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Occupation | Employment | Percent of industry employment | Mean hourly wage | Employment | Percent of industry employment | Mean hourly wage |
Retail salespersons | 509,830 | 31.9 | $9.89 | 344,530 | 23.0 | $9.73 |
Cashiers | 231,320 | 14.5 | 8.63 | 346,550 | 23.1 | 9.19 |
Stock clerks and order fillers | 325,390 | 20.4 | 9.71 | 197,270 | 13.2 | 10.09 |
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers | 92,770 | 5.8 | 15.84 | 136,660 | 9.1 | 15.67 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 62,650 | 3.9 | 9.55 | 73,030 | 4.9 | 10.66 |
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers | 46,060 | 2.9 | 14.62 | 36,290 | 2.4 | 12.88 |
Customer service representatives | 19,980 | 1.3 | 10.66 | 32,380 | 2.2 | 12.21 |
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 28,250 | 1.8 | 10.75 | 12,990 | 0.9 | 14.22 |
Pharmacy technicians | 16,090 | 1.0 | 12.49 | 19,160 | 1.3 | 12.82 |
Pharmacists | 16,750 | 1.1 | 50.75 | 12,500 | 0.8 | 53.37 |
Industry total | 1,598,880 | 100.0 | 11.34 | 1,500,320 | 100.0 | 11.57 |
Note: The occupations listed above are ranked by the highest combined employment across these two industries. For example, since retail salespersons have a combined employment of 854,360, this occupation is ranked above cashiers, which have a combined employment of 577,870, and so on. |
Last modified: December 17, 2009