Retail Sales Manager Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 1,676,000 jobs for retail sales managers in the US. The unemployment ranking for this career was low, compared to other occupations. About 3% of employees were without employment in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Retail sales managers are most common in Auburn (Alabama), Jacksonville (North Carolina), and Hot Springs (Arkansas), and least common in New York (New York), Lancaster (Pennsylvania), and Jefferson City (Missouri).

Workers are paid the most in Nassau (New York), Naples (Florida), and San Francisco (California), and the least in Weirton (West Virginia), Pine Bluff (Arkansas), and Morgantown (West Virginia).

Training and Education

Most employees have work experience in a related occupation. Approximately 25% of retail sales managers have a bachelor's degree. About 37% of workers have been to college without getting a degree. About 39% of employees obtain jobs with only a high-school diploma or GED. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Among retail sales managers, 8% work less than full-time. Some 34% of workers work for themselves.

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Retail Sales Managers Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of retail sales managers compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for retail sales managers.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Birmingham	$37,000	7,090
Huntsville	$36,000	2,350
Mobile	$36,000	2,140
Montgomery	$34,000	1,920
Tuscaloosa	$33,000	1,130
Dothan	$36,000	1,000
Auburn	$32,000	860
Florence	$35,000	850
Decatur	$33,000	720
Anniston	$31,000	610
Gadsden	$34,000	490

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$41,000	1,470
Fairbanks	$42,000	290

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Phoenix	$43,000	18,580
Tucson	$38,000	3,230
Kingman	$36,000	710
Yuma	$38,000	700
Flagstaff	$42,000	690
Prescott	$39,000	670

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Little Rock	$37,000	3,550
Fayetteville	$34,000	2,250
Fort Smith	$33,000	1,260
Jonesboro	$33,000	660
Hot Springs	$30,000	650
Pine Bluff	$30,000	440

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Riverside	$40,000	13,110
San Diego	$41,000	12,120
Santa Ana	$43,000	11,550
Oakland	$42,000	8,270
San Francisco	$47,000	7,330
Sacramento	$42,000	7,200
San Jose	$43,000	6,190
Oxnard	$40,000	2,820
Fresno	$38,000	2,690
Bakersfield	$36,000	2,060
Stockton	$42,000	1,810
Vallejo	$41,000	1,610
Santa Rosa	$42,000	1,610
Modesto	$38,000	1,530
Salinas	$43,000	1,470
Santa Barbara	$41,000	1,470
Visalia	$38,000	1,270
San Luis Obispo	$40,000	1,070
Santa Cruz	$40,000	1,040
Chico	$38,000	810
Redding	$37,000	750
Napa	$40,000	650
El Centro	$37,000	610
Merced	$36,000	560
Yuba City	$36,000	420
Hanford	$35,000	300
Madera	$37,000	200

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Denver	$43,000	8,620
Colorado Springs	$42,000	2,060
Fort Collins	$38,000	1,310
Boulder	$44,000	1,030
Grand Junction	$44,000	570
Pueblo	$37,000	550
Greeley	$41,000	530

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Hartford	$42,000	4,350
Bridgeport	$46,000	4,130
New Haven	$42,000	2,610
Norwich	$43,000	1,510
Danbury	$46,000	900
Waterbury	$42,000	670

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$43,000	2,710
Dover	$38,000	590

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$46,000	16,990

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Tampa	$43,000	9,330
Orlando	$44,000	8,710
Miami	$46,000	8,260
Fort Lauderdale	$46,000	6,430
Jacksonville	$44,000	5,650
West Palm Beach	$49,000	4,990
Sarasota	$44,000	2,580
Cape Coral	$50,000	2,230
Lakeland	$40,000	1,940
Palm Bay	$44,000	1,870
Deltona	$38,000	1,700
Pensacola	$42,000	1,610
Port St Lucie	$45,000	1,460
Tallahassee	$40,000	1,400
Naples	$47,000	1,390
Ocala	$39,000	1,150
Fort Walton Beach	$40,000	1,040
Gainesville	$43,000	950
Panama City	$40,000	820
Punta Gorda	$41,000	620
Sebastian	$45,000	540
Palm Coast	$39,000	180

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Atlanta	$38,000	22,190
Augusta	$34,000	2,270
Savannah	$36,000	1,570
Columbus	$33,000	1,200
Macon	$34,000	900
Athens	$34,000	870
Dalton	$32,000	770
Valdosta	$32,000	720
Gainesville	$36,000	640
Albany	$33,000	620
Brunswick	$32,000	530
Warner Robins	$32,000	510
Rome	$34,000	410
Hinesville	$31,000	170

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$41,000	4,150

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boise	$36,000	2,860
Coeur Dalene	$39,000	670
Idaho Falls	$39,000	600
Pocatello	$40,000	420
Lewiston	$34,000	370

