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Fast Fact: Cashiers and Retail Sales Among Lowest Paying Jobs in Furniture Industry
October 7,
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,” sales and related occupations are among the lowest paying jobs in furniture stores and home furnishings stores and continue to be the slowest in earnings growth.
In both distribution channels, cashiers earn a median hourly rate below $12. Wages continually dropped for cashiers through 2012 to 2015, before growing in recent years – most likely due to minimum wages going up in many cities and states.
Retail salespersons make more in furniture stores with a median hourly wage of $13.94, compared to $12.40 in home furnishings stores. Between 2012 and 2018, earning for retail salespersons in furniture stores grew only 6.5 percent and 5.9 percent in home furnishings stores.
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