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Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers

Runs a store: its staff, sales and customers.

Typical education to startHigh school diploma or equivalent
Job outlook2025–2035: +3%
Median pay$39,390 a year (2025)
Interest codeARE Artistic, Realistic, Enterprising

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Retail managers hire, schedule and train staff, manage inventory and displays, handle customer problems and hit sales goals. Many start as cashiers or stockers and move up quickly.

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High school courses that build toward it

  • Entrepreneurship · Career and Technical

    Builds sales and marketing, which this job uses.

  • English 10 · English

    Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

  • Computer Science Principles · Computer Science

    Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.

  • Physical Education · Health and PE

    Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.

  • Geometry · Math

    Builds math, which this job uses.

  • Photography · Arts

    Builds design and technical drawing, which this job uses.

Ranked by how much the job relies on what each course teaches, from O*NET's knowledge ratings. Your school's own courses and the counselor have the final word.

Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.