How much do Sales and Related Workers, All Other make in Akron, OH?

Percentile spread

For Sales and Related Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $24,750 and the 90th percentile is $54,790. The difference is $30,040, which is 88.0% 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 $26,660 to the 75th at $49,690, covers $23,030.

The mean annual wage is $39,400, which sits above the median of $34,120. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Akron, OH median is 29.3% lower than the national median of $48,280 for Sales and Related Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $36,543, which is 24.3% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.9% lower than the Ohio median of $37,870.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Akron, OH is 93.370, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $34,120 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales and Related Workers, All Other at $36,543 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

14 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales and Related Workers, All Other. Akron, OH ranks 9th of 15 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).).

• Canton-Massillon, OH is 30 miles away, with a median of $29,250 and employment of 30. That median is 14.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,716, against $36,543 here.
• Youngstown-Warren, OH is 31 miles away, with a median of $28,010 and employment of 50. That median is 17.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,050, against $36,543 here.
• Cleveland, OH is 36 miles away, with a median of $37,810 and employment of 180. That median is 10.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,256, against $36,543 here.

Employment share

Sales and Related Workers, All Other accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Akron, OH (50 of 319,560). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (93,180 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.26 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.