Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers

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Workforce

94.2k

2017 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

45.7

Estimated Job Growth

N/A%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$70,638

Average Male Salary

$74,117

Average Female Salary

$59,500

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Input/Output

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About

The top three occupations in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group are Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers, Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing, Accountants & auditors, and Customer service representatives. On average, full-time employees in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group work 46.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $73,096. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $31,368.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group are Houston (Southeast) & Webster Cities PUMA, TX, South of I-10 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX, and Midland CountyMidland City PUMA, TX. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group. Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are the most common position, but the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Pumping station operators, compared to other industries. 

The highest average salary in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers goes to Marketing & sales managers.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

94.2k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 7.53k

-4.66%

1 Year Growth

± 11.7%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group has been declining at a rate of -4.66%, , from 98.8k people in 2016 to 94.2k people in 2017.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Driver/sales workers & truck drivers represent the largest share of positions held in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers at 17.5%, followed by Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers with 11.4% and Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing with 9.82%.

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Most Common

The most common occupations in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group, by number of employees, are Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers, Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing, Accountants & auditors, and Customer service representatives.

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Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers employs an unusually high number of Pumping station operators, Miscellaneous transportation workers, including bridge & lock tenders & traffic technicians, and Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers.

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Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers, by average wage, are Marketing & sales managers, Business operations specialists, all other, and Miscellaneous managers.

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Wages

Average Salary

$70,638

AVERAGE WAGE

± $4,832

On average, employees in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group make $70,638 per year. This number makes Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers the 52 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 266 Industry Groups.

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Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

  1. Houston City (Far Northeast) PUMA, TX

  2. Between Loop I-610 & Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX (79500US4804613)

  3. East of TX-6 & West of Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX (79500US4804636)

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

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Wage Distribution

0.367

WAGE GINI

Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers has a wage GINI of 0.367, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

  1. Houston (Southeast) & Webster Cities PUMA, TX

  2. South of I-10 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX

  3. Midland CountyMidland City PUMA, TX

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $74,117 and $59,500. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

22.4k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±3.68k

71.8k

MALE WORKFORCE

±6.58k

76.2% of workers in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

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Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$74,117

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$5,819

$59,500

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$7,787

On average, Male workers in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group make 1.25 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

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Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

  1. Two or More Races

  2. White

  3. Black

On average, Two or More Races employees in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group earn 1.1 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

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Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers 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. Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group is Manufacturing.

In this visualization, click on a category to expand or collapse it. 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

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Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

  1. Professional and business services

  2. Transportation and warehousing

  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

  1. Manufacturing

  2. Construction

  3. Educational services, health care, and social assistance

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

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Projections

Growth projections of the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 8.13% in the next ten years. The Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group has a lower projected workforce growth at N/A%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (N/A%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.6%).

Job Growth

N/A%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

8.13%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group, which is lower than the national average of 8.13%.

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Output Growth

N/A%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

24.6%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group, which is lower than the national average of 24.6%

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