Convenience Stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
316k
2021
Average Employee Age
39
2021
Average Salary
$29,137
2021
Average Male Salary
$34,400
2021
Average Female Salary
$25,249
2021

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The top three occupations in the Convenience Stores Industry Group are cashiers, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and customer service representatives. On average, full-time employees in the Convenience Stores Industry Group work 43.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $37,347. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $12,545.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Convenience Stores Industry Group are Coastal Bend COG (Southeast) & Willacy County PUMA, TX, Enid City PUMA, OK, and Lakota Region PUMA, SD.

The workforce of Convenience Stores Industry Group in 2021 was 315,500 people, with 57.5% woman, and 42.5% men.

In 2021, 68.9% of the workforce in the Convenience Stores Industry Group was White (217,453 people), of which 61.1% were women and 38.9% men.

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

The workforce in Convenience Stores Industry Group was 315,500 people and is concentrated in Texas (34,683 workers). The average annual salary was $29,137, being $30,459 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

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.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were Texas (34.7k), California (18.4k), and Florida (18.2k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Convenience Stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $29,137, $30,459 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

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Wage Distribution

0.461
WAGE GINI

Convenience Stores has a wage GINI of 0.461, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Convenience Stores (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 Convenience Stores Industry Group.

Cashiers are the most common position with 117,649 workers, but the Convenience Stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Customer service representatives.

The highest average salary in Convenience Stores goes to Real estate brokers & sales agents.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Convenience Stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were cashiers (117,649 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (70,122 people), and customer service representatives (17,757 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$34,400
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$2,880
$25,249
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$1,524

On average, Male workers in the Convenience Stores Industry Group make 1.36 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Convenience Stores Industry Group.

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

The Convenience 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 Convenience Stores is from Retail Trade.

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

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Intermediate Inputs

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

The Convenience 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.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

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

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

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

Of the total workforce, 57.5% corresponds to women and 42.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $34,400 and $25,249.

78.6% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

181,449
Women
57.5%
134,051
Men
42.5%

The workforce of Convenience Stores industry in 2021 was 315,500 people, with 57.5% woman, and 42.5% men.

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

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Races

In 2021, 68.9% of the workforce in the Convenience Stores industry was White (217,453 people), of which 61.1% were women and 38.9% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Convenience Stores workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (125,501 people), some college (81,714 people), and secondary education (40,686 people).

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