Retail jobs: who is hiring and what it pays
Store chains, marketplaces and direct-to-consumer brands: merchandising, operations, finance and corporate roles. 3,289 open jobs at 93 employers, with a median stated pay of $118k. Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
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3,289
open retail jobs
93
employers hiring
$118k
median stated pay (482 jobs)
November 2026
first month tracked
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Employers with the most open retail jobs
Albertsons Companies, Walmart and Five Below lead the retail employers on our board. The ten with the most openings post 71% of the 3,289 open retail jobs.
| # | Employer | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albertsons CompaniesCA | 465 open |
| 2 | WalmartAR · Median pay $118k | 417 open |
| 3 | Five BelowPA | 283 open |
| 4 | Ulta BeautyCA | 235 open |
| 5 | Macy'sNY | 229 open |
| 6 | Lowe'sNC | 151 open |
| 7 | H-E-BTX | 141 open |
| 8 | AutozoneTN | 138 open |
| 9 | Williams-SonomaCA · Median pay $115k | 136 open |
| 10 | TJX CompaniesMA | 130 open |
Highest-paying retail roles
Among retail jobs that state yearly pay, Marketing Managers, Architectural and Engineering Managers and Software Developers pay the most at the median, against $118k for the segment as a whole.
| # | Role | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marketing Managers70 open · With pay 22 | $209k |
| 2 | Architectural and Engineering Managers27 open · With pay 8 | $165k |
| 3 | Software Developers59 open · With pay 19 | $165k |
| 4 | Data Scientists20 open · With pay 8 | $149k |
| 5 | General and Operations Managers219 open · With pay 64 | $105k |
| 6 | First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers25 open · With pay 11 | $100k |
| 7 | First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers96 open · With pay 49 | $82k |
| 8 | Human Resources Managers23 open · With pay 13 | $82k |
Skills employers ask for
audit, excel and supply chain are the skills most often named in retail job postings, read from each posting's own text.
Where the retail jobs are
CA, TX and NY have the most open retail jobs.
| # | State | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | CaliforniaMedian pay $170k | 465 open |
| 2 | TexasMedian pay $99k | 379 open |
| 3 | New YorkMedian pay $153k | 248 open |
| 4 | North CarolinaMedian pay $85k | 153 open |
| 5 | FloridaMedian pay $83k | 132 open |
| 6 | Ohio | 127 open |
| 7 | ArkansasMedian pay $135k | 117 open |
| 8 | IllinoisMedian pay $104k | 117 open |
New retail jobs this week
25 retail jobs were posted in the last seven days.
- Front End Entry Level
Albertsons Companies · Evergreen, CO
Nov 3
- Front End Entry Level
Albertsons Companies · La Quinta, CA
Nov 3
- Front End Entry Level
Albertsons Companies · Sherman Oaks, CA
Nov 3
- General Merchandise Manager
Albertsons Companies · Albuquerque, NM
Nov 2
- Real Estate Zone Manager
Autozone · Memphis, TN
Nov 2
- Commercial Sales Manager
Autozone · Westwood, NJ
Nov 2
- Commercial Sales Manager
Autozone · Grove City, OH
Nov 2
- Regional Administrative Assistant
Autozone · Baltimore, MD
Nov 2
Laid off in retail? Start here
- A plan for the weeks after a layoff
- Unemployment benefits and how to file, by state
- Severance calculator
- Layoff tracker: who is cutting and where
Then look at the employers above that are hiring now.
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- US manufacturing34,328
- Defense and aerospace30,328
- Financial services28,982
- Healthcare26,927
- Education14,346
- Nonprofits13,697
- Biotech and pharma12,574
- AI8,364
- Construction7,544
- Transportation and logistics5,669
- Space5,418
- Automotive and EV4,186
- Semiconductors3,683
- Robotics and automation3,148
- Consumer packaged goods2,663
- Data centers2,554
- Utilities and power2,405
- Clean energy and nuclear2,303
- Telecom1,689
- Real estate1,655
- Tourism and hospitality1,437
- Oil and gas1,102
- Steel, aluminum and metals1,022
- Restaurants953
- TV and streaming941
- Mining and natural resources884
- Airlines and aviation811
- Music663
- Shipbuilding and maritime474
- Casino and gaming441
- Sports235
- Movies and film63
How these lists are made
- Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
- A job is counted in retail when its employer is on our list of retail employers, or its title names retail work. A job can sit in more than one segment.
- Pay figures use only jobs that state a yearly salary range in dollars; the figure is the middle of the range, and the median is across jobs. A pay list is shown only when enough jobs state pay.
- The same employer under different spellings is counted once. A city where one employer posts half the openings is not ranked.
- Lists are rebuilt weekly from our job board and kept by month. Professional and management roles; hourly roles are not on our board.
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