Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods
Industries in the merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods subsector sell nondurable goods to other businesses. Nondurable goods are items generally with a normal life expectancy of less than three years. Nondurable goods merchant wholesale trade establishments are engaged in wholesaling products, such as paper and paper products, chemicals and chemical products, drugs, textiles and textile products, apparel, footwear, groceries, farm products, petroleum and petroleum products, alcoholic beverages, books, magazines, newspapers, flowers and nursery stock, and tobacco products. Excluded from this subsector are business-to-business electronic markets, agents, and brokers primarily engaged in wholesaling nondurable goods.
Occupations in Demand
|Occupational Title||Wage||Typical Education
|Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks||$31,373||High school diploma or equivalent|