First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers Salary — San Diego, California

The average First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in San Diego, California earns $57,450 a year.

$57,450 / year, mean
↑ 6.4% above national average 80th percentile in California

San Diego pays well above most of California for this role, landing in the top third statewide. That's close to the national average for first-line supervisors of retail sales workers — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here runs meaningfully above the national average. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within California

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
9,780
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.1%
Cost of living 112 #6 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 2124 #140 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $946,365 #6 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $102,285 #10 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: San Diego ranks #6 for cost of living and #6 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Seattle $67,990 San Jose $65,050 New York $63,580 Napa $62,900 San Francisco $62,430 Bremerton $62,180 Kennewick $61,790 Longview $61,340 Kingston $61,190 Mount Vernon $61,070 Bellingham $60,630 Kiryas Joel $60,420 Wenatchee $60,380 Yakima $60,290 Portland $60,280 Olympia $60,190 Bend $59,380 Albany $59,210 Santa Rosa $59,160 Spokane $58,660 Trenton $58,140 Vallejo $58,070 Syracuse $57,910 Rochester $57,690 San Diego $57,450 Buffalo $57,280 Naples $57,060 Glens Falls $56,710 Salinas $56,690 Sacramento $56,510 Modesto $56,430 Los Angeles $56,350 Vineland $56,090 Santa Maria $55,920 Atlantic City $55,890 Grants Pass $55,770 Riverside $55,720 Ithaca $55,560 Philadelphia $55,480 Chicago $55,440 San Luis Obispo $55,370 Merced $55,310 Santa Cruz $55,190 Miami $54,990 Medford $54,980 Oxnard $54,960 Utica $54,910 Albany $54,800 Fresno $54,710 Stockton $54,650 Yuba City $54,550 Walla Walla $54,500 Corvallis $54,460 Bakersfield $54,430 Staunton $54,410 Austin $54,200 Charlottesville $54,000 Richmond $54,000 Elmira $53,840 Chico $53,780 Sarasota $53,700 Binghamton $53,440 Salem $53,440 Watertown $53,440 Dover $53,420 Indianapolis $53,400 Eugene $53,320 Jacksonville $53,090 Fort Myers $52,870 Allentown $52,840 Port St. Lucie $52,570 Detroit $52,510 Crestview $52,500 Redding $52,460 Winchester $52,300 Tampa $52,280 Visalia $52,070 Hanford $51,930 Orlando $51,930 San Antonio $51,890 El Centro $51,840 Champaign $51,490 Peoria $51,400 Fort Wayne $51,350 Punta Gorda $51,320 Sebastian $51,290 Wildwood $51,120 Ann Arbor $51,050 Monroe $50,980 Harrisonburg $50,960 Palm Bay $50,960 Midland $50,950 Kokomo $50,890 Kalamazoo $50,880 Dallas $50,800 Reading $50,800 Lafayette $50,750 Deltona $50,700 Houston $50,640 Lakeland $50,590 Baltimore $50,530 Springfield $50,520 Ocala $50,340 Roanoke $50,200 Elkhart $50,140 Lebanon $50,090 Odessa $50,090 Decatur $50,070 Lancaster $50,040 Pensacola $50,000 Gainesville $49,970 Virginia Beach $49,910 Columbus $49,900 Bloomington $49,890 Lexington Park $49,880 State College $49,830 Harrisburg $49,790 Louisville $49,650 Bloomington $49,640 Homosassa Springs $49,500 South Bend $49,440 Rockford $49,350 Blacksburg $49,300 Pittsburgh $49,270 Traverse City $49,190 Grand Rapids $48,970 York $48,950 Kankakee $48,790 Muskegon $48,700 Saginaw $48,680 Scranton $48,610 Lexington $48,600 Tallahassee $48,580 Lansing $48,460 Waco $48,460 Lynchburg $48,410 Michigan City $48,310 Flint $48,230 Evansville $48,170 Hagerstown $48,100 Muncie $47,940 Panama City $47,920 College Station $47,870 Sherman $47,770 Eagle Pass $47,750 Midland $47,710 Amarillo $47,680 Corpus Christi $47,350 Battle Creek $47,340 Chambersburg $47,330 Salisbury $47,180 Killeen $47,170 Williamsport $47,140 Victoria $47,050 Beaumont $46,750 Gettysburg $46,680 Sebring $46,650 Niles $46,610 Jackson $46,590 Owensboro $46,470 Lubbock $46,300 Erie $46,040 Wheeling $46,030 Bay City $45,860 Abilene $45,780 Tyler $45,780 Altoona $45,760 Longview $45,710 Morgantown $45,670 Charleston $45,340 Terre Haute $45,290 Paducah $45,090 Elizabethtown $44,870 Wichita Falls $44,630 Laredo $44,380 San Angelo $44,300 McAllen $44,060 Texarkana $43,830 Bowling Green $43,770 Brownsville $43,590 Parkersburg $43,590 Beckley $43,350 Huntington $43,190 Weirton $43,010 Johnstown $42,950 El Paso $42,360
