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What retail managers make
Median
$48,520
Bottom tenth
$33,120
Top tenth
$77,080
The national median is $48,520 a year. The bottom tenth earn $33,120 or less and the top tenth $77,080 or more (2025 federal wage survey). The survey line is First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, which counts department supervisors and assistant managers as well as people running a whole store.