Department stores & discount stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

2.29M

2017

Average Employee Age

38.5

2017

Average Salary

$25,151

2017

Average Male Salary

$28,605

2017

Average Female Salary

$22,873

2017

About

The top three occupations in the Department stores & discount stores Industry Group are retail salespersons, stock clerks & order fillers, and cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Department stores & discount stores Industry Group work 41 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $34,884. Part-time employees in the same industry work 24.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,479.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Department stores & discount stores Industry Group are Benton County (Central)--Bentonville & Rogers Cities PUMA, AR, Taney, Barry, Stone & McDonald Counties PUMA, MO, and Tooele & Box Elder Counties PUMA, UT.

The workforce of Department stores & discount stores Industry Group in 2017 was 2,288,219 people, with 60.2% woman, and 39.8% men.

In 2017, 68.7% of the workforce in the Department stores & discount stores Industry Group was White (1,572,873 people), of which 59.9% were women and 40.1% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Department stores & discount stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Department stores & discount stores Industry Group was 2,288,219 people and is concentrated in Texas (214,100 workers). The average annual salary was $25,151, being $39,532 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 2017 were Texas (214k), California (206k), and Florida (163k).

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

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2017, Department stores & discount stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $25,151, $39,532 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

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

Wage Distribution

0.456

WAGE GINI

Department stores & discount stores has a wage GINI of 0.456, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Department stores & discount 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 Department stores & discount stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Department stores & discount stores Industry Group.

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 474,974 workers, but the Department stores & discount stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Stock clerks & order fillers and Cashiers.

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

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Department stores & discount stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2017, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (474,974 people), stock clerks & order fillers (382,986 people), and cashiers (362,378 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$28,605

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$952

$22,873

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$571

On average, Male workers in the Department stores & discount stores Industry Group make 1.25 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Department stores & discount stores Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Department stores & discount 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 Department stores & discount stores Industry Group.

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

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Department stores & discount stores Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

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

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Department stores & discount 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 & discount stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
1,724
Texas
1,036
Florida
920

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Department stores & discount stores industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Department stores & discount stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 60.2% corresponds to women and 39.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $28,605 and $22,873.

78.8% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

1,378,632

Women

60.2%

909,587

Men

39.8%

The workforce of Department stores & discount stores industry in 2017 was 2,288,219 people, with 60.2% woman, and 39.8% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Department stores & discount stores industry.

Races

In 2017, 68.7% of the workforce in the Department stores & discount stores industry was White (1,572,873 people), of which 59.9% were women and 40.1% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Department stores & discount stores workers in 2017 were high school or equivalent (859,429 people), some college (681,542 people), and bachelors degree (262,287 people).

The chart shows the Department stores & discount stores workforce by gender and educational level.

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