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Numbers of Sales and Related Occupations in Massachusetts

Occupation group

Sales and Related Occupations
Year Number
2004 317,010
2005 314,540
2006 326,830
2007 331,080
2008 334,090
2009 319,380
2010 316,760
2011 321,110
2012 317,160
2013 319,500
2014 324,070
2015 325,240
2016 321,660
2017 317,580
2018 317,010
2019 315,190

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Year Number
2004 26,170
2005 24,580
2006 25,630
2007 26,550
2008 26,660
2009 25,170
2010 26,340
2011 27,220
2012 27,780
2013 28,380
2014 28,470
2015 28,170
2016 28,010
2017 28,130
2018 28,180
2019 27,600

First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
Year Number
2004 7,030
2005 6,580
2006 6,720
2007 7,250
2008 7,180
2009 7,280
2010 6,750
2011 6,350
2012 6,140
2013 5,710
2014 5,740
2015 5,290
2016 5,040
2017 5,310
2018 5,310
2019 5,260

Cashiers
Year Number
2004 74,300
2005 76,150
2006 75,020
2007 77,350
2008 76,180
2009 77,410
2010 74,500
2011 71,460
2012 71,680
2013 68,560
2014 68,350
2015 70,090
2016 72,200
2017 72,780
2018 75,960
2019 77,840

Counter and Rental Clerks
Year Number
2004 8,730
2005 8,580
2006 8,890
2007 8,460
2008 8,520
2009 6,860
2010 7,240
2011 7,110
2012 7,900
2013 8,940
2014 9,190
2015 9,010
2016 7,560
2017 7,310
2018 6,550
2019 6,720

Parts Salespersons
Year Number
2004 4,830
2005 4,210
2006 4,470
2007 4,500
2008 4,890
2009 4,110
2010 4,040
2011 3,880
2012 4,030
2013 3,460
2014 3,490
2015 3,510
2016 3,890
2017 3,770
2018 4,050
2019 4,310

Retail Salespersons
Year Number
2004 105,140
2005 110,160
2006 108,760
2007 110,930
2008 110,520
2009 101,590
2010 102,960
2011 108,670
2012 107,600
2013 113,140
2014 113,590
2015 114,570
2016 107,880
2017 103,720
2018 100,970
2019 98,510

Advertising Sales Agents
Year Number
2004 3,110
2005 3,410
2006 3,280
2007 3,400
2008 3,310
2009 3,540
2010 3,460
2011 3,500
2012 2,960
2013 2,800
2014 2,910
2015 2,900
2016 2,840
2017 2,740
2018 2,720
2019 2,170

Insurance Sales Agents
Year Number
2004 5,630
2005 6,270
2006 6,550
2007 5,960
2008 6,260
2009 6,110
2010 6,460
2011 6,530
2012 6,590
2013 6,470
2014 6,820
2015 6,940
2016 7,430
2017 6,490
2018 7,030
2019 7,190

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
Year Number
2004 5,960
2005 7,070
2006 7,780
2007 7,860
2008 7,770
2009 8,330
2010 8,510
2011 8,790
2012 7,900
2013 8,510
2014 8,200
2015 8,270
2016 9,530
2017 11,500
2018 12,060
2019 11,220

Travel Agents
Year Number
2004 2,750
2005 2,770
2006 2,840
2007 2,640
2008 3,120
2009 2,640
2010 2,460
2011 1,940
2012 1,870
2013 1,740
2014 2,020
2015 1,920
2016 2,310
2017 2,000
2018 1,920
2019 1,970

Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
Year Number
2004 6,140
2005 0
2006 11,170
2007 12,790
2008 13,320
2009 13,760
2010 14,030
2011 14,000
2012 14,520
2013 17,300
2014 19,990
2015 21,210
2016 19,900
2017 20,240
2018 20,660
2019 21,870

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
Year Number
2004 16,750
2005 17,530
2006 18,450
2007 18,650
2008 18,340
2009 16,380
2010 15,110
2011 15,080
2012 14,470
2013 13,800
2014 14,680
2015 15,620
2016 18,130
2017 18,390
2018 17,740
2019 15,520

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Year Number
2004 34,740
2005 32,410
2006 31,890
2007 30,710
2008 30,760
2009 29,150
2010 29,670
2011 31,480
2012 31,130
2013 27,890
2014 26,680
2015 25,480
2016 24,380
2017 22,330
2018 21,440
2019 23,150

Demonstrators and Product Promoters
Year Number
2004 2,240
2005 1,860
2006 1,340
2007 920
2008 1,090
2009 1,090
2010 1,100
2011 900
2012 990
2013 1,100
2014 1,480
2015 1,530
2016 1,370
2017 1,410
2018 920
2019 1,340

Models
Year Number
2013 470
2014 850
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0

Real Estate Brokers
Year Number
2004 410
2005 300
2007 990
2008 1,190
2009 1,210
2010 940
2011 930
2012 800
2013 820
2014 860
2015 940
2016 1,120
2017 940
2018 900
2019 920

Real Estate Sales Agents
Year Number
2006 1,610
2007 2,000
2008 2,040
2009 2,150
2010 2,300
2011 2,190
2012 2,190
2013 2,260
2014 2,600
2015 2,340
2016 2,330
2017 2,540
2018 2,800
2019 2,170

Sales Engineers
Year Number
2004 3,450
2005 2,900
2006 3,400
2007 3,820
2008 4,340
2009 3,860
2010 3,150
2011 3,060
2012 3,590
2013 3,440
2014 3,370
2015 3,180
2016 3,670
2017 4,350
2018 4,130
2019 3,720

Telemarketers
Year Number
2004 5,760
2005 5,990
2006 5,510
2007 6,040
2008 6,020
2009 6,310
2010 4,880
2011 4,450
2012 3,830
2013 3,640
2014 3,690
2015 3,140
2016 2,830
2017 2,450
2018 2,230
2019 1,760

Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
Year Number
2004 280
2005 340
2006 370
2007 260
2008 120
2009 130
2010 100
2011 120
2012 80
2013 50
2014 80
2015 0
2016 90
2017 0
2018 180
2019 140

Sales and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2004 3,590
2005 3,430
2006 3,150
2007 0
2008 2,460
2009 2,300
2012 1,110
2013 1,020
2014 1,010
2015 1,130
2016 1,150
2017 1,180
2018 1,260
2019 1,810