Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

424k

2021

Average Employee Age

36.1

2021

Average Salary

$32,717

2021

Average Male Salary

$37,356

2021

Average Female Salary

$26,885

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group are retail salespersons, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group work 42.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $48,753. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,656.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group are Oklahoma City (West) PUMA, OK, Oklahoma City (West Central) PUMA, OK, and East of I-35W & West of US-377 PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group in 2021 was 424,482 people, with 44.3% woman, and 55.7% men.

In 2021, 79.6% of the workforce in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group was White (337,799 people), of which 43.8% were women and 56.2% men.

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Retail Trade

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group was 424,482 people and is concentrated in California (45,434 workers). The average annual salary was $32,717, being $26,879 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

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).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (45.4k), Texas (39.4k), and Florida (23.5k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $32,717, $26,879 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.52

WAGE GINI

Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores has a wage GINI of 0.52, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Sporting goods, and hobby & toy 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 Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 127,907 workers, but the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Cashiers.

The highest average salary in Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (127,907 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (89,620 people), and cashiers (44,506 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$37,356

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,602

$26,885

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,048

On average, Male workers in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group make 1.39 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy 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 Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

The Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores 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 Florida stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores is from Retail Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy 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 Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Sporting goods, and hobby & toy 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 Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
8,302
Florida
5,144
Texas
4,680

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 44.3% corresponds to women and 55.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $37,356 and $26,885.

77.9% of workers have a some college, high school or equivalent or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

188,073

Women

44.3%

236,409

Men

55.7%

The workforce of Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores industry in 2021 was 424,482 people, with 44.3% woman, and 55.7% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores industry.

Races

In 2021, 79.6% of the workforce in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores industry was White (337,799 people), of which 43.8% were women and 56.2% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores workers in 2021 were some college (133,913 people), high school or equivalent (107,435 people), and bachelors degree (89,237 people).

The chart shows the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores workforce by gender and educational level.