Convenience Stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

308k

2022

Average Employee Age

39.3

2022

Average Salary

$31,763

2022

Average Male Salary

$36,812

2022

Average Female Salary

$27,944

2022

About

The top three occupations in the Convenience Stores Industry Group are cashiers, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and customer service representatives. On average, full-time employees in the Convenience Stores Industry Group work 43.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $39,948. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23 hours and earn an average annual salary of $13,913.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Convenience Stores Industry Group are Coastal Bend COG (Central) & Willacy County PUMA, TX, Eastern New Mexico PUMA, NM, and Taney, Barry, Stone & McDonald Counties PUMA, MO.

The workforce of Convenience Stores Industry Group in 2022 was 308,140 people, with 56.9% woman, and 43.1% men.

In 2022, 67.2% of the workforce in the Convenience Stores Industry Group was White (207,202 people), of which 60.5% were women and 39.5% men.

Retail Trade

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Convenience Stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Convenience Stores Industry Group was 308,140 people and is concentrated in Texas (36,738 workers). The average annual salary was $31,763, being $32,920 less than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

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 2022 were Texas (36.7k), Pennsylvania (17.7k), and Florida (17k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Convenience Stores Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Convenience Stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $31,763, $32,920 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

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

Wage Distribution

0.458

WAGE GINI

Convenience Stores has a wage GINI of 0.458, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Convenience 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 Convenience Stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Convenience Stores Industry Group.

Cashiers are the most common position with 122,977 workers, but the Convenience Stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Customer service representatives.

The highest average salary in Convenience Stores goes to Graphic designers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Convenience Stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were cashiers (122,977 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (72,253 people), and customer service representatives (18,204 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$36,812

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,080

$27,944

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,697

On average, Male workers in the Convenience Stores 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 Convenience Stores Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Convenience 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 Convenience Stores Industry Group.

The Convenience 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 Convenience Stores is from Retail Trade.

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Convenience 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 Convenience Stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Convenience Stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 56.9% corresponds to women and 43.1% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $36,812 and $27,944.

78.4% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

175,440

Women

56.9%

132,700

Men

43.1%

The workforce of Convenience Stores industry in 2022 was 308,140 people, with 56.9% woman, and 43.1% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Convenience Stores industry.

Races

In 2022, 67.2% of the workforce in the Convenience Stores industry was White (207,202 people), of which 60.5% were women and 39.5% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Convenience Stores workers in 2022 were high school or equivalent (125,681 people), some college (75,816 people), and secondary education (40,124 people).

The chart shows the Convenience Stores workforce by gender and educational level.

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