26,590 |
| 6 | Connecticut | $49,260 |
$34,300 | 12,520 |
| 7 | Hawaii | $49,100 |
$36,360 | 5,570 |
| 8 | New York | $49,050 |
$34,980 | 52,250 |
| 9 | North Dakota | $48,770 |
$35,410 | 2,680 |
| 10 | Colorado | $48,540 |
$35,410 | 25,260 |
| 11 | Delaware | $48,410 |
$34,360 | 3,890 |
| 12 | New Hampshire | $48,380 |
$34,390 | 6,310 |
| 13 | Vermont | $48,280 |
$35,760 | 2,340 |
| 14 | South Dakota | $48,250 |
$34,220 | 3,420 |
| 15 | California | $47,500 |
$35,890 | 102,170 |
| 16 | Maryland | $47,260 |
$32,530 | 20,420 |
| 17 | Virginia | $47,180 |
$29,620 | 32,970 |
| 18 | Montana | $46,950 |
$31,040 | 5,130 |
| 19 | Alaska | $46,630 |
$33,990 | 2,720 |
| 20 | Illinois | $46,310 |
$31,290 | 34,030 |
| 21 | Florida | $45,700 |
$29,330 | 71,040 |
| 22 | Minnesota | $45,630 |
$34,420 | 19,070 |
| 23 | Oregon | $45,330 |
$33,490 | 15,200 |
| 24 | Wisconsin | $45,080 |
$29,520 | 19,150 |
| 25 | Pennsylvania | $44,900 |
$28,520 | 40,890 |
| 26 | Maine | $44,760 |
$33,170 | 6,710 |
| 27 | Kansas | $44,570 |
$28,960 | 9,350 |
| 28 | Michigan | $44,150 |
$28,770 | 28,900 |
| 29 | North Carolina | $43,920 |
$28,300 | 39,880 |
| 30 | Indiana | $43,850 |
$28,420 | 20,600 |
| 31 | Nebraska | $43,760 |
$29,320 | 6,870 |
| 32 | Arizona | $43,460 |
$31,700 | 17,720 |
| 33 | Utah | $43,010 |
$29,300 | 9,270 |
| 34 | Tennessee | $41,970 |
$27,600 | 27,700 |
| 35 | Idaho | $41,530 |
$29,020 | 6,260 |
| 36 | Missouri | $41,520 |
$29,040 | 22,050 |
| 37 | Wyoming | $41,460 |
$28,160 | 2,860 |
| 38 | Ohio | $41,270 |
$27,290 | 38,680 |
| 39 | Texas | $40,900 |
$27,430 | 108,150 |
| 40 | Virgin Islands | $40,460 |
$26,330 | 410 |
| 41 | South Carolina | $40,190 |
$27,170 | 19,940 |
| 42 | New Mexico | $39,580 |
$28,790 | 7,970 |
| 43 | Iowa | $39,260 |
$28,760 | 10,890 |
| 44 | Nevada | $38,820 |
$28,870 | 12,210 |
| 45 | Oklahoma | $38,660 |
$27,820 | 14,880 |
| 46 | Arkansas | $38,480 |
$27,430 | 10,790 |
| 47 | Georgia | $38,340 |
$26,610 | 38,610 |
| 48 | Louisiana | $38,250 |
$25,620 | 19,100 |
| 49 | Alabama | $37,970 |
$24,360 | 21,270 |
| 50 | West Virginia | $37,820 |
$23,890 | 7,060 |
| 51 | Kentucky | $37,610 |
$25,900 | 15,840 |
| 52 | Mississippi | $36,920 |
$22,820 | 13,580 |
| 53 | Guam | $30,400 |
$22,360 | 470 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $28,210 |
$18,450 | 13,740 |