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Fast Fact: Interior Designers in Furniture Stores Paid $22 an hour in 2018
September 30,
2019 by Laurie Northington in Business Strategy, Industry 
The steady increase of furniture and home furnishings sales over the last 10 years has been slower to hit employees working in the stores, but in recent years many occupations have finally started to see an upturn in wage growth.
According to data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ March 2019 release of “Occupational Employment Statistics,” non-managerial positions among furniture and home furnishings retailers carry much lower wages than managerial positions.
In the art and design category, interior designers in furniture stores have shown consistent median hourly wage growth (14.1 percent) from 2012 to 2018, compared to the much slower growth pace in home furnishings stores at 3.9 percent.
In 2018, interior designers earned a higher median hourly wage in furniture stores ($21.90) than in home furnishings stores ($19.75). Median hourly wages of merchandise displayer and window treatment occupations are consistent between both channels – earning between $15 and $16 an hour in 2018.
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