Retail Salespersons
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metropolitan area. Estimated employment 14,380.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of retail salespersons in Hartford earn more.
$35,720 in Hartford buys what $34,800 buys across the country as a whole.
Hartford's regional price parity is 102.7 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Connecticut
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Hartford |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridgeport | $37,330 | $34,900 | 106.9 | +0.5% |
| New Haven | $35,950 | $34,400 | 104.6 | −1.1% |
| Norwich | $35,740 | $35,600 | 100.4 | +2.3% |
| Hartford This page | $35,720 | $34,800 | 102.7 | — |
| Waterbury | $35,360 | $35,400 | 99.8 | +1.9% |
Price parity and difference against Hartford 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
- 14,380 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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