Book stores & news dealers

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

91k

2022

Average Employee Age

37.4

2022

Average Salary

$30,908

2022

Average Male Salary

$39,698

2022

Average Female Salary

$25,289

2022

About

The top three occupations in the Book stores & news dealers Industry Group are retail salespersons, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Book stores & news dealers Industry Group work 42 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $50,561. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,310.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Book stores & news dealers Industry Group are St. Joseph County (North)--South Bend City PUMA, IN, Ocean County (Northwest) PUMA, NJ, and Wake County (Northeast)--Raleigh City (Northeast), Wake Forest & Rolesville Towns PUMA, NC.

The workforce of Book stores & news dealers Industry Group in 2022 was 90,994 people, with 61% woman, and 39% men.

In 2022, 72.9% of the workforce in the Book stores & news dealers Industry Group was White (66,298 people), of which 61.4% were women and 38.6% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Book stores & news dealers Industry Group.

The workforce in Book stores & news dealers Industry Group was 90,994 people and is concentrated in California (9,377 workers). The average annual salary was $30,908, being $33,775 less than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

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 2022 were California (9.38k), Texas (7.44k), and New York (5.94k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Book stores & news dealers Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Book stores & news dealers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $30,908, $33,775 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

The graph shows the position of Book stores & news dealers Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.543

WAGE GINI

Book stores & news dealers has a wage GINI of 0.543, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Book stores & news 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 Book stores & news dealers Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Book stores & news dealers Industry Group.

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 30,437 workers, but the Book stores & news dealers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Cashiers.

The highest average salary in Book stores & news dealers goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Book stores & news dealers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (30,437 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (18,305 people), and cashiers (9,692 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$39,698

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$8,359

$25,289

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,213

On average, Male workers in the Book stores & news dealers Industry Group make 1.57 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Book stores & news dealers Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Book stores & news 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 Book stores & news dealers Industry Group.

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

New York and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Book stores & news dealers Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Book stores & news dealers is from Retail Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Book stores & news dealers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Book stores & news 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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Book stores & news dealers is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Book stores & news 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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Book stores & news dealers is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

New York
1,546
California
1,468
Texas
974

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Book stores & news dealers industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Book stores & news dealers Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 61% corresponds to women and 39% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $39,698 and $25,289.

77.1% of workers have a some college, bachelors degree or high school or equivalent.

Gender and Age

55,509

Women

61%

35,485

Men

39%

The workforce of Book stores & news dealers industry in 2022 was 90,994 people, with 61% woman, and 39% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Book stores & news dealers industry.

Races

In 2022, 72.9% of the workforce in the Book stores & news dealers industry was White (66,298 people), of which 61.4% were women and 38.6% 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 Book stores & news dealers workers in 2022 were some college (28,281 people), bachelors degree (25,661 people), and high school or equivalent (16,201 people).

The chart shows the Book stores & news dealers workforce by gender and educational level.

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