Car Dealers

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
1.26M
2022
Average Employee Age
41.8
2022
Average Salary
$65,256
2022
Average Male Salary
$69,882
2022
Average Female Salary
$48,991
2022

About

The top three occupations in the Car Dealers Industry Group are retail salespersons, automotive service technicians & mechanics, and firstline supervisors of retail sales workers. On average, full-time employees in the Car Dealers Industry Group work 45.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $70,331. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $22,135.

The workforce of Car Dealers Industry Group in 2022 was 1,263,321 people, with 22.1% woman, and 77.9% men.

In 2022, 73.5% of the workforce in the Car Dealers Industry Group was White (928,060 people), of which 22.6% were women and 77.4% men.

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Car Dealers Industry Group.

The workforce in Car Dealers Industry Group was 1,263,321 people and is concentrated in Texas (126,080 workers). The average annual salary was $65,256, being $573 more than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

Start Year
Y-Axis
1.52%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 561k people employed in the Automobile Dealers industry. This represents a 1.52% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were Texas (126k), California (120k), and Florida (94.5k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Car Dealers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $65,256, $573 more than the average national salary of $64,683.

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Wage Distribution

0.441
WAGE GINI

Car Dealers has a wage GINI of 0.441, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Car Dealers (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 Car Dealers Industry Group.

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 267,605 workers, but the Car Dealers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Automotive service technicians & mechanics and Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers.

The highest average salary in Car Dealers goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Car Dealers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (267,605 people), automotive service technicians & mechanics (197,485 people), and firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (151,096 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$69,882
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$1,850
$48,991
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$2,367

On average, Male workers in the Car Dealers Industry Group make 1.43 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Car Dealers Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Car Dealers 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 Car Dealers Industry Group.

The Car Dealers Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Car Dealers is from Retail Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Car Dealers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Car Dealers Industry Group is Construction.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Car Dealers is from Retail Trade.

The Car Dealers 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

The closest comparable data for Car Dealers is from Retail Trade.

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

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Car Dealers Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 22.1% corresponds to women and 77.9% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $69,882 and $48,991.

78.9% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

279,791
Women
22.1%
983,530
Men
77.9%

The workforce of Car Dealers industry in 2022 was 1,263,321 people, with 22.1% woman, and 77.9% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Car Dealers industry.

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Races

In 2022, 73.5% of the workforce in the Car Dealers industry was White (928,060 people), of which 22.6% were women and 77.4% 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 Car Dealers workers in 2022 were high school or equivalent (448,842 people), some college (380,808 people), and bachelors degree (167,260 people).

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