No. 9 worst: Retail salesperson

No. 9 worst: Retail salesperson

No. 9 worst: Retail salesperson, > Annual median wage: $22,040
> Projected job growth, 2014-2024: 7%
> Total employment: 4.5 million

While the proliferation of online shopping has created high demand for quantitative professions such as statistician and data scientist, it has hurt brick-and-mortar retail. The number of retail salespeople is projected to grow 7% over the decade ending 2024, in line with the average for all U.S. occupations. Regardless, pay for retail sales workers has traditionally been among the lowest in the United States. The typical retail salesperson earns just $22,040 per year, far less than the $37,040 average wage for all jobs, and the lowest wage of the jobs on this list.