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Fast Fact: Furniture Store Wage Growth Highest Among Executive Admins
October 14,
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,” executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants are the highest paid among office and admin support jobs – earning a median hourly rate of $29.20 in furniture stores and $26.68 in home furnishings stores.
The executive admin jobs had the largest increases from 2012 to 2018 – jumping 32.5 percent in furniture stores and 29.8 percent in home furnishings stores.
Lowest paid among these positions are customer service reps, receptionists and information clerks, and stock clerks and order fillers – all earning less than a $14 median hourly wage.
For a closer look at office and administrative wages, click here.