Retail Salespersons
Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH metropolitan area. Estimated employment 9,170.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of retail salespersons in Dayton earn more.
$30,360 in Dayton buys what $32,800 buys across the country as a whole.
Dayton's regional price parity is 92.7 — well below the national average — the nominal figure understates local buying power considerably. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Ohio
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Dayton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbus | $33,780 | $35,400 | 95.5 | +8.0% |
| Springfield | $32,610 | $36,000 | 90.5 | +10.0% |
| Akron | $31,060 | $33,300 | 93.4 | +1.6% |
| Cleveland | $31,000 | $33,000 | 93.9 | +0.8% |
| Sandusky | $31,000 | $34,700 | 89.3 | +6.0% |
| Cincinnati | $30,810 | $32,300 | 95.4 | −1.4% |
| Toledo | $30,780 | $33,700 | 91.5 | +2.8% |
| Dayton This page | $30,360 | $32,800 | 92.7 | — |
Price parity and difference against Dayton are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 9,170 employed in this occupation in the metro (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons. Mapped to our taxonomy as retail-salespersons.
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