Car washes

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
156k
2021
Average Employee Age
33.9
2021
Estimated Job Growth
3.48%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$28,070
2021
Average Male Salary
$29,268
2021
Average Female Salary
$22,111
2021

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The top three occupations in the Car washes Industry Group are cleaners of vehicles & equipment, firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers, and cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Car washes Industry Group work 43.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $36,812. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $12,065.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Car washes Industry Group are Carr 2 (Noroeste) PUMA, PR, Modesto City (East) PUMA, CA, and Twentynine Palms & Barstow Cities PUMA, CA.

The workforce of Car washes Industry Group in 2021 was 156,113 people, with 16.7% woman, and 83.3% men.

In 2021, 61.8% of the workforce in the Car washes Industry Group was White (96,541 people), of which 17.8% were women and 82.2% men.

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dollarEmployment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Car washes Industry Group.

The workforce in Car washes Industry Group was 156,113 people and is concentrated in California (24,715 workers). The average annual salary was $28,070, being $31,525 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

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3.81%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 5.79M people employed in the Other Services industry. This represents a 3.81% 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 California (24.7k), Texas (17.5k), and Florida (12.5k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Car washes Industry Group had an average annual wage of $28,070, $31,525 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

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Wage Distribution

0.488
WAGE GINI

Car washes has a wage GINI of 0.488, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Car washes (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 Car washes Industry Group.

Cleaners of vehicles & equipment are the most common position with 95,333 workers, but the Car washes Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers and Cashiers.

The highest average salary in Car washes goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Car washes Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were cleaners of vehicles & equipment (95,333 people), firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers (22,510 people), and cashiers (5,503 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$29,268
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$2,904
$22,111
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$3,379

On average, Male workers in the Car washes Industry Group make 1.32 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Car washes Industry Group.

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Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Car washes 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 Car washes Industry Group.

The Car washes 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 Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Car washes Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Car washes is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

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

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.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Car washes is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Car washes 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

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LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Wholesale trade
  3. Educational services, health care, and social assistance

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

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016
  1. California
    41,614
  2. Texas
    25,516
  3. Florida
    21,594

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Car washes industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Demographic information on the Car washes Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 16.7% corresponds to women and 83.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $29,268 and $22,111.

81% of workers have a high school or equivalent, secondary education or some college.

Gender and Age

26,123
Women
16.7%
129,990
Men
83.3%

The workforce of Car washes industry in 2021 was 156,113 people, with 16.7% woman, and 83.3% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Car washes industry.

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Races

In 2021, 61.8% of the workforce in the Car washes industry was White (96,541 people), of which 17.8% were women and 82.2% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Car washes workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (60,420 people), secondary education (33,341 people), and some college (32,725 people).

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timeline-line-chartProjections

Growth projections of the Automotive repair and maintenance industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Automotive repair and maintenance industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 3.48%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (12.1%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Automotive repair and maintenance.
3.48%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
7.66%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Automotive repair and maintenance. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Automotive repair and maintenance.
12.1%
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10-year Projection

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