July 20, 2000 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Wages of salespersons in 1998
Five industries
employed over three-quarters of all retail salespersons in 1998. Of these
five industries, automobile dealers and service stations paid salespersons
the most while apparel and accessory stores paid the least.
![Mean hourly wage in the most common industries for retail salespersons, 1998](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120921220142im_/http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/images/2000/Jul/wk3/art04.gif)
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Salespersons in the automobile dealers and
service stations industry received $15.75 per hour in 1998. In comparison,
salespersons in the apparel and accessory stores industry averaged $7.43 per hour.
The other three most common industries for
retail salespersons in 1998 were furniture and home furnishing stores,
general merchandise stores, and miscellaneous retail establishments. The
mean hourly wage in furniture and home furnishing stores was $10.25 in
1998. In general merchandise stores, the average wage was $7.88 and
miscellaneous retail establishments were close behind at $7.76.
These data are a product of the Occupational
Employment Statistics program.
General merchandise stores include department stores, variety stores, and
warehouse clubs. Miscellaneous retail establishments include
establishments such as drug stores, book stores, and jewelry stores. Find
out more in Occupational Employment and Wages, 1998, BLS Bulletin
2528.
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