In the United States of America women retail sales
associates outnumber the men. Many retailers enjoy job satisfaction and enjoy
cash allowances and bonuses of 5k+. There is also the possibility of profit
sharing bringing median earnings to $18k.
Factors
That Affect Compensation
There are different factors that affect how monetary
compensation is disbursed. Common
determinants are demographic location, experience level and company. A third enjoys
medical coverage and some other benefits.
How to
Become a Retail Sales Associate
The retail market attracts diverse range of skills and
designation. They include customer service relations, cash handling and
customer relationship.
Others are account sales management, sales manager and
management skills. Salespersons experience higher tips, bonuses and overall pay
based on number of years of experience in retail.
Skills
- customer service relations
- cash handling
- customer relationship
- account sales management
- sales manager
- management skills
Popular
Retail Companies in America
There are lots of huge retail company’s in America.
Leading firms are Macy’s Inc, Wal-Mart, Kohl’s Departmental Store and JCPenney.
More top contenders are Lowe’s Home Improvement Inc, T-Mobile and Nordstrom,
Inc
Retail
Sales Association Annual Salary
The annual take home of salespersons is influenced by the
city they work and type of job. Other determinants are experience, skill and
employer.
The hourly rate for retail salespersons is from $8 – $14
they also earn money from tips in the aggregate sum of $0-$3. This equates to
an overall hourly earnings of $8-$24.
Some get bonuses start from $90-$5000, commission of $0-$25,000.
Others enjoy profit sharing of $66-$3000. Therefore the total annual earnings
for retail associate sales persons is from $18,000-$35,000
- Hourly rate $8-$14
- Hourly tips $0-$3
- Overall$ 8-$25
- Bonuses $90-$5,000
- Commission $0-$25,000
- Profit sharing $60-$3,000
- Total earning $18,000-$35,000
Career
Path for Retail Sales Associate
The retail sales associate has lots of career paths to
consider. The career paths are retail sales manager, retail store manager or
customer representative. They also have a choice of administrative assistant
and retail assistant manager.
On the management level they could aspire to general
sales manager, store manager, senior customer rep. other designations include
executive assistant, senior customer representative and executive assistant
- retail sales manager
- retail store manager
- customer representative
- administrative assistant
- retail assistant manager
Management level
- general sales manager
- store manager
- senior customer rep
- executive assistant
- senior customer representative
- executive assistant
Cons
of Retail Sales Job
The sales person might experience boredom and poor
remunerations. Others are no benefits, very physically demanding job and no
specific job description. They work horrible hours, attend to rude customers
and exhaustion.
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