About Retail Jobs

Retail supports 52 million American jobs

From first jobs to lifelong careers, retail launches more people into employment than any other. From the part-time sales associate at a local store on Main Street to an app-developer for a major retailer, the retail industry directly employs 32 million Americans, making it the largest private sector-employer in the economy. 

Anyone whose job results in a consumer product – from those who supply the raw materials to factory workers to the truck drivers who deliver goods to stores – counts on retail for their livelihood.

With 4.2 million retail establishments drawing on a vast array of suppliers, retail supports 52 million jobs and represents $3.9 trillion of annual GDP in the United States.