Retail Salespersons
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL metropolitan area. Estimated employment 91,370.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of retail salespersons in Miami earn more.
$34,330 in Miami buys what $30,100 buys across the country as a whole.
Miami's regional price parity is 114.2 — well above the national average — a dollar here buys noticeably less than in the US as a whole. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Florida
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Miami |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naples | $35,380 | $34,300 | 103.2 | +14.0% |
| North Port | $35,160 | $34,300 | 102.4 | +14.2% |
| Cape Coral | $34,650 | $33,900 | 102.3 | +12.6% |
| Jacksonville | $34,360 | $34,500 | 99.5 | +14.8% |
| Miami This page | $34,330 | $30,100 | 114.2 | — |
| Punta Gorda | $34,290 | $34,100 | 100.5 | +13.4% |
| Wildwood | $34,290 | $40,100 | 85.4 | +33.5% |
| Port St. Lucie | $34,020 | $33,900 | 100.2 | +12.9% |
Price parity and difference against Miami are in the full table on wider screens.
Nominal against real
The same median, once as published and once restated in 2025 dollars.
Published pay rose 21.1% over the five years to 2025. Adjusted for inflation it still rose 1.9% — pay has outrun prices since 2021. The two lines meet at the right edge by construction, since 2025 is the base year.
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
- 91,370 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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