Clothing stores

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    1.03M
    2022
    Average Employee Age
    34.2
    2022
    Average Salary
    $34,383
    2022
    Average Male Salary
    $46,795
    2022
    Average Female Salary
    $30,103
    2022

    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 41.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $56,827. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,797.

    The workforce of Clothing stores Industry Group in 2022 was 1,032,306 people, with 74.4% woman, and 25.6% men.

    In 2022, 58.2% of the workforce in the Clothing stores Industry Group was White (601,203 people), of which 76% were women and 24% men.

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    Employment & Salaries

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

    The workforce in Clothing stores Industry Group was 1,032,306 people and is concentrated in California (155,932 workers). The average annual salary was $34,383, being $35,495 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    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).

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were California (156k), Texas (87.6k), and New York (86.8k).

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

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2022, Clothing stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $34,383, $35,495 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

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

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    Wage Distribution

    0.564
    WAGE GINI

    Clothing stores has a wage GINI of 0.564, which is more than than the national average of 0.474. 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.

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    Occupations

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

    Retail salespersons are the most common position with 353,393 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 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (353,393 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (207,472 people), and cashiers (112,633 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $46,795
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$3,191
    $30,103
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$1,220

    On average, Male workers in the Clothing stores Industry Group make 1.55 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.

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    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.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    The closest comparable data for Clothing stores is from Retail Trade.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Professional and business services
    2. Transportation and warehousing
    3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

    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.

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    Use of Output by Other Industries

    The closest comparable data for Clothing stores is from Retail Trade.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Construction
    2. Manufacturing
    3. Transportation and warehousing

    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.

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    Diversity

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

    Of the total workforce, 74.4% corresponds to women and 25.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $46,795 and $30,103.

    76.2% of workers have a some college, high school or equivalent or bachelors degree.

    Gender and Age

    767,635
    Women
    74.4%
    264,671
    Men
    25.6%

    The workforce of Clothing stores industry in 2022 was 1,032,306 people, with 74.4% woman, and 25.6% men.

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

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    Races

    In 2022, 58.2% of the workforce in the Clothing stores industry was White (601,203 people), of which 76% were women and 24% men.

    Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Clothing stores workers in 2022 were some college (301,126 people), high school or equivalent (269,046 people), and bachelors degree (216,007 people).

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