SOC 41-9091 · Sales and Related Occupations · May 2025

How much do Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $35,090. The 10th percentile is $35,090 and the 90th percentile is $46,050. Employment is 260.

Median annual wage

$35,090

10th percentile
$35,090
25th percentile
$35,090
Median
$35,090
75th percentile
$42,830
90th percentile
$46,050
Mean
$39,360

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers, the published 10th percentile is $35,090 and the 90th percentile is $46,050. The difference is $10,960, which is 31.2% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $35,090 to the 75th at $42,830, covers $7,740.

The mean annual wage is $39,360, which sits above the median of $35,090. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 15.2% lower than the national median of $41,380 for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $30,898, which is 25.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 11.2% lower than the California median of $39,520.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $35,090 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers at $30,898 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is 110 miles away, with a median of $42,910. That median is 22.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,351, against $30,898 here.

Employment share

Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (260 of 6,271,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (2,760 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.34 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $35,090. The 10th percentile is $35,090 and the 90th percentile is $46,050. Employment is 260.

How does that compare with the national median for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers?

The local median is 15.2% lower than the national median of $41,380.

What is Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $35,090 is $30,898. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA compare with nearby metros for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers?

San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 110 miles away, at $42,910. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.