A retail manager supervises sales workers in a retail shop or department store. Whether in Kentucky or the rest of the United States, retail managers usually have management duties that include scheduling, budgeting and accounting. Retail managers are also known as first-line supervisors or managers of retail sales workers, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Kentucky
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, first-line supervisors and managers of retail sales workers earned an hourly mean wage of $16.82 and an annual mean wage of $34,980 in Kentucky as of May 2009.
National Comparison
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reveals how first-line supervisors and managers of retail sales workers earned a national hourly mean wage of $18.81 and an annual mean wage of $39,130 in May 2009. The national hourly wage was $1.99 above Kentucky's hourly wage. The national mean salary was $4,150 above Kentucky's annual mean.
Metropolitan Areas
Salaries for first-line supervisors and managers of retail sales workers in Kentucky varied across metropolitan areas, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Metropolitan areas may stretch across multiple states. In May 2009, first-line supervisors and managers of retail sales workers in the Bowling Green, Kentucky, metropolitan area earned an annual mean wage of $32,750; Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana, $37,860; Clarksville, Tennessee-Kentucky, $33,230; Elizabethtown, Kentucky, $33,740; Evansville, Indiana-Kentucky, $35,420; Huntington-Ashland, West Virginia-Kentucky-Ohio, $31,180; Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky, $39,620; Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky-Indiana, $36,390; and Owensboro, Kentucky, $30,750.
Regions
Salaries for first-line supervisors and managers of retail sales workers in Kentucky differed across regions, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In May 2009, first-line supervisors and managers of retail sales workers in south-central Kentucky earned an annual mean wage of $29,430; west-central Kentucky, $30,230; and eastern Kentucky, $29,650.
Job Outlook
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, national employment for first-line supervisors and managers of retail sales workers was expected to increase at a rate of 5 percent from 2008 through 2018. Employment for first-line supervisors and managers of retail sales workers in Kentucky is projected to experience a 4 percent increase through 2016.
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