2,500+ Retail Jobs in Los Angeles, CA

For retail salespersons in the metro, BLS puts mean pay at $43,010 per year, median pay at $37,700, the 25th percentile at $36,510, and the 75th percentile at $45,570 for 2025. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers were materially higher at a $51,390 median and $56,350 mean. As directional support rather than a verified metro title estimate, a Los Angeles-area proxy put retail-salesperson pay at $18.13 per hour median, and sampled hourly postings clustered around about $18 to $20 per hour.

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Advertised pay

Across the 2,260 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $38,308 at the 25th percentile, $39,998 at the median and $44,585 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of October 16, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Competitive market | next 3-6 months

This is a workable but not easy retail market right now. Los Angeles-area unemployment was 4.8% in August 2026, and the recent retail sample still captured more than 3,900 postings across more than 700 companies over the last 90 days. But the local goods-linked backdrop is softer than that headline suggests: trade, transportation, and utilities employment in the metro was down 0.2188% year over year in August, and about 80% of sampled retail postings were entry-level while about 95% or more were on-site.

Best positioned: Your odds are best if you can work on-site with open availability and can prove inventory management, merchandising, customer service, and cash-handling skills for chain employers that hire continuously.

Main caution: Do not mistake management-heavy posted salary bands for typical associate pay; title-specific BLS data for retail salespersons sits far below the broader category's top-end posting ranges.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 2,609 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Macy's, Inc.: 180 open roles
2. AutoZone, Inc.: 91 open roles
3. EssilorLuxottica: 58 open roles
4. JCPenney Co.: 57 open roles
5. Bath & Body Works: 56 open roles
6. Target Corp: 50 open roles
7. Five Below, Inc.: 46 open roles
8. Shoe Palace: 42 open roles
9. Gopuff: 38 open roles
10. Lids: 38 open roles

Where the openings are

• Los Angeles: 486
• Costa Mesa: 116
• Ontario: 97
• Torrance: 83
• Glendale: 72
• Pasadena: 63
• Orange: 61
• Irvine: 60

Work arrangement

on-site 2,487 (99%), hybrid 26 (1%), remote 3 (0%)

Where the demand is

Openings are spread across a long tail of employers rather than dominated by one chain. The recent sample shows more than 3,900 retail postings across more than 700 companies, and hiring is described as fragmented across employers. That helps because you are not dependent on one company, but it also means you need a wider application funnel and faster follow-up. The named demand pockets are mostly classic store-based retail. The sample is led by Macy's, Spirit Halloween, AutoZone, Inc., See's Candies, Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp., SKECHERS USA, Inc., EssilorLuxottica, and Chedraui USA, while about 75% of postings sit in general retail, about 10% in retail apparel and fashion, and about 5% in department, clothing, and shoe stores. Skills that recur across these employers include inventory management, merchandising, customer service, cash handling, visual merchandising, and loss prevention. The higher-pay but narrower pocket is supervision. Only about 5% of sampled postings were lead+ roles, yet supervisor wages are materially above frontline retail pay.

• Big-box, value, and store-operations-heavy chains (high): Costco Wholesale Corp., AutoZone, Inc., and Chedraui USA were among the active local employers, and the skill mix leans toward inventory management, cash handling, and merchandising rather than pure floor selling.
• Department, apparel, and seasonal retail (moderate): Macy's, Spirit Halloween, SKECHERS USA, Inc., and See's Candies, Inc. were all active in the recent sample, making this a visible lane for short-cycle hiring and branded customer-facing work.
• Supervisory and lead-track roles (limited): This slice is smaller at about 5% lead+ in the sample, but pay is materially better than frontline associate work.

Where to focus: If you need speed, start with chain employers that blend stock, sales-floor, and cashier duties; if you already own KPIs or staffing, go straight after the smaller supervisor slice.

