Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Inventory Associate: $52K median posted pay.
From 14 salary bands employers posted on 48 open inventory associate roles in retail. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 48 | $52K | — |
Levels as the postings name them. A rung shows a median only where eight or more postings at that level carried a band.
Who is hiring
The employers with the most open.
| Employer | Open roles | Entry level |
|---|---|---|
| Aritzia | 22 | — |
| Saks OFF 5TH | 7 | — |
| Base Power Company | 3 | — |
| Anduril Industries | 3 | — |
| Banner Health | 3 | — |
| Misfits Market | 2 | — |
| Blueorigin | 1 | — |
| Kimberlyclark | 1 | — |
| Genpt | 1 | — |
| Alphabe Insight Inc | 1 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open inventory associate roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Inventory Control | 40 | — |
| Fitting Room Operations | 27 | — |
| ITIL Practice | 22 | — |
| Customer Service | 13 | — |
| Forklift Operation | 12 | — |
| Warehouse Operations | 10 | — |
| Point of Sale Systems | 7 | — |
| Loss Prevention | 7 | — |
| Packaging Operations | 7 | — |
| Supply Chain Coordination | 6 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%0 roles
- Hybrid0%0 roles
- On site85%41 roles
- Not stated15%7 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 48 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 17, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 14 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Inventory Associate (Nights)” counts here too. 100% of roles with this title sit in retail, which is why this page belongs to that career. A title gets a page only where twenty-five or more roles are open, eight or more of them posted a band, three or more employers are hiring for it and four in five of its postings sit in one career, so no page here is a guess.