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Miscellaneous Store Retailers: NAICS 453

About the Miscellaneous Store Retailers subsector

The miscellaneous store retailers subsector is part of the retail trade sector.

Industries in the Miscellaneous Store Retailers subsector retail merchandise from fixed point-of-sale locations (except new or used motor vehicles and parts; new furniture and home furnishings; new appliances and electronic products; new building materials and garden equipment and supplies; food and beverages; health and personal care goods; gasoline; new clothing and accessories; and new sporting goods, hobby goods, books, and music). Establishments in this subsector include stores with unique characteristics like florists, used merchandise stores, and pet and pet supply stores as well as other store retailers.

North American Industry Classification System

The miscellaneous store retailers subsector consists of these industry groups:

Florists: NAICS 4531
Office Supplies, Stationery, and Gift Stores: NAICS 4532
Used Merchandise Stores: NAICS 4533
Other Miscellaneous Store Retailers: NAICS 4539

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in miscellaneous store retailers. These data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys. The following table presents an overview of the industry including data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment


Data series	Sep. 2022	Oct. 2022	Nov. 2022	Dec. 2022
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)	861.1	864.4	(p)862.4	(p)869.2
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees	668.8	680.3	(p)676.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation


Data series	Employment, 2023
Cashiers	141,540
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	115,560
Floral designers	29,650
Retail salespersons	585,510
Stock clerks and order fillers	56,940
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	16,400

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for miscellaneous store retailers.

(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)

Wages

This section presents data on hourly and annual wages for occupations commonly found in miscellaneous store retailers.

Wages by Occupation


Data series	Wages, 2023
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Cashiers	14.38	14.56	29,900	30,280
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	21.29	22.53	44,280	46,860
Floral designers	16.65	16.90	34,640	35,160
Retail salespersons	14.88	15.85	30,940	32,960
Stock clerks and order fillers	16.25	16.41	33,810	34,130
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	16.00	16.52	33,280	34,360

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses

This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in miscellaneous store retailers. An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.


Data series	2019	2020	2021	2022
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	31	25	16	23
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.


Data series	2022
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	3.3
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	2.5
Cases involving days away from work	1.7
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.8
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in miscellaneous store retailers. Also included in this section is information on productivity, presented as the rate of change in output per hour of workers in the industry.

Establishments


Data series	1st quarter 2021	2nd quarter 2021	3rd quarter 2021	4th quarter 2021
Number of establishments
Private industry	112,542	113,010	113,993	115,697
Local government	106	106	105	105
State government	1	1	1	1
Federal government	21	19	19	18

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity


Data series	2020	2021	2022	2023
Labor productivity index, output per hour	117.051	127.186	137.041
Percent change from previous year	10.2	8.7	7.7
Labor index, total labor hours	87.555	96.041	92.771	93.660
Percent change from previous year	-12.4	9.7	-3.4	1.0
Output index	102.484	122.150	127.134
Percent change from previous year	-3.5	19.2	4.1
Unit labor costs index	100.642	99.700	98.504
Percent change from previous year	-1.0	-0.9	-1.2

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Data extracted on: April 30, 2024