How much do First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers make in Traverse City, MI?

Percentile spread

For First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, the published 10th percentile is $33,590 and the 90th percentile is $70,460. The difference is $36,870, which is 79.2% 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 $37,540 to the 75th at $56,830, covers $19,290.

The mean annual wage is $49,190, which sits above the median of $46,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Traverse City, MI median is 4.1% lower than the national median of $48,520 for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $49,854, which is 2.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.3% higher than the Michigan median of $46,430.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Traverse City, MI is 93.372, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $46,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers at $49,854 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

18 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers. Traverse City, MI ranks 11th of 19 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).).

• Green Bay, WI is 108 miles away, with a median of $49,670 and employment of 960. That median is 6.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $53,359, against $49,854 here.
• Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI is 108 miles away, with a median of $45,810 and employment of 680. That median is 1.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,514, against $49,854 here.
• Midland, MI is 118 miles away, with a median of $45,380 and employment of 220. That median is 2.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $49,368, against $49,854 here.

Employment share

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers accounts for 1.0% of wage-and-salary employment in Traverse City, MI (700 of 68,440). Nationally the occupation is 0.72% of employment (1,121,800 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.42 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.