The retail industry has seen significant growth in e-commerce sales and non-store retailers over the past 15 years. E-commerce sales have increased from 0.9% of total retail sales in 2000 to 5.2% in 2012, with average annual growth rates of over 20% per year from 2000 to 2011. Over the same period, non-store retailers have grown their share of total retail sales from 6.0% to 9.4%. Grocery stores employ the most retail workers at 830,750, with cashiers making up almost one third of grocery store employees. The median hourly wage for all retail workers is $9.12, equivalent to an annual salary of $18,960.

1. The retail Industry by numbers
Sales, E-Commerce, Cashiers
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2. Assembled from: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Retail Trade Survey
Non-store Retailers include catalogue retailers & mail order
Sales estimates are shown in millions of dollars
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Year
Total Retail Trade
(TRT)
E-Commerce
Nonstore
Retailers (NSR)
E-Comm / TRT NSR / TRT YOY TRT Growth
YOY E-Comm
Growth
Y2000 2,983,276 27,579 180,453 0.9% 6.0%
Y2001 3,062,268 34,205 180,563 1.1% 5.9% 2.6% 24.0%
Y2002 3,128,552 44,527 189,279 1.4% 6.1% 2.2% 30.2%
Y2003 3,262,978 56,982 206,359 1.7% 6.3% 4.3% 28.0%
Y2004 3,473,568 72,340 228,977 2.1% 6.6% 6.5% 27.0%
Y2005 3,690,162 91,080 255,579 2.5% 6.9% 6.2% 25.9%
Y2006 3,874,085 112,994 284,343 2.9% 7.3% 5.0% 24.1%
Y2007 3,999,256 136,126 308,767 3.4% 7.7% 3.2% 20.5%
Y2008 3,946,406 141,233 319,283 3.6% 8.1% -1.3% 3.8%
Y2009 3,630,408 144,908 311,891 4.0% 8.6% -8.0% 2.6%
Y2010 3,841,454 168,895 342,041 4.4% 8.9% 5.8% 16.6%
Y2011 4,132,996 197,883 377,871 4.8% 9.1% 7.6% 17.2%
Y2012 4,344,140 226,878 408,475 5.2% 9.4% 5.1% 14.7%

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Industry Employment
Percent of
industry
employment
Hourly
mean
wage
Annual
mean
wage
Grocery
Stores
830,750 32.61 $10.27 $21,370
Gas Stations 563,330 65.8 $9.10 $18,930
Other GM
Stores
406,360 22.97 $9.92 $20,640
Restaurants 260,000 2.8 $8.93 $18,560
Department
Stores
194,660 13.95 $9.27 $19,290
Percentile 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%
Hourly
Wage
$7.89 $8.40 $9.12 $10.67 $13.32
Annual
Wage
$16,420 $17,480 $18,960 $22,190 $27,710
• Annual wages have been
calculated by multiplying the
hourly mean wage by a "year-
round, full-time" hours figure of
2,080 hours
• Information as of May 2013
• Other details can be found at:
http://www.bls.gov/oes/ (i.e. source of
the tables)
Cashier’s role is one of the most vital roles in retail
Cashiers are almost one third of total employees in your grocery store