How To Become A Sales Floor Team Leader: What It Is and Career Path

What is a sales floor team leader and how to become one

Updated January 8, 2025

3 min read

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to being a sales floor team leader. For example, did you know that they make an average of $17.72 an hour? That's $36,860 a year! Between 2018 and 2028, the career is expected to grow 6% and produce 189,200 job opportunities across the U.S.

ScoreSales Floor Team LeaderUS Average

Salary

2.9

Avg. Salary $36,860

Avg. Salary $59,228

Stability level

9.4

Growth rate 6%

Growth rate 0.3%

Diversity

8.5

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 0.65%

Asian 6.89%

Black or African American 8.54%

Hispanic or Latino 18.12%

Unknown 4.65%

White 61.14%

Gender

female 47.90%

male 52.10%

Age - 42

Race

American Indian and Alaska Native 3.00%

Asian 7.00%

Black or African American 14.00%

Hispanic or Latino 19.00%

White 57.00%

Gender

female 47.00%

male 53.00%

Age - 42

Stress level

9.4

Stress level is very high

7.1 - high

Complexity level

5.2

Complexity level is intermediate

7 - challenging

Work life balance

4.6

Work life balance is fair

6.4 - fair

Key steps to become a sales floor team leader

Explore sales floor team leader education requirements

Most common sales floor team leader degrees

Bachelor's

55.4 %

High School Diploma

19.1 %

Associate

18.6 %

Start to develop specific sales floor team leader skills

Skills	Percentages
Excellent Guest	30.89%
Guest Service	28.32%
HR	8.72%
Store Operations	6.42%
Customer Service	5.12%

Complete relevant sales floor team leader training and internships

Accountants spend an average of 6-12 months on post-employment, on-the-job training. New sales floor team leaders learn the skills and techniques required for their job and employer during this time. The chart below shows how long it takes to gain competency as a sales floor team leader based on U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data and data from real sales floor team leader resumes.

Research sales floor team leader duties and responsibilities

Develop and manage improvement of key performance metrics including backroom location accuracy, in-stock execution, floor-set transition and price accuracy.
Surmount tumultuous economy by maintaining steady income, retaining customers, and realizing exponential sales growth by creating realistic customer expectations.
Develop and manage improvement of key performance metrics including backroom location accuracy, in-stock execution, floor-set transition and price accuracy.

Get sales floor team leader experience

Generally, it takes 4-6 years to become a sales floor team leader. The most common roles before becoming a sales floor team leader include team leader, sales associate team lead and cashier.

Apply for sales floor team leader jobs

Now it's time to start searching for a sales floor team leader job. Consider the tips below for a successful job search:

Browse job boards for relevant postings
Consult your professional network
Reach out to companies you're interested in working for directly
Watch out for job scams

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A zippia user wrote a review on Mar 2020

Pros

Safety of the employees and opportunities to learn and leadership

Cons

Not to be listened by the employees