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OES data highlights ‐ An Occupational Comparison of Selected Retail Trade Industries, Table 3

Occupation	Department stores	Other general merchandise stores	Electronic shopping and mail-order houses
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	$14.62	$12.88	$21.32
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	10.75	14.22	12.62
Customer service representatives	10.66	12.21	12.91
Retail salespersons	9.89	9.73	13.78
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	9.55	10.66	11.69
Stock clerks and order fillers	9.71	10.09	11.04
Industry mean hourly wage	11.34	11.57	18.43
Note: The six occupations listed above were selected among the largest occupations that were found to be the same in tables 1 and 2.

Last modified: December 17, 2009