Building material & supplies dealers

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    1.12M
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    42
    2024
    Average Salary
    $49,730
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $53,919
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $40,728
    2024

    About

    The top three occupations in the Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group are retail salespersons, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and customer service representatives. On average, full-time employees in the Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group work 42.7 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $60,418. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.5 hours and earn an average annual salary of $18,809.

    The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group are Eau Claire County & SW Chippewa County PUMA, WI, Iredell (South)--Mooresville Town & Statesville City PUMA, NC, and Kendall County PUMA, IL.

    The workforce of Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group in 2024 was 1,123,151 people, with 31.8% woman, and 68.2% men.

    In 2024, 67.3% of the workforce in the Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group was White (755,361 people), of which 31.1% were women and 68.9% men.

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    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group.

    The workforce in Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group was 1,123,151 people and is concentrated in California (98,297 workers). The average annual salary was $49,730, being $20,148 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    0.946%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 28.9M people employed in the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry. This represents a 0.946% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

    This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Trade, Transportation, and Utilities over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (98.3k), Texas (95.8k), and Florida (83.1k).

    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $49,730, $20,148 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

    The graph shows the position of Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.448
    WAGE GINI

    Building material & supplies dealers has a wage GINI of 0.448, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Building material & supplies dealers (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 Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group.

    Retail salespersons are the most common position with 283,896 workers, but the Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Customer service representatives.

    The highest average salary in Building material & supplies dealers goes to Other Physical Scientists.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (283,896 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (142,493 people), and customer service representatives (92,254 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $53,919
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$1,799
    $40,728
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$1,704

    On average, Male workers in the Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group make 1.32 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Building material & supplies 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 Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group.

    The Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

    California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group.

    Industrial Flow

    The closest comparable data for Building material & supplies dealers is from Retail Trade.

    Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group is Construction.

    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 Building material & supplies dealers is from Retail Trade.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Professional and business services
    2. Transportation and warehousing
    3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

    The Building material & supplies 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 Building material & supplies dealers is from Retail Trade.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Construction
    2. Manufacturing
    3. Transportation and warehousing

    The Construction Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Building material & supplies dealers 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
      5,094
    2. Texas
      3,845
    3. Florida
      3,526

    The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Building material & supplies dealers industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Building material & supplies dealers Industry Group in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 31.8% corresponds to women and 68.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $53,919 and $40,728.

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

    Gender and Age

    356,688
    Women
    31.8%
    766,463
    Men
    68.2%

    The workforce of Building material & supplies dealers industry in 2024 was 1,123,151 people, with 31.8% woman, and 68.2% men.

    The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Building material & supplies dealers industry.

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    Races

    In 2024, 67.3% of the workforce in the Building material & supplies dealers industry was White (755,361 people), of which 31.1% were women and 68.9% 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 Building material & supplies dealers workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (392,880 people), some college (313,518 people), and bachelors degree (180,641 people).

    The chart shows the Building material & supplies dealers workforce by gender and educational level.

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