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Chicago	$44,000	30,250
Peoria	$40,000	1,370
Rockford	$46,000	1,350
Springfield	$40,000	970
Champaign	$35,000	850
Bloomington	$38,000	640
Decatur	$35,000	530
Kankakee	$35,000	410
Danville	$34,000	290

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Indianapolis	$41,000	7,740
Gary	$43,000	2,650
Fort Wayne	$40,000	1,880
Evansville	$37,000	1,630
South Bend	$41,000	1,220
Elkhart	$40,000	770
Lafayette	$36,000	770
Terre Haute	$36,000	690
Bloomington	$38,000	650
Muncie	$39,000	560
Michigan City	$33,000	510
Columbus	$33,000	490
Kokomo	$35,000	480
Anderson	$38,000	450

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Des Moines	$42,000	2,900
Davenport	$38,000	1,880
Cedar Rapids	$39,000	1,220
Waterloo	$38,000	840
Iowa City	$38,000	750
Sioux City	$38,000	710
Dubuque	$32,000	540
Ames	$37,000	400

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wichita	$35,000	3,050
Topeka	$33,000	1,330
Lawrence	$33,000	590

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Louisville	$38,000	5,670
Lexington	$40,000	2,570
Bowling Green	$34,000	770
Elizabethtown	$34,000	730
Owensboro	$33,000	590

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New Orleans	$35,000	4,960
Baton Rouge	$34,000	3,460
Shreveport	$35,000	1,800
Lafayette	$33,000	1,620
Lake Charles	$32,000	1,070
Houma	$34,000	1,050
Monroe	$34,000	820
Alexandria	$33,000	630

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$40,000	2,200
Bangor	$37,000	770
Lewiston	$40,000	530

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Baltimore	$43,000	11,820
Bethesda	$46,000	4,980
Hagerstown	$39,000	1,120
Salisbury	$37,000	630
Cumberland	$33,000	440

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Boston	$44,000	11,100
Springfield	$38,000	3,330
Worcester	$41,000	2,370
Framingham	$43,000	1,590
Barnstable Town	$42,000	1,150
Brockton	$44,000	1,040
Lawrence	$40,000	850
Haverhill	$39,000	750
New Bedford	$41,000	670
Lowell	$47,000	670
Taunton	$38,000	520
Leominster	$39,000	500
Pittsfield	$35,000	360

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Warren	$45,000	9,030
Detroit	$41,000	5,110
Grand Rapids	$41,000	2,990
Lansing	$41,000	1,620
Flint	$42,000	1,540
Ann Arbor	$41,000	1,290
Kalamazoo	$37,000	1,200
Muskegon	$39,000	870
Saginaw	$38,000	850
Holland	$43,000	720
Jackson	$38,000	560
Niles	$42,000	510
Battle Creek	$40,000	500
Bay City	$35,000	420
Monroe	$43,000	340

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Minneapolis	$37,000	14,370
Duluth	$33,000	1,110
St Cloud	$35,000	1,040
Rochester	$37,000	870

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Jackson	$38,000	2,790
Gulfport	$36,000	1,500
Hattiesburg	$36,000	990
Pascagoula	$36,000	570

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
St Louis	$41,000	10,470
Kansas City	$39,000	8,210
Springfield	$40,000	1,820
Joplin	$34,000	650
Columbia	$39,000	600
St Joseph	$34,000	390
Jefferson City	$37,000	340

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Billings	$36,000	720
Missoula	$37,000	510
Great Falls	$35,000	330

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$42,000	3,780
Lincoln	$39,000	1,170

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$39,000	9,470
Reno	$39,000	2,040
Carson City	$40,000	250

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashua	$43,000	1,610
Manchester	$41,000	1,130
Rochester	$38,000	780
Portsmouth	$40,000	690

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Edison	$45,000	8,540
Newark	$48,000	6,840
Camden	$44,000	4,680
Trenton	$46,000	1,630
Atlantic City	$40,000	1,450
Vineland	$40,000	600
Ocean City	$42,000	490

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Albuquerque	$40,000	4,410
Santa Fe	$41,000	1,000
Las Cruces	$32,000	640
Farmington	$35,000	620

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
New York	$48,000	29,680
Nassau	$51,000	9,470
Buffalo	$40,000	3,490
Rochester	$41,000	3,020
Albany	$43,000	3,000
Poughkeepsie	$43,000	2,170
Syracuse	$39,000	1,920
Utica	$37,000	820
Binghamton	$38,000	820
Kingston	$41,000	470
Glens Falls	$37,000	430
Ithaca	$36,000	310
Elmira	$44,000	220

