Retail Salespersons
Traverse City, MI metropolitan area. Estimated employment 2,390.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of retail salespersons in Traverse City earn more.
$34,540 in Traverse City buys what $37,000 buys across the country as a whole.
Traverse City's regional price parity is 93.4 — below the national average, so a dollar here goes further than the nominal figure suggests. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in Michigan
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Traverse City |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit | $35,130 | $35,000 | 100.3 | −5.3% |
| Ann Arbor | $35,040 | $34,700 | 100.9 | −6.1% |
| Grand Rapids | $34,800 | $36,400 | 95.5 | −1.5% |
| Jackson | $34,770 | $37,900 | 91.8 | +2.4% |
| Monroe | $34,620 | $37,000 | 93.5 | +0.1% |
| Traverse City This page | $34,540 | $37,000 | 93.4 | — |
| Flint | $34,320 | $36,900 | 93.0 | −0.3% |
| Niles | $34,170 | $37,000 | 92.4 | +0.0% |
Price parity and difference against Traverse City 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
- 2,390 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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