CityMean salaryvs. San Diego
Abilene, Texas$45,780-20.3%
Albany, Oregon$54,800-4.6%
Albany, New York$59,210+3.1%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$52,840-8.0%
Altoona, Pennsylvania$45,760-20.3%
Amarillo, Texas$47,680-17.0%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$51,050-11.1%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$55,890-2.7%
Austin, Texas$54,200-5.7%
Bakersfield, California$54,430-5.3%
Baltimore, Maryland$50,530-12.0%
Battle Creek, Michigan$47,340-17.6%
Bay City, Michigan$45,860-20.2%
Beaumont, Texas$46,750-18.6%
Beckley, West Virginia$43,350-24.5%
Bellingham, Washington$60,630+5.5%
Bend, Oregon$59,380+3.4%
Binghamton, New York$53,440-7.0%
Blacksburg, Virginia$49,300-14.2%
Bloomington, Illinois$49,890-13.2%
Bloomington, Indiana$49,640-13.6%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$43,770-23.8%
Bremerton, Washington$62,180+8.2%
Brownsville, Texas$43,590-24.1%
Buffalo, New York$57,280-0.3%
Fort Myers, Florida$52,870-8.0%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$47,330-17.6%
Champaign, Illinois$51,490-10.4%
Charleston, West Virginia$45,340-21.1%
Charlottesville, Virginia$54,000-6.0%
Chicago, Illinois$55,440-3.5%
Chico, California$53,780-6.4%
College Station, Texas$47,870-16.7%
Columbus, Indiana$49,900-13.1%
Corpus Christi, Texas$47,350-17.6%
Corvallis, Oregon$54,460-5.2%
Crestview, Florida$52,500-8.6%
Dallas, Texas$50,800-11.6%
Decatur, Illinois$50,070-12.8%
Deltona, Florida$50,700-11.7%
Detroit, Michigan$52,510-8.6%
Dover, Delaware$53,420-7.0%
Eagle Pass, Texas$47,750-16.9%
El Centro, California$51,840-9.8%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$44,870-21.9%
Elkhart, Indiana$50,140-12.7%
Elmira, New York$53,840-6.3%
El Paso, Texas$42,360-26.3%
Erie, Pennsylvania$46,040-19.9%
Eugene, Oregon$53,320-7.2%
Evansville, Indiana$48,170-16.2%
Flint, Michigan$48,230-16.0%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$51,350-10.6%
Fresno, California$54,710-4.8%
Gainesville, Florida$49,970-13.0%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$46,680-18.7%
Glens Falls, New York$56,710-1.3%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$48,970-14.8%
Grants Pass, Oregon$55,770-2.9%
Hagerstown, Maryland$48,100-16.3%
Hanford, California$51,930-9.6%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$49,790-13.3%
Harrisonburg, Virginia$50,960-11.3%
Homosassa Springs, Florida$49,500-13.8%
Houston, Texas$50,640-11.9%
Huntington, West Virginia$43,190-24.8%
Indianapolis, Indiana$53,400-7.0%
Ithaca, New York$55,560-3.3%
Jackson, Michigan$46,590-18.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$53,090-7.6%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$42,950-25.2%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$50,880-11.4%
Kankakee, Illinois$48,790-15.1%
Kennewick, Washington$61,790+7.6%
Killeen, Texas$47,170-17.9%
Kingston, New York$61,190+6.5%
Kiryas Joel, New York$60,420+5.2%
Kokomo, Indiana$50,890-11.4%
Lafayette, Indiana$50,750-11.7%
Lakeland, Florida$50,590-11.9%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$50,040-12.9%
Lansing, Michigan$48,460-15.6%
Laredo, Texas$44,380-22.8%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$50,090-12.8%
Lexington, Kentucky$48,600-15.4%
Lexington Park, Maryland$49,880-13.2%
Longview, Texas$45,710-20.4%
Longview, Washington$61,340+6.8%
Los Angeles, California$56,350-1.9%
Louisville, Kentucky$49,650-13.6%
Lubbock, Texas$46,300-19.4%
Lynchburg, Virginia$48,410-15.7%
McAllen, Texas$44,060-23.3%
Medford, Oregon$54,980-4.3%
Merced, California$55,310-3.7%
Miami, Florida$54,990-4.3%
Michigan City, Indiana$48,310-15.9%
Midland, Michigan$47,710-17.0%
Midland, Texas$50,950-11.3%
Modesto, California$56,430-1.8%
Monroe, Michigan$50,980-11.3%
Morgantown, West Virginia$45,670-20.5%
Mount Vernon, Washington$61,070+6.3%
