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Numbers of Sales and Related Occupations in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI

Occupation group

Sales and Related Occupations
Year Number
2005 467,220
2006 470,480
2007 487,040
2008 473,100
2009 443,580
2010 446,000
2011 454,350
2012 465,080
2013 467,200
2014 469,590
2015 467,550
2016 455,380
2017 436,950
2018 458,700
2019 450,330

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Year Number
2005 29,790
2006 32,550
2007 36,550
2008 36,860
2009 34,170
2010 31,350
2011 33,240
2012 35,340
2013 34,330
2014 31,950
2015 31,540
2016 31,350
2017 30,370
2018 29,010
2019 28,520

First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
Year Number
2005 11,050
2006 10,720
2007 10,620
2008 10,870
2009 8,710
2010 7,200
2011 5,850
2012 5,840
2013 6,180
2014 6,570
2015 6,530
2016 6,560
2017 6,070
2018 5,200
2019 6,200

Cashiers
Year Number
2005 100,430
2006 103,260
2007 105,270
2008 101,790
2009 98,520
2010 102,390
2011 106,790
2012 107,530
2013 108,710
2014 99,770
2015 98,650
2016 93,330
2017 96,630
2018 105,160
2019 99,570

Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers
Year Number
2005 450
2006 540
2007 690
2008 600
2009 0
2010 0
2011 1,040
2012 0
2013 1,370
2014 580
2015 590
2016 470
2017 390
2018 360
2019 770

Counter and Rental Clerks
Year Number
2005 11,190
2006 14,660
2007 15,850
2008 14,610
2009 12,550
2010 11,530
2011 13,200
2012 12,510
2013 11,500
2014 10,380
2015 9,850
2016 7,720
2017 6,910
2018 8,200
2019 8,250

Parts Salespersons
Year Number
2005 7,120
2006 6,520
2007 6,330
2008 6,010
2009 5,340
2010 6,290
2011 6,110
2012 6,590
2013 5,110
2014 5,820
2015 5,870
2016 5,960
2017 6,170
2018 6,810
2019 5,970

Retail Salespersons
Year Number
2005 136,630
2006 136,130
2007 139,860
2008 147,390
2009 140,520
2010 137,730
2011 133,050
2012 134,960
2013 140,370
2014 151,150
2015 148,640
2016 147,420
2017 132,330
2018 132,700
2019 125,620

Advertising Sales Agents
Year Number
2005 4,260
2006 4,640
2007 5,280
2008 5,230
2009 4,550
2010 5,600
2011 0
2012 9,090
2013 8,860
2014 8,670
2015 8,370
2016 7,680
2017 6,790
2018 7,280
2019 6,640

Insurance Sales Agents
Year Number
2005 10,520
2006 10,590
2007 10,060
2008 10,030
2009 11,540
2010 12,190
2011 12,590
2012 12,380
2013 13,310
2014 13,880
2015 12,360
2016 11,200
2017 9,870
2018 11,720
2019 12,940

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
Year Number
2005 13,810
2006 14,660
2007 16,460
2008 16,350
2009 16,760
2010 17,970
2011 18,750
2012 19,450
2013 18,490
2014 18,020
2015 16,830
2016 17,080
2017 17,980
2018 20,110
2019 20,480

Travel Agents
Year Number
2005 4,990
2006 5,630
2007 4,920
2008 4,760
2009 3,960
2010 4,110
2011 4,150
2012 4,460
2013 4,010
2014 3,870
2015 4,490
2016 4,060
2017 3,670
2018 3,310
2019 3,050

Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
Year Number
2005 17,220
2006 20,310
2007 21,340
2008 20,070
2009 19,300
2010 19,510
2011 21,790
2012 23,620
2013 24,280
2014 26,700
2015 28,660
2016 33,460
2017 38,330
2018 41,410
2019 46,350

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
Year Number
2005 15,580
2006 17,740
2007 19,700
2008 20,710
2009 17,760
2010 15,420
2011 16,080
2012 17,920
2013 19,600
2014 17,230
2015 14,240
2016 10,330
2017 0
2018 13,180
2019 12,590

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Year Number
2005 62,450
2006 62,460
2007 59,350
2008 55,170
2009 52,210
2010 57,510
2011 60,490
2012 61,520
2013 57,370
2014 55,910
2015 57,900
2016 58,320
2017 60,050
2018 59,280
2019 57,050

Demonstrators and Product Promoters
Year Number
2005 2,080
2006 0
2007 4,500
2008 5,340
2009 3,420
2010 2,460
2011 0
2012 0
2013 0
2014 0
2015 1,930
2016 1,680
2017 2,880
2018 1,950
2019 2,530

Models
Year Number
2014 130
2016 0
2017 0
2018 0
2019 0

Real Estate Brokers
Year Number
2005 0
2006 0
2007 2,210
2008 2,130
2009 1,820
2010 1,270
2011 1,030
2012 1,410
2013 2,000
2014 1,960
2015 2,110
2016 1,950
2017 2,320
2018 1,680
2019 1,860

Real Estate Sales Agents
Year Number
2005 3,910
2006 0
2007 5,090
2008 0
2009 3,650
2010 4,480
2011 4,630
2012 4,470
2013 4,800
2014 4,820
2015 4,400
2016 3,330
2017 3,220
2018 3,660
2019 3,680

Sales Engineers
Year Number
2005 3,770
2006 3,990
2007 3,260
2008 0
2009 2,350
2010 2,390
2011 2,670
2012 2,870
2013 3,080
2014 3,090
2015 3,440
2016 3,090
2017 2,310
2018 1,500
2019 1,370

Telemarketers
Year Number
2005 12,670
2006 10,360
2007 8,790
2008 7,530
2009 0
2010 0
2011 6,290
2012 0
2013 0
2014 5,710
2015 6,410
2016 6,890
2017 7,080
2018 4,670
2019 4,530

Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
Year Number
2005 310
2006 0
2007 1,230
2008 870
2009 450
2010 290
2011 310
2013 0
2014 0
2015 970
2016 0
2017 700
2018 0
2019 650

Sales and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 18,990
2006 15,720
2007 9,680
2008 6,780
2009 6,000
2012 5,120
2013 3,830
2014 3,380
2015 3,770
2016 3,500
2017 2,880
2018 1,510
2019 1,710