Projected Annual Job Openings Filled by Women at Today's Mix: Retail salespersons (U.S.)

## What this measures

BLS's projected annual openings for retail salespersons (SOC 41-2031) (jobs.openings.retail_salespersons) multiplied by women's share of the occupation's workers in the CPS for the projection's base year (jobs.women_share.retail_salespersons), in thousands. The women and men series add to total openings. Annual since 2020.

## Why it matters

It turns a projection of openings into who would fill them if each occupation hires in the proportions it employs today, which shows where the largest pools of jobs for women and for men are.

## How to read it

Read it as arithmetic on two published numbers, not a forecast of hiring by sex. Compare women and men within an occupation, or one sex across occupations.

## What it does not say

It assumes every opening is filled in today's mix. It does not, and the mix changes slowly in many occupations. Openings include replacements for people who leave, whose sex mix can differ from the occupation's.

## Source

Palanor calculation from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data: Employment Projections Table 1.10 and Current Population Survey Table 11. Public domain.