Department stores

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Workforce

476k

2019 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

39.7

Average Salary

$27,926

Average Male Salary

$33,197

Average Female Salary

$25,803

About

The top three occupations in the Department stores Industry Group are Retail salespersons, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Cashiers, Stockers and order fillers, and Customer service representatives. On average, full-time employees in the Department stores Industry Group work 40.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $41,112. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22 hours and earn an average annual salary of $13,173.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Department stores Industry Group are Washington & Ozaukee Counties PUMA, WI, Hunts Point, Longwood & Melrose PUMA, NY, and Middletown, Oxford & Trenton Cities PUMA, OH. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Department stores.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Department stores Industry Group. Retail salespersons are the most common position, but the Department stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other personal appearance workers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Department stores goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

9.62%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 27.4M people employed in the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry. This represents a 9.62% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Trade, Transportation, and Utilities over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Occupations

Occupations by Share

476k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 16.9k

−52.1%

1 Year Growth

± 9%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Department stores Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −52.1%, , from 994k people in 2018 to 476k people in 2019.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Department stores by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Retail salespersons represent the largest share of positions held in Department stores at 32.5%, followed by Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers with 14.1% and Cashiers with 12.5%.

Wages

Average Salary

$27,926

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,355

On average, employees in the Department stores Industry Group make $27,926 per year. This number makes Department stores the 253 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

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 Department stores Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.497

WAGE GINI

Department stores has a wage GINI of 0.497, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Department stores (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Department stores Industry Group.

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Department stores Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $33,197 and $25,803. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

340k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±14.3k

137k

MALE WORKFORCE

±9.08k

71.3% of workers in the Department stores Industry Group are Female, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Department stores Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$33,197

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,837

$25,803

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,510

On average, Male workers in the Department stores Industry Group make 1.29 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Department stores Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
Asian
White

On average, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander employees in the Department stores Industry Group earn 1.46 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 Department stores Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Department 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. Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Department stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Department stores Industry Group is Construction.

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 Department stores is from Retail Trade.

Intermediate Inputs

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Department 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 Department stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

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