Posted on 03/26/2015 9:05:46 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported Wednesday that retail sales clerk and cashier were the two largest occupations in the United States in May 2014, with their numbers increasing slightly since 2013.
In its annual report on wages and occupational employment, the BLS found that 4.6 million Americans worked in retail sales while 3.4 million more worked as cashiers, making up almost six percent of total U.S. employment.
The two job categories increased by a combined 400,000 workers since 2012. Retail workers made $24,020 a year on average, while cashiers made $20,670, according to the BLS. …
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I wish they would delve further into our govt work force and how they have exponentially blown up their wages, benefits and pensions while private industry has to lay off, close down, and move out of the country....
Well said and I agree.
Hey don’t forget sweat-shop call centers. Seems every time a new business bringing new jobs is announced in Colo Springs it’s a d@mned call center.
The government workers have one distinct advantage over private sector corporation workers. Government with a money printing machine can not go broke. Corporations can and do all the time.
Two jobs that can be replaced by automated kiosks.
Hey, Peggy needs a job, too!
They’ve been replaced by online retail to a large degree already, but somehow their numbers keep going up.
“They’ve been replaced by online retail to a large degree already, but somehow their numbers keep going up.”
Their work has been replaced by on line retail, but they still have to stand there at the register not doing anything.
Sales clerks and Cashiers—The Obama economy’s burger-flippers.
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