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

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers make in Fairbanks-College, AK?

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 Fairbanks-College, AK is $59,660. The 10th percentile is $40,290 and the 90th percentile is $79,590. Employment is 400.

Median annual wage

$59,660

10th percentile
$40,290
25th percentile
$48,130
Median
$59,660
75th percentile
$70,350
90th percentile
$79,590
Mean
$60,750

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 $40,290 and the 90th percentile is $79,590. The difference is $39,300, which is 65.9% 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 $48,130 to the 75th at $70,350, covers $22,220.

The mean annual wage is $60,750, which sits above the median of $59,660. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Fairbanks-College, AK median is 23% higher than the national median of $48,520 for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $57,806, which is 19.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.5% higher than the Alaska median of $57,080.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Fairbanks-College, AK is 103.208, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $59,660 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers at $57,806 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 First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers. Fairbanks-College, AK 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).).

  • Anchorage, AK is 196 miles away, with a median of $57,310 and employment of 1,680. That median is 3.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,363, against $57,806 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers accounts for 1.1% of wage-and-salary employment in Fairbanks-College, AK (400 of 36,430). Nationally the occupation is 0.72% of employment (1,121,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.52 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.

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Questions this page answers

How much do First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers make in Fairbanks-College, AK?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Fairbanks-College, AK is $59,660. The 10th percentile is $40,290 and the 90th percentile is $79,590. Employment is 400.

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

The local median is 23% higher than the national median of $48,520.

What is First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers pay in Fairbanks-College, AK after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Fairbanks-College, AK is 103.208, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $59,660 is $57,806. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Fairbanks-College, AK compare with nearby metros for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers?

Anchorage, AK is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 196 miles away, at $57,310. Fairbanks-College, AK ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.