Retail Salary Survey

United States (with Canadian cuts)Edition: 2026Quote

The Retail Salary Survey reports compensation data for 498 benchmark jobs related to selling merchandise in small quantities to the general public either via physical location or via internet, catalog, door-to-door or direct response. The survey includes automobile dealers, apparel stores, building materials stores, electronics and appliance stores, food and general merchandise stores, restaurants and catering, and specialty retailers.

Incumbent-based, market-based pay data; submissions screened and normalized to common date — Annual; published in July. Effective data date March 31 of the given survey year. Data collection October–March

Base salaryShort-term incentivesBenefits

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Survey cycle

Annual

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1Participation opens
October
When employers can submit data
2Effective date
March 31
Data is reported “as of” this date
3Results published
July
When subscribers receive the dataset

Data collection runs October through March; effective date is March 31; published in July of the same survey year.

Positions in this report (498)

Benchmarks for these roles are included in Retail Salary Survey. Click any position to see every report (from any vendor) that covers it.