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Wholesale Trade
Job Training for Wholesale Trade
OJT for Wholesale Trade (NAICS 42)
The Wholesale Trade sector is part of the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities supersector.
The Wholesale Trade sector includes the following industry groups:
- Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods: NAICS 423
- Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Parts and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Furniture and Home Furnishing Merchant Wholesalers
- Lumber and Other Construction Materials Merchant Wholesalers
- Professional and Commercial Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Metal and Mineral (except Petroleum) Merchant Wholesalers
- Household Appliances and Electrical and Electronic Goods Merchant Wholesalers
- Hardware, and Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Machinery, Equipment, and Supplies Merchant Wholesalers
- Miscellaneous Durable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
- Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods: NAICS 424
- Paper and Paper Product Merchant Wholesalers
- Drugs and Druggists’ Sundries Merchant Wholesalers
- Apparel, Piece Goods, and Notions Merchant Wholesalers
- Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers
- Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers
- Chemical and Allied Products Merchant Wholesalers
- Petroleum and Petroleum Products Merchant Wholesalers
- Beer, Wine, and Distilled Alcoholic Beverage Merchant Wholesalers
- Miscellaneous Nondurable Goods Merchant Wholesalers
- Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers: NAICS 425
- Wholesale Electronic Markets and Agents and Brokers
Sector Sizes for Job Training
The following chart shows the percentage of people that this sector employs, relative to all the other industrial sectors and the projected growth of this sector through 2026.
Sector Industries for Job Training
This next chart breaks down the sector into its primary industries. It shows the percentage of people that these primary industries employ, relative to the entire sector, and the projected growth of these industries through 2026.
Largest Occupations for Job Training
The following table shows the top 10 projected occupations, in size, for this sector through 2026. It also shows the educational requirements and OJT requirements for these top-sized occupations. The OJT.com training directory provides a listing of the state-by-state training providers that can fulfill your on-the-job training requirements.
Largest Occupations in Sector, Projected for 2026
| Occupation | 2026 Projected Employment (in thousands) | 2026 Projected Percent of Sector | Percent Employment Change (2016-2026) | Education Requirements | OJT Requirements |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products | 1,020.8 | 17.0 | 6.5 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term |
| Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand | 413.3 | 6.9 | 5.4 | No formal educational credential | Short term |
| Stock clerks and order fillers | 222.5 | 3.7 | 1.5 | No formal educational credential | Short term |
| Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers | 217.4 | 3.6 | 4.7 | Postsecondary nondegree award | Short term |
| Customer service representatives | 204.6 | 3.4 | -3.7 | High school diploma or equivalent | Short term |
| General and operations managers | 199.5 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 11-1021 | 11-1021 |
| Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products | 193.8 | 3.2 | 1.9 | Bachelor’s degree | Moderate-term |
| Office clerks, general | 176.3 | 2.9 | -5.7 | High school diploma or equivalent | Short term |
| Light truck or delivery services drivers | 174.5 | 2.9 | 4.4 | High school diploma or equivalent | Short term |
| Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks | 160.7 | 2.7 | -1.1 | High school diploma or equivalent | Short term |
Growth Occupations for Job Training
The following table shows the top 10 projected occupations, in growth, for this sector through 2026. It also shows the educational requirements and OJT requirements for these top-growth occupations. The OJT.com training directory provides a listing of the state-by-state training providers that can fulfill your on-the-job training requirements.
Highest Growth Occupations in Sector, Projected thru 2026
| Occupation | 2026 Projected Employment (in thousands) | 2026 Projected Percent of Sector | Percent Employment Change (2016-2026) | Education Requirements | OJT Requirements |
| Computer numerically controlled machine tool programmers, metal and plastic | 0.5 | 0.0 | 26.7 | High school diploma or equivalent | Long term |
| Bartenders | 0.1 | 0.0 | 22.6 | No formal educational credential | Short term |
| Refuse and recyclable material collectors | 0.6 | 0.0 | 19.1 | No formal educational credential | Short term |
| Jewelers and precious stone and metal workers | 4.4 | 0.1 | 18.7 | High school diploma or equivalent | Long term |
| Statisticians | 0.4 | 0.0 | 17.9 | Master’s degree | None |
| Metal-refining furnace operators and tenders | 0.3 | 0.0 | 17.7 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term |
| Lawyers | 3.1 | 0.1 | 16.4 | Doctoral or professional degree | None |
| Logging equipment operators | 0.1 | 0.0 | 16.1 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term |
| Market research analysts and marketing specialists | 62.6 | 1.0 | 15.8 | Bachelor’s degree | None |
| Crane and tower operators | 4.5 | 0.1 | 15.8 | High school diploma or equivalent | Moderate-term |
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