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Retail Salespersons

Eugene-Springfield, OR metropolitan area. Estimated employment 4,090.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 41-2031
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$35,410 · 50th
$30,85010th
$32,08025th
$35,41050th
$39,33075th
$46,87090th

That is the medianhalf of retail salespersons in Eugene earn more.

Table 1 — Adjusted

$35,410 in Eugene buys what $34,900 buys across the country as a whole.

Eugene's regional price parity is 101.6 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Table 2 — Nearby metros

The same job, elsewhere in Oregon

Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.

Metro areaMedianAdjustedRPPvs. Eugene
Bend$37,720$36,400103.6+4.4%
Portland$37,340$35,400105.4+1.6%
Grants Pass$36,940$37,80097.8+8.4%
Albany$35,990$35,200102.1+1.1%
Medford$35,840$35,300101.4+1.3%
Salem$35,760$34,500103.6−1.0%
Corvallis$35,410$34,000104.0−2.4%
Eugene This page$35,410$34,900101.6

Price parity and difference against Eugene are in the full table on wider screens.

Fig. 2 — Five-year trend

Nominal against real

The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.

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Nominal, as published Real, in 2025 dollars US$ thousands

Published pay rose 23.1% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 3.6% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.

Sources

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.
Inflation
Real figures deflate by CPI-U annual averages (BLS, all items, US city average).
Employment
4,090 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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