Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers

Industry Group

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Workforce

5.9M

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

43.7

Estimated Job Growth

−1.73%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$93,895

Average Male Salary

$104,071

Average Female Salary

$101,331

About

The top three occupations in the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group are Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing, Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers, Customer service representatives, Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand. On average, full-time employees in the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group work 44.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $98,565. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $32,854.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group are Phoenixville Borough PUMA, PA, Columbus (Far Northwest), Dublin & Hilliard (North) Cities PUMA, OH, and Middlesex County (Southwest) PUMA, NJ. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers .

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group. Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing are the most common position, but the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers goes to Physicians.

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 by Share

5.9M

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 233k

−2.61%

1 Year Growth

± 7.33%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 5.9M people employed in the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −2.61%, , from 239k people in 2019 to 233k people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing represent the largest share of positions held in Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers at 28.4%, followed by Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers with 11.3% and Customer service representatives with 3.82%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group, by number of employees, are Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing, Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers, Customer service representatives, Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers employs an unusually high number of Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing, Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers, and Pharmacy aides.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers , by average wage, are Physicians, Sales engineers, and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Average Salary

$93,895

AVERAGE WAGE

± $4,675

On average, employees in the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group make $93,895 per year. This number makes Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers the 19 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 Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.441

WAGE GINI

Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers has a wage GINI of 0.441, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $104,071 and $101,331. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

108k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±8.06k

125k

MALE WORKFORCE

±8.68k

53.7% of workers in the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$104,071

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$6,942

$101,331

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$6,756

On average, Male workers in the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group make 1.03 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

White
Asian
Two or More Races

On average, White employees in the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group earn 1.07 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 Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers 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 Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers 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 Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Projections

Growth projections of the Wholesale Trade 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 Wholesale Trade industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −1.73%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (29.4%) is higher than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Wholesale Trade.

−1.73%

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 Wholesale Trade. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.