Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
44.6k
2021
Average Employee Age
45.2
2021
Estimated Job Growth
−5.22%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$61,159
2021
Average Male Salary
$66,395
2021
Average Female Salary
$48,074
2021

About

The top three occupations in the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group are miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters, other assemblers and fabricators, and firstline supervisors of production & operating workers. On average, full-time employees in the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group work 43.7 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $64,297. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $22,859.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group are Cattaraugus & Allegany Counties PUMA, NY, Woodburn & Silverton Cities PUMA, OR, and Crawford & Warren Counties PUMA, PA.

The workforce of Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group in 2021 was 44,558 people, with 28.6% woman, and 71.4% men.

In 2021, 75.2% of the workforce in the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group was White (33,488 people), of which 27.1% were women and 72.9% men.

dollarEmployment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group.

The workforce in Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group was 44,558 people and is concentrated in Ohio (3,537 workers). The average annual salary was $61,159, being $1,564 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

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Y-Axis
1.98%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 12.9M people employed in the Manufacturing industry. This represents a 1.98% 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 Ohio (3.54k), Wisconsin (3.38k), and Illinois (3.18k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $61,159, $1,564 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

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Wage Distribution

0.407
WAGE GINI

Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.407, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing (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 Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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A review of jobs and wages in the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group.

Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters are the most common position with 3,247 workers, but the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other assemblers and fabricators and Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers.

The highest average salary in Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing goes to Human resources managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters (3,247 people), other assemblers and fabricators (2,431 people), and firstline supervisors of production & operating workers (2,419 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$66,395
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$9,337
$48,074
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$10,167

On average, Male workers in the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group make 1.38 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group.

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Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Cutlery & hand tool 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.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group.

The Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

California and Michigan stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group is Manufacturing.

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 Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

The Cutlery & hand tool 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

The closest comparable data for Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing 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. 310
  2. 176
  3. 162

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Demographic information on the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 28.6% corresponds to women and 71.4% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $66,395 and $48,074.

74.5% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

12,734
Women
28.6%
31,824
Men
71.4%

The workforce of Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing industry in 2021 was 44,558 people, with 28.6% woman, and 71.4% men.

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Races

In 2021, 75.2% of the workforce in the Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing industry was White (33,488 people), of which 27.1% were women and 72.9% 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 Cutlery & hand tool manufacturing workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (15,793 people), some college (9,219 people), and bachelors degree (8,205 people).

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timeline-line-chartProjections

Growth projections of the Cutlery and handtool manufacturing 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 Cutlery and handtool manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −5.22%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (0.901%) 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 Cutlery and handtool manufacturing.
−5.22%
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 Cutlery and handtool manufacturing. 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 Cutlery and handtool manufacturing.
0.901%
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10-year Projection

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