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How do I find out what the actual average hourly wage is for retail workers in high cost of living cities?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
How do I find out what the actual average hourly wage is for retail workers in high cost of living cities?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics metropolitan area May 2025 data retail salespersons hourly wageGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDShort fact
BLS OEWS data downloads metropolitan area occupation wage May 2025Google ↗
OBSERVEDReason

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
Short fact50%Other / navigationalComparisonConsequenceReason50%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics metropolitan area May 2025 data retail salespersons hourly wage Google ↗
BLS OEWS data downloads metropolitan area occupation wage May 2025 Google ↗

Queries

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Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics metropolitan area May 2025 data retail salespersons hourly wage
OBSERVED
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—Short fact——1x
of 1
BLS OEWS data downloads metropolitan area occupation wage May 2025
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1