Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers Salary and Pay
How much do Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers make?
Median pay for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers is $34,530 a year ($16.60); the mean is $39,890. The occupation employed 4,590 people in May 2024, and its middle band runs from $31,200 to $42,970.
What Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers actually pay, from the federal wage survey: a $34,530 median, the full percentile ladder, every state's table, and the metros where the jobs and the money sit, on one page.
Updated November 5, 2026
Salary converter for this occupation
Hourly figures use the BLS full-time convention of 2,080 hours a year. The converter loads this occupation's own ladder, median $34,530 first; type any offer into the custom box to price it against the same year.
The national wage ladder (BLS OEWS, May 2024)
| Pay level | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $23,440 | $11.27 |
| 25th percentile | $31,200 | $15.00 |
| Median (50th) | $34,530 | $16.60 |
| 75th percentile | $42,970 | $20.66 |
| 90th percentile | $55,970 | $26.91 |
The five rows are five different workers in the same occupation, from the 10th percentile ($23,440) to the 90th ($55,970). BLS suppresses cells that fail its reliability rules (n/p here) and caps the highest wages at $239,200+ a year or $115.00+ an hour; in this ladder that top code appears at the very top rows only.
Employment and concentration
The occupation employed 4,590 people in May 2024, 0.00% of every job BLS counted. California is the largest employer at 650 jobs, and the leading three states between them hold 34.6% of the workforce. Concentration peaks in Utah, whose location quotient of 10.63 says this work is 10.63 times as dense there as it is nationwide.
One in ten workers in this field earns $23,440 or less, and one in ten earns $55,970 or more, so the top-to-bottom ratio is 2.4 to 1 and the annual gap is $32,530. The mean ($39,890) versus median ($34,530) comparison shows a right-skewed ladder where senior and specialist roles lift the average in this occupation.
Pay by state
New York posts the highest median annual wage in the state table at $45,490, and California the largest headcount. The full table, sorted by employment:
| State | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Location quotient | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 650 | 0.0 | 1.20 | $38,710 | $34,530 |
| Utah | 540 | 0.3 | 10.63 | $34,130 | $33,230 |
| Texas | 400 | 0.0 | 0.96 | $43,760 | $23,660 |
| Kentucky | 250 | 0.1 | 4.22 | n/p | n/p |
| New York | 200 | 0.0 | 0.70 | $44,500 | $45,490 |
| Missouri | 180 | 0.1 | 2.10 | $42,100 | $36,750 |
| Washington | 160 | 0.0 | 1.49 | $39,640 | $38,480 |
| South Carolina | 130 | 0.1 | 1.90 | $26,440 | $20,470 |
| North Carolina | 110 | 0.0 | 0.77 | $32,380 | $36,270 |
| Tennessee | 80 | 0.0 | 0.79 | $21,780 | $20,470 |
| Colorado | 70 | 0.0 | 0.83 | $45,620 | $43,850 |
| Indiana | 60 | 0.0 | 0.58 | $33,790 | $34,120 |
| Michigan | 60 | 0.0 | 0.43 | $30,260 | $31,010 |
| Florida | n/p | n/p | n/p | $36,770 | $31,460 |
| Kansas | n/p | n/p | n/p | $55,730 | $41,600 |
| Maryland | n/p | n/p | n/p | $38,460 | $37,850 |
| New Jersey | n/p | n/p | n/p | $36,740 | $36,030 |
| Ohio | n/p | n/p | n/p | $46,960 | $30,520 |
| Oregon | n/p | n/p | n/p | $35,720 | $37,310 |
| Virginia | n/p | n/p | n/p | $32,350 | $30,060 |
| Wisconsin | n/p | n/p | n/p | $39,560 | $40,640 |
The occupation in context
Ranked against all 826 published occupations, Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers stands number 766 by employment and number 801 by median pay. Inside its own major group, Sales and Related Occupations, the group median wage is $56,320 across 22 detailed occupations, so this occupation pays 39% less than its group median, and it supplies 0.0% of the group's 13,351,670 jobs. In 10 of the 20 states with a published median, the state median beats the national median of $34,530, which is the single best quick test of whether this occupation's pay is set nationally or locally: a high count means local markets regularly outbid the national figure.
Metropolitan areas: where the jobs and the pay sit
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is the largest metro employer with 420 jobs, 9.2% of the national total. Below, the biggest employers come first; the pay table after it only counts metros with 500 or more jobs in the occupation, so its leader is a real market and not a statistical artifact.
Largest metro employers
| Metropolitan area | Employment | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 420 | $36,680 | $34,530 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 210 | $45,700 | $36,690 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | 140 | n/p | n/p |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | 130 | $29,770 | $27,260 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | 120 | $47,510 | $41,600 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | 110 | $33,960 | $30,880 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | 50 | $30,890 | $29,120 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | 40 | n/p | n/p |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | n/p | $39,260 | $37,850 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | n/p | $67,580 | $84,650 |
What the median pay looks like as a budget
As a household number, $34,530 a year is $2,878 a month gross, $1,328 every two weeks, $664 a week. Moving from the 25th percentile ($31,200) to the 75th ($42,970) is worth $11,770 a year, which is the realistic size of the experience and specialization premium inside this occupation. The next step from a gross figure is a net one: run the $2,878 monthly figure through the paycheck calculator applies your state's taxes, the salary calculator compares two offers in any unit, and the raise vs inflation calculator tells you whether a nominal raise is a real one.
To place a real offer: a salary of $37,983 would sit between the median ($34,530) and the 75th percentile ($42,970), inside the top half but outside the top quarter of this occupation's ladder. An offer at the 25th percentile, $31,200, is $3,330 under the median, the typical size of the discount attached to entry-level or low-cost-market postings in this field.
Related occupations in Sales and Related Occupations
Pay for the neighboring roles in the same BLS major group: Cashiers, Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products, Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel, First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents, Insurance Sales Agents. The full directory is on the Careers hub.
Frequently asked questions
What is the median salary for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers?
$34,530 a year ($16.60), the middle wage among 4,590 counted workers in the BLS May 2024 estimates. The 75th percentile is $42,970 and the 90th is $55,970.
Where are Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers jobs concentrated?
By headcount, California leads with 650 jobs; by concentration, Utah leads with a location quotient of 10.63, meaning the occupation is 10.63 times as dense there as nationally.
What do the top 10% of Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers earn?
$55,970 a year or more. The gap between the 90th percentile and the median ($34,530) is the size of the senior and specialist premium in this occupation.
How does EveryCalc get Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers pay data?
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS bulk files for May 2024 (national, state, and metropolitan), downloaded November 5, 2026. Nothing on this page is self-reported by workers or scraped from job postings.