Counted October 17, 2026 · from employers’ own postings
Retail Sales Associate: $41K median posted pay.
From 274 salary bands employers posted on 680 open retail sales associate roles in retail. Never an estimate.
The ladder, by level
What each rung pays.
| Level | Open roles | Median posted band | Middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Junior | 674 | $40K | — |
| Senior | 6 | — (3 of 8 bands) | — |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Us Retail | 225 | — |
| Vuori, Inc | 129 | — |
| Curaleaf | 95 | — |
| Bob's Discount Furniture | 95 | — |
| US Foods | 35 | — |
| PGA TOUR Superstore | 33 | — |
| BJ’s Wholesale Club | 23 | — |
| Csc | 18 | — |
| UNIQLO | 5 | — |
| Brooks Running | 4 | — |
Counted from employers’ own job boards. The ten with the most open retail sales associate roles tonight.
The skills, as the postings name them
What these postings ask for.
| Skill | Postings | At entry |
|---|---|---|
| Retail Sales | 671 | — |
| Customer Service | 445 | — |
| Visual Merchandising | 399 | — |
| Point of Sale Systems | 376 | — |
| Loyalty Programs | 346 | — |
| Cashiering | 269 | — |
| Shipping and Receiving | 225 | — |
| Curbside and Delivery Fulfillment | 225 | — |
| Accessibility | 193 | — |
| Upselling | 124 | — |
Where the work is
0% of these roles are remote.
- Remote0%0 roles
- Hybrid0%0 roles
- On site99%676 roles
- Not stated1%4 roles
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How this was counted
Every figure is counted from 680 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 274 of these postings carried one. Titles are grouped by the words the postings use, with levels, shifts and schedules removed, so “Senior Retail Sales 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.