1,000+ Retail Jobs in Minneapolis, MN

For frontline retail salespersons in Minneapolis-St. Paul, BLS shows a 2025 mean wage of $39,070 and a median of $36,670, with the 25th to 90th percentile running from $34,620 to $48,260. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers earn more, with a local median of $51,760 and a 90th percentile of $77,250. Current hourly postings in the local sample center on about $15 to $18 / hour, while broader annual posted salary ranges center on about $57k to $80k because this category also captures higher-paid retail subroles.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 915 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $32,115 at the 25th percentile, $35,880 at the median and $41,600 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

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a workable but not easy Retail market right now. Minnesota retail employment is essentially flat year over year, but retail postings are up 14.0% statewide, which points to real openings with a lot of replacement hiring mixed in. Locally, the broader Trade, Transportation, and Utilities supersector was down 1.0950% year over year in August 2026 even as total metro nonfarm employment rose 1.3895%, so Retail is operating inside a softer pocket of the Twin Cities economy rather than a boom. Most local Retail openings are still store-floor and entry-skewed, with about 75% of postings at entry level and about 95% or more on-site, which favors candidates who can start quickly and work flexible schedules.

Best positioned: Candidates with open availability and proof of inventory management, merchandising, cash handling, or loss-prevention experience have the best odds, especially in entry-heavy chain and specialty-store hiring.

Main caution: The biggest trap is reading broad category salary ranges as typical store-associate pay: BLS puts local retail salespersons at a $36,670 median, while higher posted ranges often reflect managers, buyers, and other mixed subroles in the category.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 1,111 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. Dollar General: 53 open roles
2. Macy's, Inc.: 41 open roles
3. AutoZone, Inc.: 21 open roles
4. CUB: 21 open roles
5. Target Corp: 21 open roles
6. The TJX Companies, Inc.: 20 open roles
7. EssilorLuxottica: 18 open roles
8. CCMI: 17 open roles
9. Five Below, Inc.: 17 open roles
10. United Natural Foods Inc.: 16 open roles

Where the openings are

• Minneapolis: 112
• Bloomington: 107
• Eagan: 78
• Saint Paul: 77
• Edina: 68
• Woodbury: 62
• Minnetonka: 53
• Roseville: 50

Work arrangement

on-site 1,035 (98%), hybrid 16 (2%), remote 10 (1%)

Where the demand is

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail of employers rather than one dominant chain. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 1,400 Retail postings across more than 350 companies, and hiring was described as fragmented. The most consistently active employers included Dollar General, Tailored Brands, Macy's, Panda Express, KnitWell Group, EssilorLuxottica, and Panda Restaurant Group. The posting mix is still mostly classic store-side retail. About 80% of local postings sit in general retail, about 10% in retail apparel and fashion, and about 5% in department, clothing, and shoe stores. About 75% of postings are entry level and only about 5% are lead-plus, so most live openings are concentrated in floor coverage, stocking, cashiering, customer service, and routine merchandising rather than senior corporate retail work. A smaller but more attractive pocket is supervision. The metro has 12,980 first-line supervisors of retail sales workers, and that occupation carries a local median wage of $51,760, so candidates who can prove scheduling, training, shrink control, and sales-floor leadership can stand out from the larger associate pool.

• Frontline chain-store roles (high): This is the deepest pool of openings, especially where fast stocking, customer service, and cash handling matter most.
• Apparel, department, and specialty retail (moderate): These roles reward stronger merchandising, visual presentation, and product-knowledge skills than a generic cashier resume shows.
• Store supervision (moderate): These roles are fewer but pay materially better, so they are worth targeting if you can show staffing, coaching, and shrink-accountability results.

Where to focus: Prioritize multi-store chains and specialty retailers where you can credibly match inventory, merchandising, and customer-service needs, then step quickly into assistant manager or supervisor-track openings.

Roles worth searching next

• Customer service representative: It uses the same service recovery, product explanation, and issue-resolution strengths as store work.
• Patient access representative / medical front desk: Retail experience transfers well into intake, scheduling, customer questions, and high-volume face-to-face service.
• Bank teller or member service representative: Cash handling, trust, accuracy, and customer interaction all transfer well from retail.
• Hospitality front desk / guest services: The overlap is strong in service recovery, upselling, shift work, and handling walk-in demand.

What postings ask for

• Inventory management (table_stakes | immediate): It is the most-requested hard skill in the local sample at about 35%, which makes it the clearest keyword for associate, stock, and replenishment roles. Who: Entry-level applicants, re-entrants, and career switchers.
• Customer service (table_stakes | immediate): It appears in about 25% of local Retail postings, and it is the fastest way to translate restaurant, hospitality, call-center, or frontline experience into store work. Who: Career switchers and entry-level applicants.
• Merchandising (differentiator | immediate): Merchandising shows up in about 25% of local postings and helps separate you from generic cashier applicants. Who: Applicants targeting apparel, department-store, and specialty retail roles.
• Cash handling / POS accuracy (table_stakes | immediate): Cash handling appears in about 20% of local postings, so employers still care about register accuracy and money accountability. Who: Entry-level applicants and customer-facing switchers.
• Visual merchandising (differentiator | near-term): Visual merchandising appears in about 15% of postings and is especially useful in apparel, eyewear, gift, and specialty-store formats. Who: Mid-career candidates and applicants aiming above basic cashier work.
• Loss prevention (differentiator | near-term): Loss prevention appears in about 10% of local postings, and it signals maturity, trust, and awareness of shrink risk. Who: Candidates seeking key-holder, lead, or supervisor-track roles.

Questions about this market

What do Retail roles pay in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

For frontline retail salespersons in Minneapolis-St. Paul, BLS shows a 2025 mean wage of $39,070 and a median of $36,670, with the 25th to 90th percentile running from $34,620 to $48,260. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers earn more, with a local median of $51,760 and a 90th percentile of $77,250. Current hourly postings in the local sample center on about $15 to $18 / hour, while broader annual posted salary ranges center on about $57k to $80k because this category also captures higher-paid retail subroles. This is mostly a moderate-pay market with broad access at the floor level, not a high-pay market relative to the metro's all-occupation mean hourly wage of $35.86 or the broader local sales-and-related mean of $29.58.

Where is demand for Retail roles in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI concentrated?

Real opportunity is spread across a long tail of employers rather than one dominant chain. Over the last 90 days, the local sample showed more than 1,400 Retail postings across more than 350 companies, and hiring was described as fragmented. The most consistently active employers included Dollar General, Tailored Brands, Macy's, Panda Express, KnitWell Group, EssilorLuxottica, and Panda Restaurant Group. The posting mix is still mostly classic store-side retail. About 80% of local postings sit in general retail, about 10% in retail apparel and fashion, and about 5% in department, clothing, and shoe stores. About 75% of postings are entry level and only about 5% are lead-plus, so most live openings are concentrated in floor coverage, stocking, cashiering, customer service, and routine merchandising rather than senior corporate retail work. A smaller but more attractive pocket is supervision. The metro has 12,980 first-line supervisors of retail sales workers, and that occupation carries a local median wage of $51,760, so candidates who can prove scheduling, training, shrink control, and sales-floor leadership can stand out from the larger associate pool.

Which employers are hiring the most Retail talent in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI?

Recent postings show the most activity from Dollar General (50 postings), Tailored Brands (30 postings), Macy's (30 postings), Panda Express (20 postings), KnitWell Group (20 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

Can Retail roles in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI be done remotely?

Of recent postings, 4% are remote and 4% 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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