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Careers in
Retail

Would you like to get a job in this industry? Think about these types of careers.

90% of all retail salespersons work in retail.

Most people in these careers work in retail:

Where do they work?
Bright Outlook (New job opportunities likely in the future. Click a sun below to learn more.)
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Career name Bright Outlook Green Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Automotive & Watercraft Service Attendants
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Bicycle Repairers
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Butchers & Meat Cutters
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Cashiers
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Electronic Equipment Installers & Repairers, Motor Vehicles
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Floral Designers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Hearing Aid Specialists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Marking Clerks
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Models
Where do they work? Motorcycle Mechanics
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Musical Instrument Repairers & Tuners
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Order Fillers, Wholesale & Retail Sales
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Parts Salespersons
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Pharmacists
Where do they work? Pharmacy Aides
Where do they work? Pharmacy Technicians
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Retail Salespersons
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Stock Clerks, Sales Floor
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Stock Clerks- Stockroom, Warehouse, or Storage Yard
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Tire Repairers & Changers
Where do they work? Watch Repairers
Apprenticeship
18% of all sales managers work in retail.

Some people in these careers work in retail:

Where do they work?
Bright Outlook (New job opportunities likely in the future. Click a sun below to learn more.)
Green (Careers that are part of the green economy. Click a leaf below to learn more.)
Registered Apprenticeship (Careers with apprenticeship programs. Click a logo below to learn more.)
Career name Bright Outlook Green Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Automotive Body & Related Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Automotive Master Mechanics
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Automotive Specialty Technicians
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Bakers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Baristas
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Bookkeeping, Accounting, & Auditing Clerks
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Buyers & Purchasing Agents, Farm Products
Green
Where do they work? Carpet Installers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Cleaners of Vehicles & Equipment
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Coin, Vending, & Amusement Machine Servicers & Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Computer, Automated Teller, & Office Machine Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Cooks, Short Order
Where do they work? Counter & Rental Clerks
Where do they work? Counter Attendants, Cafeteria, Food Concession, & Coffee Shop
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Credit Authorizers
Where do they work? Credit Checkers
Where do they work? Customer Service Representatives
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Cutters & Trimmers, Hand
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Demonstrators & Product Promoters
Where do they work? Driver/Sales Workers
Where do they work? Electronic Home Entertainment Equipment Installers & Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Energy Brokers
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Etchers & Engravers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, & Repairers
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? First-Line Supervisors of Office & Administrative Support Workers
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Floor Layers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Food & Tobacco Roasting, Baking, & Drying Machine Operators & Tenders
Where do they work? Food Preparation Workers
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Gem & Diamond Workers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? General & Operations Managers
Bright Outlook
Green
Where do they work? Geothermal Technicians
Green
Where do they work? Glaziers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, & Repair Workers
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Home Appliance Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Human Resources Assistants
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Interior Designers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Jewelers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Laborers & Freight, Stock, & Material Movers, Hand
Bright Outlook
Green
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Manufactured Building & Mobile Home Installers
Where do they work? Meat, Poultry, & Fish Cutters & Trimmers
Where do they work? Mechanical Door Repairers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Merchandise Displayers & Window Trimmers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Motorboat Mechanics & Service Technicians
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Nonfarm Animal Caretakers
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Opticians, Dispensing
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Optometrists
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Order Clerks
Where do they work? Orthotists & Prosthetists
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Outdoor Power Equipment & Other Small Engine Mechanics
Bright Outlook
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Packers & Packagers, Hand
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Patient Representatives
Bright Outlook
Where do they work? Photographic Process Workers & Processing Machine Operators
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Precious Metal Workers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Sales Managers
Where do they work? Shipping, Receiving, & Traffic Clerks
Green
Where do they work? Shoe & Leather Workers & Repairers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service
Where do they work? Tailors, Dressmakers, & Custom Sewers
Apprenticeship
Where do they work? Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, & Samplers, Recordkeeping
Where do they work? Wholesale & Retail Buyers
Green