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Hiring a parts salesperson in Riverside, CA

Employers in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA area pay parts salespersons a median of $44,310, with the middle half of the market between $36,310 and $54,730. Riverside residents working in sales and related occupations report a median of $30,493, which is 31% below what the metro pays for this role.

What does a parts salesperson earn here?

Place of work

What employers pay

Annual wages paid by employers in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA area. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
25th percentile$36,310
Median$44,310
75th percentile$54,730

Half of parts salespersons in this area earn between $36,310 and $54,730. A band set below $36,310 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.

Place of residence

What Riverside residents earn

$30,493

Median earnings of Riverside residents working in sales and related occupations, 14,400 people. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. Where people live, not where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.

The 31% figure is not a pay gap. ACS counts the civilian employed population 16 and over, part-time and part-year work included; OEWS counts wage-and-salary jobs only. The two populations differ, so read this number against other cities rather than as a shortfall: the same definitional difference applies to every city equally, which is what makes a city-to-city reading sound.

The role pays well above the local residential norm, which usually means you can hire from inside Riverside rather than competing for commuters.

What does the role actually involve?

Core tasks

  • Receive payment or obtain credit authorization.
  • Assist customers, such as responding to customer complaints and updating them about back-ordered parts.
  • Fill customer orders from stock, and place orders when requested items are out of stock.
  • Receive and fill telephone orders for parts.
  • Locate and label parts, and maintain inventory of stock.

O*NET 29.1, task statements for SOC 41-2022.

Tools and technologies in demand

Inventory control system software, Inventory management systems, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Adobe Acrobat, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word.

O*NET 29.1, flagged in demand or hot for this occupation. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.

Is the talent actually in Riverside?

This is a job zone two: some preparation needed occupation. These occupations usually require a high school diploma.

It does not require a degree, which widens the pool considerably. For context, 25.7% of Riverside adults hold one. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.

The average Riverside commute runs 31.6 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 9.3% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.

How often do these jobs turn over?

In Riverside County, retail trade employs 88,873 and turns over 10.2% a quarter, with 9,888 hires against 13,133 separations. Average earnings in that industry run $3,718 a month. Census LEHD Quarterly Workforce Indicators, 2024 Q1, NAICS 44-45.

That figure covers every occupation in the industry, not this role alone, so read it as the local churn rate rather than as a number about parts salespersons. It still tells you what you are hiring into: a normal churn rate, where a well-run search closes on schedule.

What does the search cost?

The fee is set by the seniority of the role, never by salary and never by location. Across all six tiers it runs $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm hiring at this role's median would bill roughly $8,862 to $13,293 on the first year salary alone.

One owner runs the search from market map to signed offer. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, which is a typical window rather than a promise, and the replacement guarantee runs 45 days at 50% off.

Price this search

Eight questions about the role. Your tier range appears on screen.

Hiring a parts salesperson somewhere else?

Same role, different market. The wage band moves with the metro.

Other sales and related roles in Riverside

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Riverside is the 12th largest of 21 California cities in this dataset.