Retail Jobs in Salt Lake City, UT

Observed local government data for front-line retail salespersons shows a 2025 annual median of $34,420, a mean of $37,470, a 25th percentile of $29,530, and a 75th percentile of $38,310. A separate local BLS estimate shows first-line supervisors of retail sales workers at a much higher 2025 median of $48,570 and mean of $54,680. Recent posted pay signals are directionally higher and wider: hourly postings center on about $15 to $17 / hour, while annual posted ranges center on about $58k to $78k.

Full September 2026 market report

Advertised pay

Across the 284 openings that disclose pay, the advertised range midpoint runs $31,200 at the 25th percentile, $33,280 at the median and $38,480 at the 75th. These are advertised ranges, not earned pay.

Active openings as of November 10, 2026

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What our analysts see this month

Balanced market | next 3-6 months

This is a balanced retail market for the next 3-6 months: Salt Lake City-Murray's unemployment rate was 3.7% in August 2026, metro nonfarm employment was up 2.4869% year over year, and trade, transportation, and utilities employment was up 1.8114% year over year. Statewide retail signals are better than the headline pace suggests: Utah retail employment was essentially flat year over year, but active retail postings were up 13.0% in September 2026, pointing to ongoing replacement hiring rather than broad expansion. Locally, the recent sample still showed more than 750 retail postings across more than 250 companies over the last 90 days, with hiring fragmented rather than dominated by one chain.

Best positioned: Candidates who can show inventory management, merchandising, cash handling, and reliable on-site availability have the best odds right now, especially for entry-to-midlevel store operations roles.

Main caution: Do not assume the flashiest posted salary ranges reflect typical front-line retail pay; local BLS retail-salesperson wages sit much lower, and many higher ranges likely reflect supervisors or broad management postings.

From the September 2026 market report

Who is hiring here

Counted across all 444 openings in this market. 10 of the employers below are hiring for more than one role right now.

1. AutoZone, Inc.: 22 open roles
2. Holiday Oil Company: 18 open roles
3. Harmons Grocery: 17 open roles
4. Orangetheory Fitness: 16 open roles
5. Costco Wholesale Corp.: 14 open roles
6. Lowe's: 14 open roles
7. The Kroger Co.: 10 open roles
8. SKECHERS USA, Inc.: 9 open roles
9. Smith's Food & Drug Centers, Inc.: 8 open roles
10. Petco Company: 7 open roles

Where the openings are

• Salt Lake City: 99
• Park City: 33
• West Valley City: 31
• Murray: 27
• Sandy: 25
• West Jordan: 23
• Draper: 20
• South Jordan: 20

Work arrangement

on-site 431 (100%), hybrid 2 (0%)

Where the demand is

Opportunity is concentrated in frontline, on-site store work rather than remote commerce. In the local sample, about 75% of postings sat in general retail, with smaller shares in retail apparel and fashion, department, clothing and shoe stores, and food and beverage. The most requested hard skills were inventory management, customer service, merchandising, cash handling, sales, visual merchandising, loss prevention, and cash register operation, which points to employers prioritizing people who can keep the floor stocked, transact accurately, and solve customer problems in person. A second concentration sits in repeat-hiring chains and seasonal operators rather than a single dominant employer. The most consistently active names included AutoZone, Holiday Oil Company, Spirit Halloween, Cafe Zupas, Panda Express, Tailored Brands, and Deseret Management Corporation, but the overall employer mix was still fragmented. Combined with an entry-level skew of about 80% and work that is about 95% or more on-site, the fastest path is still broad-availability store work, while the higher-paying supervisory path is real but narrower.

• General retail and store operations (high): This is the core of the market: about 75% of the local sample sits in general retail, and the skill mix centers on inventory management, customer service, and merchandising.
• Auto parts, convenience, and service-counter retail (high): Named repeat hirers include AutoZone and Holiday Oil Company, making process-heavy customer service and product-knowledge roles a practical target.
• Apparel, department, and visual-merchandising work (moderate): Retail apparel and fashion accounted for about 10% of the sample, with department, clothing, and shoe stores at about 5%, so this is a real but smaller lane best suited to candidates with merchandising or floor-set experience.
• Seasonal and new-store openings (moderate): Spirit Halloween was among the active employers, and late-period local openings included Trader Joe's in Herriman and McGee & Co. at Trolley Square.