Roles worth searching next

• Patient access representative / medical front desk: It uses check-in, payment collection, service recovery, and schedule discipline, and health-services employment nationally was up 1.9% year over year in September 2026.
• Bank teller / member service representative: Cash handling, compliance, and customer trust transfer well from retail.
• Hospitality guest services associate: Service recovery, shift flexibility, and face-to-face problem solving are close cousins to retail.
• Contact-center customer support specialist: It converts customer-service and product-knowledge experience into a less store-bound format, which matters because about 95% or more of sampled retail postings are on-site.

What postings ask for

• Inventory management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most common hard skill in the local sample, appearing in about 35% of postings, and it travels across stock, sales-floor, and seasonal roles. Who: Entry-level candidates and career switchers.
• Customer service (table_stakes | immediate): Customer service shows up in about 25% of local postings and is also highlighted nationally as a foundational retail skill. Who: Everyone applying into frontline retail.
• Merchandising and visual merchandising (differentiator | immediate): Merchandising appears in about 25% of postings and visual merchandising in about 15%, making it one of the clearest ways to stand out beyond cashier experience. Who: Candidates targeting apparel, department-store, and brand-floor roles.
• Cash handling and POS accuracy (table_stakes | immediate): Cash handling appears in about 20% of local postings and maps directly to cashier, associate, opening, and closing duties. Who: Entry-level candidates and switchers without direct retail experience.
• Loss prevention and shrink awareness (differentiator | near-term): Loss prevention appears in about 10% of postings and becomes more useful when employers compare otherwise-similar applicants. Who: Applicants aiming for key-holder, closing, or supervisor-track work.
• Industry-recognized retail credential (differentiator | near-term): Most local postings do not specify certifications, with none named in more than less than 5% of postings, so a practical retail credential helps more as a signal of seriousness than as a strict checkbox. Who: Career switchers and candidates with weak direct experience.

Questions about this market

What do Retail roles pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

For retail salespersons in the metro, BLS puts mean pay at $43,010 per year, median pay at $37,700, the 25th percentile at $36,510, and the 75th percentile at $45,570 for 2025. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers were materially higher at a $51,390 median and $56,350 mean. As directional support rather than a verified metro title estimate, a Los Angeles-area proxy put retail-salesperson pay at $18.13 per hour median, and sampled hourly postings clustered around about $18 to $20 per hour. In practice, frontline retail in Los Angeles looks like modest hourly pay near the local wage floor, not a high-income path; the minimum wage in unincorporated Los Angeles County increased to $18.47 per hour effective July 1, 2026, which helps explain why many hourly ads bunch just above that level.

Where is demand for Retail roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA concentrated?

Openings are spread across a long tail of employers rather than dominated by one chain. The recent sample shows more than 3,900 retail postings across more than 700 companies, and hiring is described as fragmented across employers. That helps because you are not dependent on one company, but it also means you need a wider application funnel and faster follow-up. The named demand pockets are mostly classic store-based retail. The sample is led by Macy's, Spirit Halloween, AutoZone, Inc., See's Candies, Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp., SKECHERS USA, Inc., EssilorLuxottica, and Chedraui USA, while about 75% of postings sit in general retail, about 10% in retail apparel and fashion, and about 5% in department, clothing, and shoe stores. Skills that recur across these employers include inventory management, merchandising, customer service, cash handling, visual merchandising, and loss prevention. The higher-pay but narrower pocket is supervision. Only about 5% of sampled postings were lead+ roles, yet supervisor wages are materially above frontline retail pay.

Which employers are hiring the most Retail talent in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?

Recent postings show the most activity from Macy's (125 postings), Spirit Halloween (100 postings), AutoZone, Inc. (75 postings), See's Candies, Inc. (75 postings), Costco Wholesale Corp. (75 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Retail roles in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 2% are remote and 2% hybrid, with 95% on-site. Use the Remote filter above to see only remote openings.

How current are these listings?

Openings come from the Callings.ai live index of over 13 million jobs, refreshed hourly. This page searches postings from the last 30 days; run the search yourself to filter by anything else in plain language.

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