How much do Driver/Sales Workers make in Kennewick-Richland, WA?

Percentile spread

For Driver/Sales Workers, the published 10th percentile is $34,650 and the 90th percentile is $63,020. The difference is $28,370, which is 60.2% 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 $34,680 to the 75th at $52,450, covers $17,770.

The mean annual wage is $46,530, which sits below the median of $47,120. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kennewick-Richland, WA median is 21.5% higher than the national median of $38,770 for Driver/Sales Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $47,083, which is 21.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 13.4% higher than the Washington median of $41,570.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kennewick-Richland, WA is 100.079, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,120 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Driver/Sales Workers at $47,083 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Driver/Sales Workers. Kennewick-Richland, WA ranks 4th of 14 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).).

• Walla Walla, WA is 38 miles away, with a median of $43,090 and employment of 40. That median is 8.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,738, against $47,083 here.
• Yakima, WA is 71 miles away, with a median of $47,810 and employment of 170. That median is 1.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,039, against $47,083 here.
• Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA is 108 miles away, with a median of $44,710 and employment of 80. That median is 5.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,050, against $47,083 here.

Employment share

Driver/Sales Workers accounts for 0.15% of wage-and-salary employment in Kennewick-Richland, WA (200 of 129,490). Nationally the occupation is 0.26% of employment (409,180 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.59 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.