Where to focus: Focus first on on-site store roles where inventory management, merchandising, and cash-handling show up in the job description, then stretch into lead or supervisor tracks once you can prove recent floor results.

Roles worth searching next

• Inventory coordinator / receiving clerk: Inventory management is the most-requested hard skill in local retail postings, so stockroom-heavy operations roles are the cleanest bridge out of front-line retail.
• Bank teller / member service representative: Cash handling and customer service transfer well, and Utah financial activities employment was 102.4 thousand in August 2026, up 1.5% year over year.
• Front-of-house counter-service lead: Food and beverage made up about 5% of the local retail sample, and repeat hiring included Cafe Zupas and Panda Express, so counter-service operators can cross over more easily than office-based applicants.
• Loss-prevention / asset-protection associate: Loss prevention appeared in about 10% of local retail postings, giving retail workers a plausible move into security-oriented store roles.

What postings ask for

• Inventory management (differentiator | immediate): It is the single most-requested hard skill in the local retail sample, showing up in about 35% of postings. Who: Entry-level applicants, stock associates, and career switchers.
• Customer service and problem solving (table_stakes | immediate): BLS highlights customer service and problem solving as core retail-associate skills, and local postings repeatedly ask for customer service. Who: Everyone, especially applicants without direct retail titles.
• Merchandising and visual merchandising (differentiator | immediate): Local postings frequently ask for merchandising and visual merchandising, which helps you compete for apparel, department, and supervisor-track work. Who: Applicants targeting apparel, home, department-store, or key-holder roles.
• Cash handling and POS / cash register operation (table_stakes | immediate): BLS points to point-of-sale tool operation as a core retail skill, and local postings explicitly ask for cash handling and cash register operation. Who: Cashiers, service-counter applicants, and career switchers from hospitality.
• Loss prevention awareness (differentiator | near-term): Loss prevention appeared in about 10% of local postings, making it useful for candidates who want to move beyond basic cashier work. Who: Mid-career retail workers, key holders, and applicants targeting asset-protection-adjacent roles.
• ASE certification (premium | near-term): It is one of the few named credentials showing up in local retail postings, though it appears in less than 5% of them and is most useful for auto-parts-adjacent retail. Who: Applicants targeting AutoZone-style parts retail or service-advisor-adjacent work.

Questions about this market

What do Retail roles pay in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

Observed local government data for front-line retail salespersons shows a 2025 annual median of $34,420, a mean of $37,470, a 25th percentile of $29,530, and a 75th percentile of $38,310. A separate local BLS estimate shows first-line supervisors of retail sales workers at a much higher 2025 median of $48,570 and mean of $54,680. Recent posted pay signals are directionally higher and wider: hourly postings center on about $15 to $17 / hour, while annual posted ranges center on about $58k to $78k. This is mostly a moderate-pay, broad-access market: typical front-line pay is closer to the BLS retail-salesperson range, while the higher posted annual bands likely reflect store-management, specialized, or very broad salary-range postings.

Where is demand for Retail roles in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT concentrated?

Opportunity is concentrated in frontline, on-site store work rather than remote commerce. In the local sample, about 75% of postings sat in general retail, with smaller shares in retail apparel and fashion, department, clothing and shoe stores, and food and beverage. The most requested hard skills were inventory management, customer service, merchandising, cash handling, sales, visual merchandising, loss prevention, and cash register operation, which points to employers prioritizing people who can keep the floor stocked, transact accurately, and solve customer problems in person. A second concentration sits in repeat-hiring chains and seasonal operators rather than a single dominant employer. The most consistently active names included AutoZone, Holiday Oil Company, Spirit Halloween, Cafe Zupas, Panda Express, Tailored Brands, and Deseret Management Corporation, but the overall employer mix was still fragmented. Combined with an entry-level skew of about 80% and work that is about 95% or more on-site, the fastest path is still broad-availability store work, while the higher-paying supervisory path is real but narrower.

Which employers are hiring the most Retail talent in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT?

Recent postings show the most activity from AutoZone, Inc. (more than 30 postings), Holiday Oil Company (more than 30 postings), Spirit Halloween (more than 20 postings), Cafe Zupas (around 20 postings), Panda Express (around 15 postings). See the full market report for the complete employer landscape.

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