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Charlotte	$37,000	9,300
Raleigh	$37,000	6,110
Greensboro	$37,000	3,820
Winston Salem	$36,000	2,560
Durham	$38,000	2,400
Asheville	$35,000	2,330
Wilmington	$36,000	2,320
Fayetteville	$36,000	1,790
Hickory	$36,000	1,650
Greenville	$35,000	1,000
Burlington	$36,000	980
Rocky Mount	$32,000	880
Jacksonville	$33,000	750
Goldsboro	$31,000	580

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Fargo	$37,000	990
Bismarck	$37,000	580
Grand Forks	$35,000	460

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cleveland	$40,000	7,860
Cincinnati	$39,000	7,610
Columbus	$40,000	7,090
Akron	$39,000	3,140
Dayton	$39,000	3,140
Toledo	$42,000	2,490
Youngstown	$36,000	2,210
Canton	$37,000	1,320
Mansfield	$38,000	560
Lima	$38,000	550
Springfield	$41,000	460
Sandusky	$38,000	380

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Oklahoma City	$34,000	5,810
Tulsa	$35,000	3,910
Lawton	$31,000	470

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Portland	$42,000	8,650
Salem	$39,000	1,410
Eugene	$42,000	1,350
Medford	$40,000	930
Bend	$39,000	800
Corvallis	$39,000	220

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Philadelphia	$47,000	11,270
Pittsburgh	$44,000	7,250
Allentown	$46,000	2,360
Harrisburg	$42,000	1,800
Scranton	$40,000	1,760
Lancaster	$47,000	1,300
York	$42,000	1,150
Reading	$42,000	1,070
Erie	$37,000	920
State College	$40,000	450
Altoona	$42,000	420
Johnstown	$39,000	370
Williamsport	$39,000	320
Lebanon	$39,000	260

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$44,000	4,390

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Columbia	$39,000	3,440
Charleston	$41,000	3,200
Greenville	$38,000	2,850
Myrtle Beach	$35,000	2,190
Florence	$39,000	1,000
Spartanburg	$42,000	980
Anderson	$34,000	670
Sumter	$34,000	370

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$44,000	1,010
Rapid City	$41,000	540

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Nashville	$40,000	7,850
Memphis	$40,000	5,700
Knoxville	$38,000	3,570
Chattanooga	$36,000	2,490
Kingsport	$33,000	1,310
Clarksville	$37,000	1,090
Johnson City	$32,000	940
Jackson	$35,000	720
Morristown	$34,000	480
Cleveland	$34,000	390

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Houston	$42,000	21,800
Dallas	$41,000	17,490
Fort Worth	$40,000	8,860
San Antonio	$39,000	7,930
Austin	$41,000	6,740
El Paso	$37,000	2,550
Mcallen	$37,000	2,300
Corpus Christi	$37,000	2,000
Beaumont	$38,000	1,610
Lubbock	$36,000	1,420
Killeen	$37,000	1,400
Brownsville	$33,000	1,390
Amarillo	$38,000	1,140
Laredo	$41,000	1,140
Waco	$36,000	1,040
Longview	$36,000	1,000
Tyler	$37,000	960
College Station	$37,000	790
Victoria	$41,000	690
Abilene	$47,000	670
Texarkana	$32,000	650
Midland	$40,000	640
San Angelo	$38,000	600
Sherman	$38,000	590
Wichita Falls	$38,000	580
Odessa	$37,000	530

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Salt Lake City	$40,000	5,220
Ogden	$37,000	1,890
Provo	$33,000	1,770
St George	$37,000	590
Logan	$33,000	410

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$45,000	990

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Virginia Beach	$39,000	7,020
Richmond	$43,000	5,120
Roanoke	$38,000	1,300
Lynchburg	$33,000	980
Charlottesville	$40,000	820
Blacksburg	$38,000	660
Harrisonburg	$38,000	650
Winchester	$41,000	630
Danville	$39,000	430

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Seattle	$48,000	9,930
Tacoma	$45,000	2,270
Spokane	$48,000	1,630
Olympia	$49,000	850
Kennewick	$38,000	840
Bremerton	$49,000	800
Bellingham	$43,000	710
Yakima	$43,000	640
Mount Vernon	$43,000	460
Wenatchee	$42,000	420
Longview	$44,000	270

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Huntington	$33,000	1,300
Charleston	$35,000	1,120
Parkersburg	$33,000	600
Wheeling	$34,000	550
Morgantown	$30,000	430
Weirton	$30,000	390

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Milwaukee	$41,000	5,660
Madison	$42,000	2,160
Green Bay	$38,000	1,050
Appleton	$38,000	980
Eau Claire	$36,000	730
La Crosse	$40,000	630
Janesville	$37,000	630
Racine	$38,000	620
Oshkosh	$36,000	570
Wausau	$43,000	550
Sheboygan	$34,000	440
Fond	$40,000	330

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Cheyenne	$34,000	500
Casper	$35,000	480

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