Car Dealers

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
1.26M
2021
Average Employee Age
41.9
2021
Average Salary
$59,249
2021
Average Male Salary
$63,509
2021
Average Female Salary
$43,987
2021

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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 46 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $63,982. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $19,957.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Car Dealers Industry Group are Cedar Hill & Duncanville Cities PUMA, TX, Wood, Pleasants & Wirt Counties PUMA, WV, and Tamiami Trail Region (South)Tamiami PUMA, FL.

The workforce of Car Dealers Industry Group in 2021 was 1,259,578 people, with 21.8% woman, and 78.2% men.

In 2021, 76.1% of the workforce in the Car Dealers Industry Group was White (958,903 people), of which 22.3% were women and 77.7% men.

dollarEmployment & Salaries

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

The workforce in Car Dealers Industry Group was 1,259,578 people and is concentrated in Texas (122,296 workers). The average annual salary was $59,249, being $347 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

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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 2021 were Texas (122k), California (121k), and Florida (92.7k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Car Dealers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $59,249, $347 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

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Wage Distribution

0.437
WAGE GINI

Car Dealers has a wage GINI of 0.437, 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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A review of jobs and wages in the Car Dealers Industry Group.

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 266,219 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 Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Car Dealers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (266,219 people), automotive service technicians & mechanics (198,474 people), and firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (150,767 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$63,509
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$1,653
$43,987
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$1,989

On average, Male workers in the Car Dealers Industry Group make 1.44 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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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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Demographic information on the Car Dealers Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 21.8% corresponds to women and 78.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $63,509 and $43,987.

79% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

274,865
Women
21.8%
984,713
Men
78.2%

The workforce of Car Dealers industry in 2021 was 1,259,578 people, with 21.8% woman, and 78.2% men.

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

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Races

In 2021, 76.1% of the workforce in the Car Dealers industry was White (958,903 people), of which 22.3% were women and 77.7% 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 2021 were high school or equivalent (450,571 people), some college (381,140 people), and bachelors degree (163,305 people).

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