Grocery Stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

2.99M

2017

Average Employee Age

37.1

2017

Average Salary

$25,453

2017

Average Male Salary

$28,963

2017

Average Female Salary

$21,786

2017

About

The top three occupations in the Grocery Stores Industry Group are cashiers, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and stock clerks & order fillers. On average, full-time employees in the Grocery Stores Industry Group work 42.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $36,443. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $10,539.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Grocery Stores Industry Group are Polk County (Northwest) PUMA, FL, NYC-Bronx Community District 4--Highbridge & Concourse PUMA, NY, and Southern Iowa PUMA, IA.

The workforce of Grocery Stores Industry Group in 2017 was 2,993,519 people, with 48.9% woman, and 51.1% men.

In 2017, 73.8% of the workforce in the Grocery Stores Industry Group was White (2,210,085 people), of which 49.8% were women and 50.2% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Grocery Stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Grocery Stores Industry Group was 2,993,519 people and is concentrated in California (321,568 workers). The average annual salary was $25,453, being $39,230 less than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

1.81%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.43M people employed in the Grocery Stores industry. This represents a 1.81% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Grocery Stores over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2017 were California (322k), Texas (244k), and Florida (223k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Grocery Stores Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2017, Grocery Stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $25,453, $39,230 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

The graph shows the position of Grocery Stores Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.472

WAGE GINI

Grocery Stores has a wage GINI of 0.472, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Grocery Stores (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 Grocery Stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Grocery Stores Industry Group.

Cashiers are the most common position with 780,883 workers, but the Grocery Stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Stock clerks & order fillers.

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

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Grocery Stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2017, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were cashiers (780,883 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (491,122 people), and stock clerks & order fillers (360,396 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$28,963

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$698

$21,786

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$509

On average, Male workers in the Grocery Stores Industry Group make 1.33 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Grocery Stores Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Grocery Stores 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 Grocery Stores Industry Group.

The Grocery Stores 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 Grocery Stores is from Retail Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Grocery Stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Grocery Stores 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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Grocery Stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Grocery Stores 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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Grocery Stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Grocery Stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 48.9% corresponds to women and 51.1% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $28,963 and $21,786.

79.2% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

1,464,125

Women

48.9%

1,529,394

Men

51.1%

The workforce of Grocery Stores industry in 2017 was 2,993,519 people, with 48.9% woman, and 51.1% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Grocery Stores industry.

Races

In 2017, 73.8% of the workforce in the Grocery Stores industry was White (2,210,085 people), of which 49.8% were women and 50.2% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Grocery Stores workers in 2017 were high school or equivalent (1,124,565 people), some college (843,182 people), and secondary education (404,603 people).

The chart shows the Grocery Stores workforce by gender and educational level.

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