Retail-supported employment

RecordSTO-65748XNX7A-5YG0XS4054-MGS5DW

55 million
estimate

United States · as of 7 Aug 2026

Retail-supported employment in the United States was 55 million as of 7 August 2026 (NRF).

Original source
Publisher
NRF
Authority tier
T2 Official
Locator
About NRF
Retrieved
15 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

Retail is the nation’s largest private-sector employer, contributing $5.3 trillion to annual GDP and supporting more than one in four U.S. jobs — 55 million working Americans.

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Cite this figure

APA

National Retail Federation. (2026). Import Cargo’s Early Peak Season is Winding Down. Retrieved September 15, 2026, from https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/import-cargo-s-early-peak-season-is-winding-down. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_65748XNX7A5YG0XS4054MGS5DW

Other formats: MLA, Chicago, BibTeX
MLA
National Retail Federation. "Import Cargo’s Early Peak Season is Winding Down." 2026, https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/import-cargo-s-early-peak-season-is-winding-down. Accessed 15 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_65748XNX7A5YG0XS4054MGS5DW.
Chicago
National Retail Federation. "Import Cargo’s Early Peak Season is Winding Down." 2026. https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/import-cargo-s-early-peak-season-is-winding-down. Accessed September 15, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_65748XNX7A5YG0XS4054MGS5DW.
BibTeX
@misc{nrf2026retailmgs5dw, author = {{National Retail Federation}}, title = {Import Cargo’s Early Peak Season is Winding Down}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_65748XNX7A5YG0XS4054MGS5DW}, note = {Original source: https://nrf.com/media-center/press-releases/import-cargo-s-early-peak-season-is-winding-down. Accessed September 15, 2026.} }

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Chain of custody
Record: STO-65748XNX7A-5YG0XS4054-MGS5DW T2 Official

Primary source

Publisher
National Retail Federation · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 2 · National and industry official
Report
Import Cargo’s Early Peak Season is Winding Down
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
About NRF
Retrieved
15 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
See source

Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
pipeline:quote-verified-v2
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_65748XNX7A5YG0XS4054MGS5DW