America Counts: Stories Behind the Numbers

From assisting customers to ringing up sales, retail workers are the economic backbone of the nation?s retail industry, especially during the busy holiday shopping season.

In 2022, 9.2 million workers were employed as retail salespersons, cashiers or first-line supervisors of retail sales workers ? collectively referred to as retail workers, according to the Census Bureau?s American Community Survey.

Since 2010, the relative number of U.S. retail workers remained over 9 million, but their share of the total workforce fell from 6.9% in 2010 to 5.6% in 2022.

Cashiers were among the lowest-paid members of the retail workforce. In 2022, their median earnings ($27,174) were around 47% less than those of all full-time, year-round workers ($57,216).?

Continue reading?to learn more about:?

• Retail work
• Earnings of retail workers
• Brick-and-mortar stores and internet shopping
• Challenges ahead for the retail workforce

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