Best Cities for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workerss

Cities ranked by purchasing power — where door-to-door sales workers, news and street vendors, and related workerss get the most value from their salary after accounting for cost of living. A score above 1.00 means better than national average.

How we calculate this: City Score = (Local Salary ÷ National Median) ÷ (Local Cost ÷ National Avg Cost). A score of 1.20 means 20% better purchasing power than average.

#	Location	Score	Raw Salary	Adjusted Salary	Rent/Income
1	MissouriState	1.27	$46,380	$52,348	27%
2	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TXMetro	1.23	$49,330	$50,751	39%
3	Kansas City, MO-KSMetro	1.20	$46,040	$49,612	33%
4	TexasState	1.16	$46,040	$48,159	36%
5	IndianaState	1.06	$39,870	$44,055	32%
6	New JerseyState	0.99	$44,370	$40,781	49%
7	OhioState	0.97	$36,210	$40,055	35%
8	MichiganState	0.96	$36,700	$39,762	37%
9	North CarolinaState	0.96	$37,370	$39,587	42%
10	UtahState	0.94	$38,990	$38,912	46%
11	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WAMetro	0.90	$39,970	$37,078	54%
12	KansasState	0.89	$32,970	$36,633	38%
13	ColoradoState	0.88	$38,590	$36,613	57%
14	CaliforniaState	0.86	$39,520	$35,700	69%
15	ConnecticutState	0.84	$37,440	$34,796	50%
16	MarylandState	0.76	$34,290	$31,401	59%
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WVMetro	0.76	$35,590	$31,551	67%
18	VirginiaState	0.75	$32,320	$31,227	58%
19	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAMetro	0.73	$35,090	$30,120	77%

Data Sources: Salary: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS). Cost of Living: BEA Regional Price Parities (2024). Rent: HUD Fair Market Rents (FY2025).