SOC 41-1011 · Sales and Related Occupations · May 2025

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers make in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is $48,180. The 10th percentile is $33,330 and the 90th percentile is $76,690. Employment is 2,500.

Median annual wage

$48,180

10th percentile
$33,330
25th percentile
$39,580
Median
$48,180
75th percentile
$61,900
90th percentile
$76,690
Mean
$52,840

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, the published 10th percentile is $33,330 and the 90th percentile is $76,690. The difference is $43,360, which is 90.0% 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 $39,580 to the 75th at $61,900, covers $22,320.

The mean annual wage is $52,840, which sits above the median of $48,180. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ median is 0.7% lower than the national median of $48,520 for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $48,195, which is 0.7% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.2% higher than the Pennsylvania median of $46,690.

Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Pennsylvania, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is 99.968, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,180 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers at $48,195 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

41 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ ranks 24th of 42 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).).

  • Reading, PA is 38 miles away, with a median of $47,210 and employment of 1,240. That median is 2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,640, against $48,195 here.
  • Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA is 45 miles away, with a median of $46,280 and employment of 1,860. That median is 3.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,468, against $48,195 here.
  • Trenton-Princeton, NJ is 51 miles away, with a median of $55,910 and employment of 1,350. That median is 16% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,187, against $48,195 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers accounts for 0.66% of wage-and-salary employment in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ (2,500 of 377,180). Nationally the occupation is 0.72% of employment (1,121,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.92 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 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ · First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales 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 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers make in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is $48,180. The 10th percentile is $33,330 and the 90th percentile is $76,690. Employment is 2,500.

How does that compare with the national median for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers?

The local median is 0.7% lower than the national median of $48,520.

What is First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers pay in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is 99.968, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $48,180 is $48,195. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ compare with nearby metros for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers?

Reading, PA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 38 miles away, at $47,210. Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ ranks 24th of 42 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.