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Numbers of Sales and Related Occupations in Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH

Occupation group

Sales and Related Occupations
Year Number
2005 247,610
2006 241,070
2007 255,950
2008 259,650
2009 248,570
2010 248,780
2011 250,990
2012 249,730
2013 245,920
2014 257,770
2015 224,530
2016 238,220
2017 232,280
2018 246,920
2019 245,810

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Year Number
2005 18,090
2006 19,120
2007 19,440
2008 19,260
2009 18,030
2010 19,080
2011 19,860
2012 20,180
2013 20,480
2014 20,580
2015 20,510
2016 20,300
2017 20,030
2018 20,040
2019 19,500

First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
Year Number
2005 5,820
2006 5,810
2007 6,160
2008 6,060
2009 6,300
2010 5,810
2011 5,390
2012 5,220
2013 5,090
2014 5,440
2015 4,950
2016 4,680
2017 4,720
2018 4,600
2019 4,720

Cashiers
Year Number
2005 55,670
2006 55,320
2007 57,680
2008 57,120
2009 58,710
2010 57,710
2011 54,340
2012 54,070
2013 50,780
2014 51,750
2015 52,320
2016 55,070
2017 55,760
2018 57,780
2019 57,830

Counter and Rental Clerks
Year Number
2005 6,170
2006 0
2007 6,270
2008 6,400
2009 5,150
2010 5,710
2011 5,410
2012 6,020
2013 7,030
2014 7,350
2015 7,190
2016 5,930
2017 5,700
2018 4,950
2019 5,190

Parts Salespersons
Year Number
2005 3,000
2006 3,070
2007 3,190
2008 3,570
2009 2,890
2010 3,060
2011 2,810
2012 2,930
2013 0
2014 2,440
2015 2,390
2016 2,760
2017 2,500
2018 2,780
2019 3,100

Retail Salespersons
Year Number
2005 78,610
2006 78,040
2007 78,540
2008 79,940
2009 72,890
2010 74,390
2011 79,150
2012 80,230
2013 85,640
2014 85,940
2015 86,750
2016 80,390
2017 76,880
2018 73,560
2019 72,710

Advertising Sales Agents
Year Number
2005 2,770
2006 2,540
2007 2,640
2008 2,740
2009 3,040
2010 3,020
2011 2,990
2012 2,490
2013 2,380
2014 2,430
2015 2,400
2016 2,410
2017 2,390
2018 2,360
2019 1,810

Insurance Sales Agents
Year Number
2005 4,930
2006 5,170
2007 4,480
2008 4,810
2009 4,850
2010 5,380
2011 5,410
2012 5,460
2013 5,190
2014 5,410
2015 5,400
2016 5,960
2017 5,310
2018 5,530
2019 5,550

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
Year Number
2005 7,710
2006 8,310
2007 8,010
2008 7,730
2009 7,920
2010 8,120
2011 8,770
2012 8,050
2013 8,780
2014 8,670
2015 9,020
2016 10,220
2017 11,190
2018 10,820
2019 10,030

Travel Agents
Year Number
2005 2,450
2006 2,560
2007 2,320
2008 2,820
2009 2,430
2010 2,270
2011 1,720
2012 1,660
2013 1,640
2014 1,930
2015 1,870
2016 2,240
2017 1,780
2018 1,730
2019 1,740

Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
Year Number
2005 9,020
2006 9,430
2007 10,950
2008 11,600
2009 12,060
2010 12,380
2011 12,340
2012 13,160
2013 15,620
2014 18,030
2015 0
2016 0
2017 0
2018 18,330
2019 19,670

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
Year Number
2005 16,580
2006 16,980
2007 17,140
2008 16,820
2009 15,830
2010 14,720
2011 14,660
2012 14,090
2013 13,000
2014 13,880
2015 0
2016 17,020
2017 17,260
2018 16,320
2019 14,530

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Year Number
2005 26,230
2006 26,750
2007 25,640
2008 25,690
2009 24,270
2010 24,280
2011 25,140
2012 24,780
2013 22,480
2014 21,850
2015 20,420
2016 19,650
2017 18,300
2018 17,260
2019 19,340

Demonstrators and Product Promoters
Year Number
2005 1,610
2006 0
2007 720
2008 1,020
2009 940
2010 960
2011 700
2012 870
2013 1,000
2014 1,400
2015 1,450
2016 1,220
2017 0
2018 740
2019 1,110

Models
Year Number
2018 0

Real Estate Brokers
Year Number
2005 240
2007 0
2008 990
2009 1,010
2010 810
2011 850
2012 700
2013 720
2014 740
2015 800
2016 990
2017 830
2018 850
2019 780

Real Estate Sales Agents
Year Number
2007 1,480
2008 1,650
2009 1,860
2010 1,970
2011 1,860
2012 1,690
2013 1,760
2014 2,090
2015 1,920
2016 2,010
2017 2,150
2018 2,330
2019 1,660

Sales Engineers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 3,420
2008 3,960
2009 3,790
2010 3,100
2011 3,020
2012 3,450
2013 3,370
2014 3,310
2015 3,200
2016 3,520
2017 4,100
2018 3,820
2019 3,540

Telemarketers
Year Number
2005 5,360
2006 5,200
2007 5,300
2008 5,080
2009 4,250
2010 3,280
2011 3,420
2012 3,610
2013 0
2014 3,480
2015 2,820
2016 2,740
2017 2,310
2018 2,090
2019 1,470

Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
Year Number
2005 290
2007 0
2009 0
2010 0
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 50
2015 0
2016 0
2018 0
2019 0

Sales and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 3,060
2006 2,770
2007 2,570
2008 2,390
2009 2,350
2012 1,070
2013 960
2014 1,000
2015 1,120
2016 1,110
2017 1,070
2018 1,030
2019 1,530