Fiber, yarn, & thread mills

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
12.2k
2023
Average Employee Age
45.2
2023
Average Salary
$50,807
2023
Average Male Salary
$51,894
2023
Average Female Salary
$49,236
2023

About

The top three occupations in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group are sewing machine operators, textile machine setters, operators, and tenders, and firstline supervisors of production & operating workers. On average, full-time employees in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group work 42.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $51,037. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23 hours and earn an average annual salary of $46,910.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group are Northwest Georgia Regional Commission (North Central)--Whitfield County PUMA, GA, Rockingham & Stokes Counties PUMA, NC, and Davie, Yadkin & Iredell (North) Counties PUMA, NC.

The workforce of Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group in 2023 was 12,176 people, with 40.9% woman, and 59.1% men.

In 2023, 65.1% of the workforce in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group was White (7,930 people), of which 40.6% were women and 59.4% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group.

The workforce in Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group was 12,176 people and is concentrated in North Carolina (4,110 workers). The average annual salary was $50,807, being $16,920 less than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

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−6.73%
Year-over-year decline
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.7k people employed in the Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills industry. This represents a −6.73% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were North Carolina (4.11k), Georgia (2.28k), and South Carolina (806).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group had an average annual wage of $50,807, $16,920 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

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Wage Distribution

0.383
WAGE GINI

Fiber, yarn, & thread mills has a wage GINI of 0.383, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Fiber, yarn, & thread mills (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group.

Sewing machine operators are the most common position with 1,932 workers, but the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders and Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers.

The highest average salary in Fiber, yarn, & thread mills goes to Sales managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were sewing machine operators (1,932 people), textile machine setters, operators, and tenders (1,490 people), and firstline supervisors of production & operating workers (947 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$51,894
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$15,742
$49,236
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$25,632

On average, Male workers in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group make 1.05 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills 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 Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group.

The Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

North Carolina and Georgia stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Fiber, yarn, & thread mills is from Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills 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 Fiber, yarn, & thread mills is from Manufacturing.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Manufacturing
  2. Wholesale trade
  3. Mining

The Fiber, yarn, & thread mills 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 Fiber, yarn, & thread mills is from Manufacturing.
LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Manufacturing
  2. Construction
  3. Educational services, health care, and social assistance

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022
  1. North Carolina
    65
  2. Georgia
    34
  3. South Carolina
    17

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 40.9% corresponds to women and 59.1% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $51,894 and $49,236.

74.3% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

4,978
Women
40.9%
7,198
Men
59.1%

The workforce of Fiber, yarn, & thread mills industry in 2023 was 12,176 people, with 40.9% woman, and 59.1% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Fiber, yarn, & thread mills industry.

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Races

In 2023, 65.1% of the workforce in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills industry was White (7,930 people), of which 40.6% were women and 59.4% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills workers in 2023 were high school or equivalent (5,202 people), some college (2,307 people), and secondary education (1,532 people).

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