Employees, payroll, 2006
By Furniture Today Staff -- Furniture Today, September 9, 2007
19% of retailers' total expenses go to payroll costs, including wages/salaries, commissions and fringe benefits
| Employees by function | |
|---|---|
| Percentage of total number of employees | |
| Administrative/office | 21% |
| Sales | 34% |
| Warehouse/delivery | 36% |
| Repair/deluxing | 3% |
| Janitorial/maintenance | 2% |
| Other | 4% |
| Full-time | Part-time | |
|---|---|---|
| 90% | Administrative/office | 10% |
| 94% | Sales | 6% |
| 94% | Warehouse/delivery | 6% |
| 94% | Repair/deluxing | 6% |
| 86% | Janitorial/maintenance | 14% |
| 98% | Other | 2% |
Paying the sales staff
| Full-time sales managers | Full-time sales associates | Part-time sales associates | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly | 9% | 19% | 35% |
| Hourly + commission | 9% | 19% | 24% |
| Salary only | 46% | 13% | 7% |
| Salary + commission | 31% | 17% | 6% |
| Commission only | 3% | 30% | 26% |
| Bonus for performance | 2% | 2% | 2% |
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