Aircraft & parts manufacturing

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Workforce

489k

2016 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

45.8

Estimated Job Growth

-0.2%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$86,452

Average Male Salary

$90,045

Average Female Salary

$74,360

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Diversity

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About

The top three occupations in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group are Aerospace engineers, Miscellaneous managers, Miscellaneous assemblers & fabricators, Aircraft mechanics & service technicians, and Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, & weighers. On average, full-time employees in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group work 44.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $87,883. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $35,304.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group are Wichita (South) & Derby Cities PUMA, KS, Marysville & Arlington Cities PUMA, WA, and Mukilteo & Everett (Southwest) Cities PUMA, WA. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Aircraft & parts manufacturing.

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Manufacturing

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group. Aerospace engineers are the most common position, but the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, & systems assemblers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Aircraft & parts manufacturing goes to Public relations specialists.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

489k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 684k

4.2%

1 Year Growth

± 4.06%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 489k people employed in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group in 2016.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 4.2%, , from 657k people in 2016 to 684k people in 2017.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Aircraft & parts manufacturing by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Aerospace engineers represent the largest share of positions held in Aircraft & parts manufacturing at 14.9%, followed by Miscellaneous managers with 6.81% and Miscellaneous assemblers & fabricators with 5.79%.

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Most Common

The most common occupations in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group, by number of employees, are Aerospace engineers, Miscellaneous managers, Miscellaneous assemblers & fabricators, Aircraft mechanics & service technicians, and Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, & weighers.

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Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Aircraft & parts manufacturing employs an unusually high number of Aircraft structure, surfaces, rigging, & systems assemblers, Aerospace engineers, and Aircraft mechanics & service technicians.

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Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Aircraft & parts manufacturing, by average wage, are Public relations specialists, Chief executives & legislators, and Other Physical Scientists.

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Wages

Average Salary

$86,452

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,894

On average, employees in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group make $86,452 per year. This number makes Aircraft & parts manufacturing the 23 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 266 Industry Groups.

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Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

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Wage Distribution

0.339

WAGE GINI

Aircraft & parts manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.339, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Aircraft & parts manufacturing (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $90,045 and $74,360. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

157k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±9.71k

528k

MALE WORKFORCE

±17.8k

77.1% of workers in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

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Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$90,045

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,200

$74,360

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,579

On average, Male workers in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group make 1.21 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

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Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

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Asian
Two or More Races

On average, White employees in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group earn 1.05 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group.

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Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Aircraft & parts manufacturing 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. Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group is Manufacturing.

In this visualization, click on a category to expand or collapse it. 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Aircraft & parts manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

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Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Projections

Growth projections of the Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 8.13% in the next ten years. The Aircraft & parts manufacturing Industry Group has a lower projected workforce growth at -0.2%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (2.3%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.6%).