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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:
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.
Data series | Back data |
Sep. 2022 |
Oct. 2022 |
Nov. 2022 |
Dec. 2022 |
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Employment (in thousands) |
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Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted) |
861.1 | 864.4 | (p)862.4 | (p)869.2 | |
668.8 | 680.3 | (p)676.3 | |||
Footnotes |
(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Data series | Employment, 2023 |
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141,540 | |
115,560 | |
29,650 | |
585,510 | |
56,940 | |
16,400 |
(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)
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)
This section presents data on hourly and annual wages for occupations commonly found in miscellaneous store retailers.
Data series | Wages, 2023 | |||
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Hourly | Annual | |||
Median | Mean | Median | Mean | |
14.38 | 14.56 | 29,900 | 30,280 | |
21.29 | 22.53 | 44,280 | 46,860 | |
16.65 | 16.90 | 34,640 | 35,160 | |
14.88 | 15.85 | 30,940 | 32,960 | |
16.25 | 16.41 | 33,810 | 34,130 | |
16.00 | 16.52 | 33,280 | 34,360 |
(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)
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 |
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Fatalities |
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31 | 25 | 16 | 23 | |
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
Data series | 2022 |
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Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers |
|
3.3 | |
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer |
2.5 |
1.7 | |
0.8 | |
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)
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.
Data series | Back data |
1st quarter 2021 |
2nd quarter 2021 |
3rd quarter 2021 |
4th quarter 2021 |
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Number of establishments |
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112,542 | 113,010 | 113,993 | 115,697 | ||
106 | 106 | 105 | 105 | ||
1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
21 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)
This section presents productivity and related data for the industry, presented as the percent change from the previous year. Measures of labor productivity, or output per hour, compare the growth in output to the growth in hours worked. Growth in unit labor costs represent the annual change in the labor cost of producing one unit of output.
Data series | Back data |
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
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10.7 | 8.5 | 2.6 | 3.0 | ||
-12.4 | 9.7 | -3.4 | 1.0 | ||
-3.1 | 19.0 | -0.9 | 4.0 | ||
-1.4 | -0.8 | 3.7 | -0.6 |
(Source: Productivity)
Data extracted on: October 31, 2024