Table 2. Largest occupations in electronic shopping and mail-order houses and their mean hourly wages, May 2008

Occupation Employment Percent of total industry employment Mean hourly wage
Customer service representatives 34,830 13.5 $12.91
Order clerks 31,010 12.0 11.93
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks 14,920 5.8 12.62
Stock clerks and order fillers 12,580 4.9 11.04
Retail salespersons 11,590 4.5 13.78
Telemarketers 9,720 3.8 12.54
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand 9,690 3.8 11.69
Packers and packagers, hand 8,760 3.4 10.51
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers 6,150 2.4 21.32
Office clerks, general 5,720 2.2 12.51
Industry total 257,440 100.0 18.43

 

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