Bookstore employee statistics

• As of 2020, 59,547 people were employed in bookstores in the US
• In the US the number of people employed in bookstores decreased 11.4% on average between 2018 and 2020.
• The average bookstore has 4.9 employees.
• Across the US, bookstore employees salaries currently range between $25,000 to $52,000 with top earners making $81,500 annually.
• Between 2012 and 2020 bookstore employees’ payroll averaged at $70,116 annually.
• As of 2020, 59,547 people were employed in bookstores with an annual payroll of $849,246.

Presented in the charts below is the number of bookstore employees in the US from 2012 to 2020:

Year	Number of employees
2020	59,547
2019	61,068
2018	66,723
2017	78,953
2016	83,319
2015	90,818
2014	92,620
2013	83,885
2012	89,933

Presented in the charts below is the annual payroll for bookstore employees in the US from 2012 to 2020:

Year	Annual payroll ($ thousands)
2020	$849,246
2019	$1,078,462
2018	$1,187,786
2017	$1,211,522
2016	$1,279,385
2015	$1,292,083
2014	$1,298,353
2013	$1,323,159
2012	$1,331,266

Bookstore demographic statistics

• 64.8% of bookstore employees are women with an income of $27,539 and 35.2% being men and earning $27,281.
• 62.0% of bookstore managers are women and 38.0% of bookstore managers are men.
• The most common ethnicity among bookstores is White, making up 60.2% of all bookstore employees. 18.3% are of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity and 9.9% are of Black or African American ethnicity.
• The most common ethnicity among bookstore managers is White, which makes up 66.7% of all bookstore managers. Comparatively, there are 14.6% of the Hispanic or Latino ethnicity and 9.8% of the Black or African American ethnicity.

Presented in the chart below is the percentage of male and female employees in bookstores:

Year	Men	Women
2019	35.20%	64.80%
2018	36.29%	63.71%
2017	35.89%	64.11%
2016	35.28%	64.72%
2015	33.52%	66.48%
2014	33.88%	66.12%
2013	34.61%	65.39%
2012	34.12%	65.88%
2011	33.58%	66.42%
2010	33.33%	66.67%