
Please check with your state department of labor for details about the minimum age requirement to obtain working papers. If you are 16 or 17 years old, you may also need working papers. Note: You must be at least 16 years old to work at Barnes & Noble.

If you want to join our community of booksellers, please check out our career opportunities. We pioneered the concept of a retail store as a community center, and annually host close to 100,000 community events nationwide. We believe a great bookstore is also a reflection of its community. In addition, we actively promote from within – more than 60% of our store managers started as booksellers.

Our booksellers make the Barnes & Noble experience special for our customers, and we recognize their contributions and make enormous efforts to create a rewarding career experience for each of them by offering competitive compensation and benefits packages. For us, there is no more rewarding experience than helping customers step into new worlds through literature, reach their aspirations through books that teach and inspire, or discover new writers that entertain and enlighten. Barnes & Noble is a company driven by the principle that bookselling is important work. What does Barnes and Noble pay 2021 Barnes & Noble Salary FAQs The average Barnes & Noble hourly pay ranges from approximately 12 per hour for an Associate to 32 per hour for an Assistant Store Manager.
