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Numbers of Sales and Related Occupations in Illinois

Occupation group

Sales and Related Occupations
Year Number
2004 591,350
2005 609,430
2006 616,910
2007 621,600
2008 611,140
2009 583,230
2010 583,360
2011 595,810
2012 605,160
2013 602,970
2014 596,070
2015 593,760
2016 578,230
2017 571,590
2018 577,170
2019 560,200

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Year Number
2004 42,920
2005 40,250
2006 43,860
2007 48,640
2008 49,880
2009 47,110
2010 44,190
2011 45,920
2012 47,530
2013 46,220
2014 43,450
2015 43,600
2016 43,500
2017 41,700
2018 38,510
2019 37,580

First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
Year Number
2004 15,070
2005 13,380
2006 13,080
2007 12,740
2008 13,040
2009 10,830
2010 9,160
2011 7,400
2012 7,230
2013 7,500
2014 7,870
2015 7,970
2016 8,140
2017 7,190
2018 6,310
2019 7,150

Cashiers
Year Number
2004 140,880
2005 136,970
2006 140,770
2007 144,280
2008 142,250
2009 139,170
2010 142,990
2011 146,970
2012 147,240
2013 147,950
2014 137,630
2015 134,940
2016 127,700
2017 132,460
2018 143,230
2019 137,250

Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers
Year Number
2004 400
2005 520
2006 650
2007 900
2008 650
2009 410
2010 310
2011 1,010
2012 1,180
2013 1,220
2014 520
2015 520
2016 410
2017 310
2018 260
2019 640

Counter and Rental Clerks
Year Number
2004 16,050
2005 16,110
2006 18,370
2007 19,260
2008 18,260
2009 16,380
2010 15,510
2011 17,680
2012 16,180
2013 14,280
2014 12,700
2015 12,210
2016 10,660
2017 9,690
2018 11,110
2019 9,970

Parts Salespersons
Year Number
2004 9,400
2005 9,640
2006 9,630
2007 9,380
2008 8,990
2009 8,070
2010 9,380
2011 9,670
2012 10,410
2013 8,780
2014 9,290
2015 9,180
2016 8,990
2017 8,890
2018 9,810
2019 8,970

Retail Salespersons
Year Number
2004 175,150
2005 182,530
2006 180,170
2007 178,840
2008 186,370
2009 179,520
2010 177,370
2011 172,980
2012 174,580
2013 180,150
2014 191,540
2015 189,220
2016 186,820
2017 169,460
2018 168,130
2019 157,400

Advertising Sales Agents
Year Number
2004 6,020
2005 5,950
2006 6,380
2007 6,890
2008 6,830
2009 6,080
2010 7,280
2011 9,200
2012 10,870
2013 10,690
2014 10,440
2015 9,750
2016 8,850
2017 7,700
2018 8,360
2019 7,490

Insurance Sales Agents
Year Number
2004 12,020
2005 13,150
2006 13,730
2007 13,570
2008 13,480
2009 15,080
2010 15,320
2011 16,290
2012 16,830
2013 17,900
2014 18,200
2015 15,780
2016 14,730
2017 13,350
2018 15,520
2019 17,060

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
Year Number
2004 15,390
2005 14,940
2006 15,850
2007 17,650
2008 17,880
2009 18,580
2010 19,530
2011 20,430
2012 20,980
2013 19,790
2014 19,150
2015 18,170
2016 18,760
2017 19,870
2018 21,980
2019 22,550

Travel Agents
Year Number
2004 4,730
2005 5,530
2006 6,200
2007 5,400
2008 5,200
2009 4,350
2010 4,450
2011 4,560
2012 4,980
2013 4,530
2014 4,300
2015 5,000
2016 4,740
2017 4,240
2018 3,770
2019 3,300

Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
Year Number
2004 15,020
2005 20,840
2006 24,990
2007 25,420
2008 23,660
2009 22,180
2010 21,920
2011 24,720
2012 27,060
2013 28,260
2014 31,010
2015 33,520
2016 39,110
2017 44,730
2018 48,250
2019 52,350

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
Year Number
2004 18,650
2005 18,620
2006 20,040
2007 21,770
2008 23,300
2009 20,300
2010 18,090
2011 18,570
2012 21,160
2013 23,520
2014 21,190
2015 17,430
2016 12,630
2017 15,860
2018 13,960
2019 13,030

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Year Number
2004 70,570
2005 77,630
2006 77,220
2007 73,620
2008 66,180
2009 64,320
2010 69,500
2011 73,450
2012 74,020
2013 69,780
2014 66,690
2015 69,530
2016 69,240
2017 71,240
2018 70,300
2019 67,650

Demonstrators and Product Promoters
Year Number
2004 3,390
2005 2,740
2006 0
2007 5,030
2008 6,000
2009 3,740
2010 2,830
2011 1,890
2012 1,380
2013 0
2014 0
2015 2,870
2016 2,700
2017 3,630
2018 2,180
2019 2,800

Models
Year Number
2010 30
2011 50
2013 110
2014 140
2015 160
2016 0
2017 0
2018 90
2019 0

Real Estate Brokers
Year Number
2004 0
2005 2,800
2006 3,110
2007 2,600
2008 2,490
2009 2,180
2010 1,590
2011 1,260
2012 1,570
2013 2,110
2014 2,140
2015 2,460
2016 2,330
2017 2,590
2018 1,780
2019 2,000

Real Estate Sales Agents
Year Number
2004 4,260
2005 4,540
2006 5,690
2007 5,790
2008 4,280
2009 4,230
2010 5,030
2011 5,290
2012 5,230
2013 5,630
2014 5,690
2015 5,070
2016 3,890
2017 3,630
2018 4,040
2019 4,010

Sales Engineers
Year Number
2004 4,210
2005 4,350
2006 4,450
2007 3,580
2008 2,610
2009 2,810
2010 2,770
2011 3,100
2012 3,420
2013 3,730
2014 3,700
2015 3,980
2016 3,520
2017 2,590
2018 1,770
2019 1,510

Telemarketers
Year Number
2004 13,770
2005 14,150
2006 13,130
2007 11,170
2008 9,120
2009 8,960
2010 7,620
2011 7,000
2012 6,520
2013 5,550
2014 6,180
2015 6,860
2016 7,420
2017 7,800
2018 5,540
2019 4,120

Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
Year Number
2004 350
2005 610
2007 1,570
2008 980
2009 600
2010 390
2011 340
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 1,070
2016 0
2017 810
2018 0
2019 690

Sales and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 23,100
2005 24,180
2006 19,590
2007 13,500
2008 9,690
2009 8,330
2012 6,790
2013 5,270
2014 4,240
2015 4,470
2016 4,090
2017 3,850
2018 2,270
2019 2,680