Beer, wine, & liquor stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

153k

2021

Average Employee Age

2021

Average Salary

$39,767

2021

Average Male Salary

$44,519

2021

Average Female Salary

$31,760

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group are retail salespersons, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group work 44 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $50,805. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22 hours and earn an average annual salary of $16,101.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group are Sterling Heights City PUMA, MI, Napa City PUMA, CA, and Windsor Town, Healdsburg & Sonoma Cities PUMA, CA.

The workforce of Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group in 2021 was 153,162 people, with 37.2% woman, and 62.8% men.

In 2021, 71.9% of the workforce in the Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group was White (110,139 people), of which 37.2% were women and 62.8% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group was 153,162 people and is concentrated in California (18,973 workers). The average annual salary was $39,767, being $19,829 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

−2.14%

Year-over-year decline

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 18.3k people employed in the Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores industry. This represents a −2.14% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (19k), Texas (12k), and New York (11.5k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $39,767, $19,829 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.477

WAGE GINI

Beer, wine, & liquor stores has a wage GINI of 0.477, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Beer, wine, & liquor 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 Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group.

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 38,034 workers, but the Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Cashiers.

The highest average salary in Beer, wine, & liquor stores goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (38,034 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (37,530 people), and cashiers (33,722 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$44,519

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$4,022

$31,760

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,599

On average, Male workers in the Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group make 1.4 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Beer, wine, & liquor 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 Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group.

The Beer, wine, & liquor 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 Beer, wine, & liquor stores is from Retail Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Beer, wine, & liquor 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 Beer, wine, & liquor stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Beer, wine, & liquor 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 Beer, wine, & liquor stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Beer, wine, & liquor stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 37.2% corresponds to women and 62.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $44,519 and $31,760.

78.7% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

57,048

Women

37.2%

96,114

Men

62.8%

The workforce of Beer, wine, & liquor stores industry in 2021 was 153,162 people, with 37.2% woman, and 62.8% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Beer, wine, & liquor stores industry.

Races

In 2021, 71.9% of the workforce in the Beer, wine, & liquor stores industry was White (110,139 people), of which 37.2% were women and 62.8% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Beer, wine, & liquor stores workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (44,833 people), some college (41,798 people), and bachelors degree (33,974 people).

The chart shows the Beer, wine, & liquor stores workforce by gender and educational level.