Merchandise Associate

The job

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Job description

HomeGoods

At TJX Companies, every day brings new opportunities for growth, exploration, and achievement. You'll be part of our vibrant team that embraces diversity, fosters collaboration, and prioritizes your development. Whether you're working in our four global Home Offices, Distribution Centers or Retail Stores-TJ Maxx, Marshalls, Homegoods, Homesense, Sierra, Winners, and TK Maxx, you'll find abundant opportunities to learn, thrive, and make an impact. Come join our TJX family-a Fortune 100 company and the world's leading off-price retailer.

Job Description:

Opportunity: Grow Your Career

Responsible for delivering a highly satisfied customer experience proven by engaging and interacting with all customers, embodying customer experience principles and philosophy, and maintaining a clean and organized store environment. Adheres to all operational, merchandise, and loss prevention standards. May be cross-trained to work in multiple areas of the store in order to support the needs of the business.

• Role models established customer experience practices with internal and external customers
• Supports and embodies a positive store culture through honesty, integrity, and respect
• Accurately rings customer purchases/returns and counts change back to customer according to established operating procedures
• Promotes credit and loyalty programs
• Maintains and upholds merchandising philosophy and follows established merchandising procedures and standards
• Accurately processes and prepares merchandise for the sales floor following company procedures and standards
• Initiates and participates in store recovery as needed throughout the day
• Maintains all organizational, cleanliness, and recovery standards for the sales floor and participates in the maintenance/cleanliness of the entire store
• Provides and accepts recognition and constructive feedback
• Adheres to all labor laws, policies, and procedures
• Supports and participates in store shrink reduction goals and programs
• Participates in safety awareness and maintains a safe environment
• Other duties as assigned

• Possesses excellent customer service skills
• Able to work a flexible schedule to support business needs
• Possesses strong communication and organizational skills with attention to detail
• Capable of multi-tasking
• Able to respond appropriately to changes in direction or unexpected situations
• Capable of lifting heavy objects with or without reasonable accommodation
• Works effectively with peers and supervisors
• Retail customer experience preferred

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About the role

This is a Mid Level role in the Retail, Hospitality and Services field (Retail and stores) at The TJX Companies, Inc.. Mid-level roles usually expect some years of relevant experience and the ability to work with limited supervision.

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The city

The job is in Jacksonville, FL. Below is what the official statistics say about living and working there.

How Jacksonville compares. Among the 120 largest places in Florida, Jacksonville is #1 by population, #6 for long commutes (#1 = fewest), #18 for rent (#1 = cheapest), #84 for homeownership (#1 = highest). Its county, Duval County, is #4 of 67 counties for average pay ($71,652).

The place in numbers

Jacksonville has 977,670 residents (ACS 2020–2024), about 4.4% of the population of Florida. It covers 747 square miles of land, which works out to roughly 1,308 people per square mile. The median age is 36.5, 14% younger than the state median (36.5 against 42.6).

Housing

The median gross rent is $1,465 a month (rent plus utilities), 12% below the state median ($1,465 against $1,669). Over a year that is 25.2% of the median household income. US housing guidance treats housing as affordable when it takes 30% of income or less, so the typical household is under that line. The median home value is $293,700, which is 4.2 times the median household income ($69,872). 57.6% of households own their home, 15% below the state average (57.6% against 67.6%).

Work and pay

The Jacksonville, FL metropolitan area has 765,930 jobs in the BLS wage survey, and the median pay across all occupations is $48,830 a year, 4% below the national median ($48,830 against $50,980). The biggest occupation groups are office and administrative support (96,850 jobs, median $46,110); transportation and material moving (75,870 jobs, median $44,630); sales and related (75,260 jobs, median $37,530). The area is most specialised in construction and extraction (1.2 times) and installation, maintenance, and repair (1.2 times), where the share of workers is above the national share. The best-paying groups with at least 5,000 jobs are management ($113,940) and computer and mathematical ($101,550). In 2026M09 the unemployment rate of Duval County was 4.5%. 63.8% of residents aged 16 and over are in the labour force. The city lies in Duval County; its jobs, pay by industry and GDP are on the county page.

