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Numbers of Sales and Related Occupations in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA

Occupation group

Sales and Related Occupations
Year Number
2005 99,390
2006 105,050
2007 109,360
2008 111,720
2009 105,170
2010 101,570
2011 100,700
2012 102,310
2013 103,240
2014 105,410
2015 109,900
2016 113,160
2017 112,300
2018 110,340
2019 110,200

Individual occupations

First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers
Year Number
2005 7,380
2006 8,110
2007 8,120
2008 8,650
2009 8,370
2010 8,360
2011 8,170
2012 8,370
2013 8,050
2014 7,900
2015 7,510
2016 7,840
2017 9,140
2018 9,500
2019 9,580

First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers
Year Number
2005 3,020
2006 2,810
2007 2,830
2008 2,850
2009 2,740
2010 2,300
2011 2,070
2012 1,830
2013 1,700
2014 1,470
2015 1,510
2016 1,440
2017 1,880
2018 2,010
2019 2,220

Cashiers
Year Number
2005 20,040
2006 19,170
2007 19,990
2008 20,800
2009 20,060
2010 19,410
2011 19,170
2012 20,080
2013 19,680
2014 21,570
2015 23,810
2016 25,730
2017 24,670
2018 23,710
2019 22,080

Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers
Year Number
2015 140
2016 110
2017 130
2018 90
2019 100

Counter and Rental Clerks
Year Number
2005 3,830
2006 3,660
2007 3,600
2008 3,380
2009 3,150
2010 3,010
2011 3,070
2012 3,050
2013 2,990
2014 3,140
2015 2,870
2016 2,740
2017 2,850
2018 3,340
2019 3,460

Parts Salespersons
Year Number
2005 2,050
2006 1,980
2007 1,970
2008 1,860
2009 1,780
2010 1,680
2011 1,780
2012 1,930
2013 2,030
2014 1,970
2015 2,020
2016 2,150
2017 2,260
2018 2,350
2019 2,100

Retail Salespersons
Year Number
2005 34,100
2006 35,860
2007 36,070
2008 36,860
2009 34,450
2010 34,040
2011 32,380
2012 32,850
2013 34,060
2014 35,680
2015 35,980
2016 35,690
2017 35,700
2018 32,520
2019 32,810

Advertising Sales Agents
Year Number
2005 840
2006 1,140
2007 1,090
2008 1,030
2009 790
2010 690
2011 900
2012 900
2013 790
2014 660
2015 610
2016 750
2017 770
2018 740
2019 730

Insurance Sales Agents
Year Number
2005 1,610
2006 1,840
2007 2,190
2008 2,490
2009 2,690
2010 2,440
2011 2,530
2012 2,260
2013 2,720
2014 2,970
2015 3,250
2016 2,570
2017 2,440
2018 2,310
2019 2,830

Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents
Year Number
2005 1,760
2006 1,990
2007 1,860
2008 2,100
2009 2,030
2010 1,930
2011 2,400
2012 2,570
2013 2,860
2014 2,500
2015 2,720
2016 2,600
2017 2,780
2018 2,790
2019 3,490

Travel Agents
Year Number
2005 850
2006 890
2007 880
2008 840
2009 620
2010 630
2011 560
2012 650
2013 610
2014 580
2015 420
2016 440
2017 510
2018 440
2019 490

Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel
Year Number
2005 4,870
2006 5,650
2007 5,520
2008 5,130
2009 4,710
2010 4,070
2011 4,280
2012 4,870
2013 5,220
2014 5,880
2015 5,850
2016 7,110
2017 7,380
2018 7,550
2019 7,860

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products
Year Number
2005 0
2006 4,920
2007 4,390
2008 3,900
2009 3,760
2010 4,130
2011 4,600
2012 4,310
2013 4,220
2014 3,630
2015 3,280
2016 2,990
2017 3,170
2018 2,370
2019 2,620

Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products
Year Number
2005 11,580
2006 12,980
2007 13,430
2008 14,360
2009 13,280
2010 12,150
2011 11,830
2012 12,130
2013 12,190
2014 12,620
2015 12,820
2016 13,200
2017 13,710
2018 13,310
2019 13,750

Demonstrators and Product Promoters
Year Number
2005 1,200
2006 1,090
2007 950
2008 760
2009 1,000
2010 1,030
2011 1,280
2012 1,030
2013 940
2014 940
2015 870
2016 1,290
2017 1,580
2018 1,730
2019 1,590

Models
Year Number
2010 0
2014 110
2015 100
2016 150
2018 0

Real Estate Brokers
Year Number
2006 540
2007 610
2008 680
2009 470
2010 490
2011 450
2012 490
2013 430
2014 360
2015 430
2016 530
2017 660
2018 1,040
2019 690

Real Estate Sales Agents
Year Number
2006 790
2007 620
2008 610
2009 650
2010 670
2011 700
2012 630
2013 870
2014 960
2015 930
2016 750
2017 690
2018 1,220
2019 1,640

Sales Engineers
Year Number
2005 1,120
2007 1,190
2008 1,130
2009 840
2010 670
2011 630
2012 970
2013 1,020
2014 900
2015 810
2016 830
2017 770
2018 630
2019 840

Telemarketers
Year Number
2005 3,700
2007 1,940
2008 2,270
2009 2,000
2010 1,950
2011 1,840
2012 1,900
2013 1,420
2014 1,480
2015 1,560
2016 1,770
2017 1,150
2018 970
2019 1,220

Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers
Year Number
2007 200
2008 110
2009 190
2010 260
2011 280
2012 190
2014 90
2015 110
2016 90
2017 60
2018 0
2019 100

Sales and Related Workers, All Other
Year Number
2005 1,440
2006 1,630
2007 1,910
2008 1,910
2009 1,590
2012 1,300
2013 1,440
2014 0
2015 2,300
2016 2,390
2017 0
2018 1,720
2019 0