Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

136k

2021

Average Employee Age

42.6

2021

Average Salary

$27,288

2021

Average Male Salary

$39,848

2021

Average Female Salary

$22,800

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group are retail salespersons, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group work 42.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $45,688. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,236.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group are Sevier & Jefferson Counties PUMA, TN, Ocean City & Somers Point City PUMA, NJ, and El Mirage City & Sun City PUMA, AZ.

The workforce of Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group in 2021 was 136,419 people, with 73.7% woman, and 26.3% men.

In 2021, 75.1% of the workforce in the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group was White (102,475 people), of which 76% were women and 24% men.

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Retail Trade

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group.

The workforce in Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group was 136,419 people and is concentrated in California (14,339 workers). The average annual salary was $27,288, being $32,307 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 (14.3k), Florida (10.5k), and Texas (9.34k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group had an average annual wage of $27,288, $32,307 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.537

WAGE GINI

Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops has a wage GINI of 0.537, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops (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 Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group.

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 41,304 workers, but the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Cashiers.

The highest average salary in Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (41,304 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (29,894 people), and cashiers (16,756 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$39,848

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$6,983

$22,800

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,322

On average, Male workers in the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group make 1.75 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops 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 Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group.

The Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops 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 New York stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops is from Retail Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops 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 Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops 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 Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
4,688
New York
3,434
Texas
3,156

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 73.7% corresponds to women and 26.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $39,848 and $22,800.

77% of workers have a some college, high school or equivalent or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

100,507

Women

73.7%

35,912

Men

26.3%

The workforce of Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops industry in 2021 was 136,419 people, with 73.7% woman, and 26.3% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops industry.

Races

In 2021, 75.1% of the workforce in the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops industry was White (102,475 people), of which 76% were women and 24% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops workers in 2021 were some college (38,995 people), high school or equivalent (37,482 people), and bachelors degree (28,629 people).

The chart shows the Gift, novelty, & souvenir shops workforce by gender and educational level.