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Retail Salespersons

Providence-Warwick, RI-MA metropolitan area. Estimated employment 20,910.

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

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$35,230 · 50th
$31,20010th
$32,02025th
$35,23050th
$37,85075th
$46,57090th

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

Table 1 — Adjusted

$35,230 in Providence buys what $34,600 buys across the country as a whole.

Providence's regional price parity is 101.8 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.

Sources

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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
20,910 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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