Hourly mean wages of retail salespersons, 
selected metropolitan areas and U.S., May 2005


Metropolitan area			Employment	Hourly mean wage
	
U.S.					4,344,770	    $11.14	
Tacoma, WA				    8,790	     13.29	
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 	   24,570	     13.34	
Yakima, WA 				    2,380	     13.51	
Fairbanks, AK 				    1,200	     13.64	
Carson City, NV 			      510	     15.05