How much do Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers make in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV?

Percentile spread

For Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers, the published 10th percentile is $32,180 and the 90th percentile is $41,130. The difference is $8,950, which is 25.1% 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 $34,290 to the 75th at $36,640, covers $2,350.

The mean annual wage is $36,790, which sits above the median of $35,590. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV median is 14% 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 $32,686, which is 21% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV covers more than one state. The state comparison uses District of Columbia, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is 108.884, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $35,590 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers at $32,686 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. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ranks 1st 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).).

• Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC is 150 miles away, with a median of $31,550 and employment of 40. That median is 11.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,213, against $32,686 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 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV (50 of 3,136,190). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (2,760 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.90 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.