Aircraft & parts manufacturing

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Workforce Population
859k
2024
Average Employee Age
44.3
2024
Estimated Job Growth
5.38%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$107,647
2024
Average Male Salary
$111,489
2024
Average Female Salary
$94,970
2024

About

The top three occupations in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group are aerospace engineers, other managers, and software developers. On average, full-time employees in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group work 43.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $109,263. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $58,069.

The workforce of Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group in 2024 was 859,087 people, with 23.3% woman, and 76.7% men.

In 2024, 66.6% of the workforce in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group was White (572,294 people), of which 21.3% were women and 78.7% men.

Manufacturing

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

The workforce in Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group was 859,087 people and is concentrated in California (148,264 workers). The average annual salary was $107,647, being $37,770 more than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

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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.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (148k), Washington (87.3k), and Texas (73.2k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $107,647, $37,770 more than the average national salary of $69,878.

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Wage Distribution

0.332
WAGE GINI

Aircraft & parts manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.332, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Aircraft & parts manufacturing (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

Aerospace engineers are the most common position with 124,308 workers, but the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other managers and Software developers.

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

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were aerospace engineers (124,308 people), other managers (53,784 people), and software developers (45,016 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$111,489
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$2,364
$94,970
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$3,971

On average, Male workers in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group make 1.17 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Aircraft & parts 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 Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

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

California and Florida stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Aircraft & parts manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

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

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Intermediate Inputs

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

The Aircraft & parts 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 Aircraft & parts 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 Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Aircraft & parts 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
    664
  2. Florida
    342
  3. Texas
    264

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

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 23.3% corresponds to women and 76.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $111,489 and $94,970.

69.8% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or high school or equivalent.

Gender and Age

199,781
Women
23.3%
659,306
Men
76.7%

The workforce of Aircraft & parts manufacturing industry in 2024 was 859,087 people, with 23.3% woman, and 76.7% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Aircraft & parts manufacturing industry.

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Races

In 2024, 66.6% of the workforce in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing industry was White (572,294 people), of which 21.3% were women and 78.7% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Aircraft & parts manufacturing workers in 2024 were bachelors degree (276,439 people), graduate degree (171,247 people), and high school or equivalent (152,137 people).

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Projections

Growth projections of the Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 5.38% in the next ten years. The Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 5.38%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (22%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (22%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing.
5.38%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
5.38%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 5.38%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing.
22%
Estimate Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Aerospace Product and Parts Manufacturing industry.

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