First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in the United States earn a median of $48,520 a year. Pay starts near $33,120. The national 90th percentile is $77,080. This page does not publish a state top-of-range figure.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011). Employment 1,121,800. Last checked 22 September 2026. National percentiles via the BLS OEWS release as republished on O*NET OnLine wage tables.
Wages — U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2025 (First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers). Entry is the national 10th percentile. The top chip is the national 90th percentile, not a state. The middle half of workers earns $38,590 to $62,130. Hourly equivalents: $15.92, $23.33, and $37.06. O*NET respondents most often said a high school diploma or equivalent is required (52 percent). That is an employer survey, not a license. The marker on the exposure bar is PayCrunch editorial context, not a BLS statistic. Updated 22 September 2026.
Supervise retail sales workers. Greet and recover the complaint, direct the floor, and check that the merchandise is priced and displayed the way the sheet says.
AI tools that fit Retail Supervisor work September 2026
A short list of general tools. This is not a sponsored placement, not a weekly crawl, and not a product review with prices. Use whatever your employer already allows.
A general assistant for plain-language notes.
How a Retail Supervisor uses it: Turn a floor recovery into steps a new associate can follow, then match them to the store's own sheet.
AI inside Excel and Outlook.
How a Retail Supervisor uses it: Summarize a week of price-override or shortage notes before you talk to a manager.
Google's assistant in Search and Workspace.
How a Retail Supervisor uses it: Check a published return rule only from a source you can name, not from a guess.
Retail supervisor: the floor, the price, and SOC 41-1011
First-line supervisors of retail sales workers are SOC 41-1011. The locked chips are entry $33,120, median $48,520, and a national 90th percentile of $77,080. BLS counted 1,121,800 wage-and-salary workers in this occupation in May 2025. The retail-salesperson page is SOC 41-2031, median $35,410. Do not mix the two.
Where the national band sits
The middle half earns $38,590 to $62,130. The step from the median $48,520 to the national 90th percentile $77,080 is $28,560 a year. Key-holder and department-lead work sits inside this occupation's range. This page does not invent a state median.
What the floor actually audits
A wrong sign is a price until someone changes it. An override without a reason is a hole. Coverage means a person on the zone, not a name on a hope list.
Outlook
O*NET reports projected growth for 2024–2034 as a decline (minus 1 percent or lower). O*NET still projects about 125,100 openings a year over 2024–2034 because people leave. A decline in employment is not the same thing as no hiring, and it is not a wage.
Locked wage chips on this page: entry $33,120, median $48,520, national 90th percentile $77,080. SOC 41-1011. If a sentence disagrees with those three figures, the figures win.
How to do the work that sits inside this pay band
These steps stay inside the published national range. They are not a promise that you will be paid the 90th percentile.
A sign that lies is the complaint.
Turn this price mismatch into a three-step check. Do not invent a markdown I did not paste.A covered register with an empty floor is still a miss.
Turn this floor note into a coverage list. Do not add a person I did not name.A made-up return rule becomes the next complaint.
List the questions I should ask before I approve this return. Do not invent a policy I did not paste.Careers related to Retail Supervisor
Similar pay, same field
- Administrative Assistant $47,540
- Medical Secretary $45,930
- Customer Service Representative $44,770
- Office Clerk $45,010
Where this can lead
- Sales Representative $69,990
- Office Supervisor $69,500
Wages in this list are the national medians printed on those pages. Every new page in this batch uses BLS OEWS May 2025. The step from this median to the national 90th percentile is $28,560.
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Paste only facts you already have: a count, a date, a step, a file name. If the draft adds a number, a policy, or a product you did not provide, delete it.
Do not paste account numbers, full customer records, patient information, or anything your employer has told you to keep inside its own system.
TODO: PC_GEAR is not filled in this batch. No product links and no ASINs until a reviewed list exists. Do not invent ASINs.
TODO: state-wage table is not filled in this batch. The chips above are national OEWS May 2025 percentiles only. State medians are not estimated here.
Sources
- BLS OEWS — First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers (SOC 41-1011)
- O*NET OnLine summary for 41-1011.00 (2025 wages and 2024–2034 outlook category)
- Salary (10th, 25th, median, 75th, 90th) — national BLS OEWS May 2025.
- Employment — national OEWS May 2025 wage-and-salary employment, 1,121,800.
- Outlook — O*NET reports projected growth for 2024–2034 as a decline (minus 1 percent or lower). Projected openings: about 125,100 a year.
- Not on this page — state wages, metro wages, and product recommendations.
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