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 |
Last modified: December 17, 2009
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