Muncie, Indiana$47,940-16.6%
Muskegon, Michigan$48,700-15.2%
Napa, California$62,900+9.5%
Naples, Florida$57,060-0.7%
New York, New York$63,580+10.7%
Niles, Michigan$46,610-18.9%
Sarasota, Florida$53,700-6.5%
Ocala, Florida$50,340-12.4%
Odessa, Texas$50,090-12.8%
Olympia, Washington$60,190+4.8%
Orlando, Florida$51,930-9.6%
Owensboro, Kentucky$46,470-19.1%
Oxnard, California$54,960-4.3%
Paducah, Kentucky$45,090-21.5%
Palm Bay, Florida$50,960-11.3%
Panama City, Florida$47,920-16.6%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$43,590-24.1%
Pensacola, Florida$50,000-13.0%
Peoria, Illinois$51,400-10.5%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$55,480-3.4%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$49,270-14.2%
Portland, Oregon$60,280+4.9%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$52,570-8.5%
Punta Gorda, Florida$51,320-10.7%
Reading, Pennsylvania$50,800-11.6%
Redding, California$52,460-8.7%
Richmond, Virginia$54,000-6.0%
Riverside, California$55,720-3.0%
Roanoke, Virginia$50,200-12.6%
Rochester, New York$57,690+0.4%
Rockford, Illinois$49,350-14.1%
Sacramento, California$56,510-1.6%
Saginaw, Michigan$48,680-15.3%
Salem, Oregon$53,440-7.0%
Salinas, California$56,690-1.3%
Salisbury, Maryland$47,180-17.9%
San Angelo, Texas$44,300-22.9%
San Antonio, Texas$51,890-9.7%
San Francisco, California$62,430+8.7%
San Jose, California$65,050+13.2%
San Luis Obispo, California$55,370-3.6%
Santa Cruz, California$55,190-3.9%
Santa Maria, California$55,920-2.7%
Santa Rosa, California$59,160+3.0%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$48,610-15.4%
Seattle, Washington$67,990+18.3%
Sebastian, Florida$51,290-10.7%
Sebring, Florida$46,650-18.8%
Sherman, Texas$47,770-16.8%
South Bend, Indiana$49,440-13.9%
Spokane, Washington$58,660+2.1%
Springfield, Illinois$50,520-12.1%
State College, Pennsylvania$49,830-13.3%
Staunton, Virginia$54,410-5.3%
Stockton, California$54,650-4.9%
Syracuse, New York$57,910+0.8%
Tallahassee, Florida$48,580-15.4%
Tampa, Florida$52,280-9.0%
Terre Haute, Indiana$45,290-21.2%
Texarkana, Texas$43,830-23.7%
Traverse City, Michigan$49,190-14.4%
Trenton, New Jersey$58,140+1.2%
Tyler, Texas$45,780-20.3%
Utica, New York$54,910-4.4%
Vallejo, California$58,070+1.1%
Victoria, Texas$47,050-18.1%
Vineland, New Jersey$56,090-2.4%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$49,910-13.1%
Visalia, California$52,070-9.4%
Waco, Texas$48,460-15.6%
Walla Walla, Washington$54,500-5.1%
Watertown, New York$53,440-7.0%
Weirton, West Virginia$43,010-25.1%
Wenatchee, Washington$60,380+5.1%
Wheeling, West Virginia$46,030-19.9%
Wichita Falls, Texas$44,630-22.3%
Wildwood, Florida$51,120-11.0%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$47,140-17.9%
Winchester, Virginia$52,300-9.0%
Yakima, Washington$60,290+4.9%
York, Pennsylvania$48,950-14.8%
Yuba City, California$54,550-5.0%
Gross salary
57,450/yr
Estimated take-home
46,702/yr
Est. total withheld
18.7%

Single filer, federal + California state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Community reality check

Community reality check for San Diego

These notes add local color around San Diego, California: comfort ranges, budget constraints and location trade-offs reported in public discussions.

Relocation gap2.0× calculator gap
City comparison anecdotal

Discussion highlights that calculators may imply roughly 2x gross income for comparable standard of living, while some employers offer only about 10% location premiums. Tech total compensation can be an exception, so the page should distinguish salary from total compensation.

2.0×calculator multiplier10%HCOL premium cited$200KAtlanta TC example$450KBay Area TC example

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 41-1011 SOC code
Official area San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 41740 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: ca_ftb_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
Chula VistaCarlsbad
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Where this is

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Highlighted: California

Population (metro area)
3,282,782