NOC 2021 · minor groupMostly one sector2 industries tagged

Retail salespersons and non-technical wholesale trade sales and account representatives

596,285 people in Canada, 69.7% of them in Retail trade. Between 40% and 70% of the people doing this work in one sector. The others exist everywhere else — which usually means most businesses buy this work in rather than employing it.

EmployedA
596,285
Canada, 2021 Census
Sectors employing itA
10
of 20, at 1% or more
Largest sectorA
69.7%
Retail trade
Median pay
$65,520
across 2 job titles
01

Where this work is done

The measured share of everyone in this occupation, by sector. It leans to one sector without belonging to it.

02

The jobs inside it

Statistics Canada counts these together as one minor group. These are the job titles underneath.

Retail salespersons and visual merchandisers 64100Sales and account representatives - wholesale trade (non-technical) 64101
03

The industries that employ it

Which NAICS industries these people work in. The sector above is measured; naming the industry group inside it is judgmentUNVERIFIED, made because the measured data shows this job is concentrated.

Retail salespeople across every retail line; non-technical wholesale reps at 41.

IndustryCodeEstablishments · CA
Retail trade44-45144,583
Wholesale trade4154,350

Sources for this page

The sector split is a count; the industry tag is a reading of it. Statistics Canada publishes this cross-tabulation against the twenty NAICS sectors and no finer, so everything above the industry table is measured and the table itself is judgment — offered because "which industry employs a veterinarian" has a useful answer that the published data stops just short of.