Clothing stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

1.03M

2021

Average Employee Age

34.1

2021

Average Salary

$32,073

2021

Average Male Salary

$43,782

2021

Average Female Salary

$28,107

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Clothing stores Industry Group are retail salespersons, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Clothing stores Industry Group work 42 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $53,097. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $10,916.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Clothing stores Industry Group are Columbus (Far Northeast), Gahanna & New Albany Cities PUMA, OH, Weslaco & Mercedes Cities PUMA, TX, and LA City (Central/Koreatown) PUMA, CA.

The workforce of Clothing stores Industry Group in 2021 was 1,029,187 people, with 74.7% woman, and 25.3% men.

In 2021, 61.2% of the workforce in the Clothing stores Industry Group was White (629,809 people), of which 76.3% were women and 23.7% men.

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Retail Trade

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Clothing stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Clothing stores Industry Group was 1,029,187 people and is concentrated in California (158,104 workers). The average annual salary was $32,073, being $27,523 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 (158k), New York (89.9k), and Texas (86.3k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Clothing stores Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Clothing stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $32,073, $27,523 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Clothing stores Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.562

WAGE GINI

Clothing stores has a wage GINI of 0.562, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Clothing 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 Clothing stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Clothing stores Industry Group.

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 360,246 workers, but the Clothing stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Cashiers.

The highest average salary in Clothing stores goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Clothing stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (360,246 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (214,377 people), and cashiers (105,610 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$43,782

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,076

$28,107

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,131

On average, Male workers in the Clothing stores Industry Group make 1.56 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Clothing stores Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Clothing 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 Clothing stores Industry Group.

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

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Clothing stores is from Retail Trade.

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Clothing 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 Clothing stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Clothing stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 74.7% corresponds to women and 25.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $43,782 and $28,107.

76.5% of workers have a some college, high school or equivalent or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

768,789

Women

74.7%

260,398

Men

25.3%

The workforce of Clothing stores industry in 2021 was 1,029,187 people, with 74.7% woman, and 25.3% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Clothing stores industry.

Races

In 2021, 61.2% of the workforce in the Clothing stores industry was White (629,809 people), of which 76.3% were women and 23.7% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Clothing stores workers in 2021 were some college (310,032 people), high school or equivalent (260,716 people), and bachelors degree (216,227 people).

The chart shows the Clothing stores workforce by gender and educational level.