Job Description: Retail Sales Workers are employed by retail establishments of all sizes that sell merchandise of all kinds such as clothing, food, computers, automobiles, appliances, furniture, jewelry, books, sporting goods, and automobile supplies. They may advise customers, handle payments, process returns and exchanges of merchandise, set up displays, stock shelves, take inventory, and wrap gifts.
Wages - Statewide:
To give you an idea of how much you might earn, we have given you the average hourly wages and average yearly wages for this career throughout California. Wages can vary greatly in different parts of the State.
Hourly Average Wages:
$
25,869
Yearly Average Wages:
$
25,869
Source: California Occupational Employment and Wage Data, 2008
Job Openings:
An average of 28830 job openings will be available statewide per year. The number of openings includes both new jobs and replacement openings as workers leave the occupation.
Source: California Occupational Employment Projections 2004 - 2014
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