Hiring trends by industry
Retail hiring trends
953,671 new job posts in the Retail industry in the last 90 days from 1,442 hiring companies - tracked monthly from job posts sourced directly from company career sites.
248,943
New in the last 30 days
2,705,047
New in the last 12 months
1%
Remote or hybrid (90 days)
$34,000
Median advertised salary
In short
- How many jobs were posted in the Retail industry last month?
- 283,433 new job posts in October 2026, down 22% from the month before.
- Is hiring in the Retail industry going up or down?
- New job posts in the last three completed months were up 46% compared with the three months before (990,679 vs. 677,059).
- Which roles are most in demand in the Retail industry?
- Most job posts in the last 90 days: Salesperson (287,102), Manager (173,988) and Store (78,998).
- Which companies are hiring the most in the Retail industry?
- In the last 90 days: Dollar General (120,980), Spencer Gifts - Spirit Halloween (48,577) and The Home Depot (42,292).
- How common is remote work in the Retail industry?
- 1% of job posts in the Retail industry in the last 90 days offer remote or hybrid work.
- What is the median advertised salary in the Retail industry?
- $34,000 per year (USD) across 1,094,928 job posts with disclosed pay in the last 12 months.
New job posts per month
Last month down 22% vs. the month before.
Top roles (90 days)
Companies with the most posts
Top countries (90 days)
Query Retail jobs via the API
Filter by the hiring company's industry with company_industry_id=10 (access pro and up), and combine it with location, title, remote, seniority, salary or date filters.
curl -H "Authorization: Api-Key YOUR_API_KEY" "https://jobdataapi.com/api/jobs/?company_industry_id=10&max_age=30"Track hiring in the Retail industry yourself
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