Footwear manufacturing

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    25.4k
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    42.3
    2024
    Average Salary
    $72,611
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $81,523
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $63,672
    2024

    About

    The top three occupations in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group are shoe & leather workers, miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, and other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group work 42.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $77,092. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $27,360.

    The workforce of Footwear manufacturing Industry Group in 2024 was 25,439 people, with 49.9% woman, and 50.1% men.

    In 2024, 54.7% of the workforce in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group was White (13,922 people), of which 47.7% were women and 52.3% men.

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    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group.

    The workforce in Footwear manufacturing Industry Group was 25,439 people and is concentrated in Oregon (3,457 workers). The average annual salary was $72,611, being $2,734 more than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    Start Year
    Y-Axis
    1.98%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 12.9M people employed in the Manufacturing industry. This represents a 1.98% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

    This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Manufacturing over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were Oregon (3.46k), California (2.97k), and Texas (2.2k).

    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Footwear manufacturing Industry Group.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Footwear manufacturing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $72,611, $2,734 more than the average national salary of $69,878.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.479
    WAGE GINI

    Footwear manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.479, which is more than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Footwear manufacturing (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

    The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Footwear manufacturing Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group.

    Shoe & leather workers are the most common position with 4,084 workers, but the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors and Other managers.

    The highest average salary in Footwear manufacturing goes to Chief executives & legislators.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were shoe & leather workers (4,084 people), miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors (1,844 people), and other managers (1,580 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $81,523
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$18,523
    $63,672
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$16,654

    On average, Male workers in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group make 1.28 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

    The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group.

    The Footwear manufacturing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

    California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group.

    Industrial Flow

    The closest comparable data for Footwear manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

    Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group is Manufacturing.

    In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    The closest comparable data for Footwear manufacturing is from Manufacturing.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Manufacturing
    2. Wholesale trade
    3. Mining

    The Footwear manufacturing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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    Use of Output by Other Industries

    The closest comparable data for Footwear manufacturing is from Manufacturing.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Manufacturing
    2. Construction
    3. Professional and business services

    The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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    Establishments

    States with more establishments in 2022
    1. California
      38
    2. Texas
      29
    3. Florida
      15

    The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Footwear manufacturing industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 49.9% corresponds to women and 50.1% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $81,523 and $63,672.

    77.1% of workers have a high school or equivalent, bachelors degree or some college.

    Gender and Age

    12,700
    Women
    49.9%
    12,739
    Men
    50.1%

    The workforce of Footwear manufacturing industry in 2024 was 25,439 people, with 49.9% woman, and 50.1% men.

    The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Footwear manufacturing industry.

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    Races

    In 2024, 54.7% of the workforce in the Footwear manufacturing industry was White (13,922 people), of which 47.7% were women and 52.3% men.

    Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Footwear manufacturing workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (8,434 people), bachelors degree (6,284 people), and some college (4,884 people).

    The chart shows the Footwear manufacturing workforce by gender and educational level.

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