Counted October 21, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Merchandise Manager: $68K median posted pay.
From 15 salary bands employers posted on 53 open merchandise manager roles in retail. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Management | 53 | $68K | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Fivebelow | 34 | — |
| Burlington | 14 | — |
| Dollartree | 2 | — |
| Li & Fung | 1 | — |
| Fashion Nova | 1 | — |
| Quince | 1 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open merchandise manager roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Visual Merchandising | 32 | — |
| Cash Handling | 22 | — |
| Customer Service | 22 | — |
| Process Documentation | 21 | — |
| Ticketing Systems | 21 | — |
| Store Management | 12 | — |
| Succession Planning | 8 | — |
| Opening and Closing Procedures | 3 | — |
| Stock Replenishment | 2 | — |
| Payroll Processing | 2 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%0 roles
- Hybrid0%0 roles
- On site74%39 roles
- Not stated26%14 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 53 open postings read from employers’ own job boards on October 21, 2026, and recounted every night. Pay is the band the employer posted — never an estimate, never a model — and 15 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Merchandise Manager (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.