United States: number of employees in the retail sector 2009-2024, by month

Published by
Tugba Sabanoglu,
Dec 11, 2024

In November 2024, preliminary numbers suggested that there were approximately 15.62 million people employed in the retail industry in the United States, up from 15.49 million employed in the same period a year earlier.

Monthly employment in the retail industry in the United States from 2009 to 2024 (in 1,000)

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December 2024

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United States

Survey time period

2009 to 2024

Special properties

figures are seasonally adjusted

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