Getting around

Among workers, 70.8% drive alone, 1.0% use public transit, 1.3% walk, 15.5% work from home. 8.9% of workers commute 45 minutes or more, 51% below the state average (8.9% against 18.1%).

People and education

33.2% of adults aged 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher, about the same as the state share (33.2% against 34.1%). 12.5% of residents were born outside the United States, 43% below the state share (12.5% against 21.9%). The poverty rate is 14.5%, 16% above the state rate (14.5% against 12.6%).

Climate

The warmest month is Jul, averaging 82°F (27.6°C), and the coolest is Jan at 52°F (11.2°C). About 1,286 mm (51 inches) of precipitation falls in a year; Jun is the wettest month (187 mm) and Nov the driest (53 mm). These values come from NASA satellite-based climatology on a grid of about 50 km, so they describe the wider area, not a weather station in the city.

Nearby cities to compare

Closest cities in this guide: Fruit Cove (17 miles, rent 59% higher); St. Marys (29 miles, rent 19% lower); Kingsland (36 miles, rent 13% lower); Brunswick (56 miles, rent 35% lower). Rent differences are against Jacksonville; use the Compare tab to put any two cities side by side.

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Official links for Jacksonville

• Census Bureau data profile for Jacksonville
• Official website of Duval County: coj.net
• Official state website: myflorida.com
• BLS Economy at a Glance: Florida

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Where to live

CITY Official statistics Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year (via Census Reporter) · Data: ACS 2020–2024

Places within 50 miles (straight line) of Jacksonville, FL that have a guide, with what living there costs. No pay estimate is shown because the title did not match one occupation.

Career paths

We could not match this title to one occupation, so here are the other sub-niches in Retail, Hospitality and Services, where your skills may carry over:

Food and hospitality (58) Fitness and personal care (28) Security, facilities and maintenance (311)

Distances

CITY Calculation (straight line) Source: U.S. Census Bureau Gazetteer (coordinates) · Data: 2024

How far Jacksonville, FL is from the 20 largest US cities, in straight-line miles (not driving distance). Click a column to sort.

The employer

The TJX Companies, Inc. is the employer in this listing. See all its open jobs here →

It is among the 200 largest US-headquartered employers in our list, with about 349,000 employees worldwide (year not stated). Company page with headquarters, state economy and official links →

Official links for TJX Companies

• Official website of TJX Companies: tjx.com
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• Official state website: mass.gov

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FAQ

What is the Merchandise Associate job at The TJX Companies, Inc.?

A mid level role in retail, hospitality and services (retail and stores) listed 3 days ago. The full description is on this page and on The Muse.

Where is this job?

Jacksonville, FL.

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How much does it pay?

The listing does not publish pay, and we could not match the title to one official occupation.

What is the cost of living there?

Median rent in Jacksonville is $1,465 a month and median household income $69,872 (ACS 2020–2024).

How old is this listing?

It was posted on 2026-11-05 (3 days ago). Jobs older than 90 days are not shown.

Are there similar jobs?

Yes: browse retail and stores jobs in Florida.

Sources and terms

• Job data: The Muse public API (listing dated 2026-11-05). The job disappears from this site when it disappears from the source.
• Wages and projections: BLS OEWS (May 2025) and Employment Projections 2025–35.
• City and county figures: Census Bureau ACS 2020–2024, BEA, BLS QCEW and LAUS, NASA POWER climatology; distances from Census Gazetteer coordinates.

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Sources

• BLS OEWS (wages and employment by occupation, May 2025)
• BLS Employment Projections 2025–35
• BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
• BLS JOLTS
• BLS State and Metro Area Employment
• Census Bureau American Community Survey (via Census Reporter)
• BEA GDP by state and Regional Price Parities
• IRS 2026 tax adjustments
• U.S. Department of Labor, minimum wage by state
• Tax Foundation state income tax rates 2026
• USAJOBS
• USCIS
• U.S. Department of State, visas
• NASA POWER climatology
• GeoNames / Census Gazetteer (coordinates)