Fiber, yarn, & thread mills

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

12.7k

2022

Average Employee Age

46.1

2022

Average Salary

$49,512

2022

Average Male Salary

$52,654

2022

Average Female Salary

$45,159

2022

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 43 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $49,620. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $46,977.

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 Randolph County PUMA, NC.

The workforce of Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group in 2022 was 12,746 people, with 41.9% woman, and 58.1% men.

In 2022, 65.9% of the workforce in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group was White (8,401 people), of which 40.7% were women and 59.3% 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 12,746 people and is concentrated in North Carolina (4,864 workers). The average annual salary was $49,512, being $15,171 less than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

−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.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were North Carolina (4.86k), Georgia (2.32k), and South Carolina (904).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group had an average annual wage of $49,512, $15,171 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

The graph shows the position of Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.392

WAGE GINI

Fiber, yarn, & thread mills has a wage GINI of 0.392, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. 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).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

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

Sewing machine operators are the most common position with 2,337 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 Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were sewing machine operators (2,337 people), textile machine setters, operators, and tenders (1,462 people), and firstline supervisors of production & operating workers (938 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$52,654

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$16,485

$45,159

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$21,789

On average, Male workers in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group make 1.17 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.

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.

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.

Intermediate Inputs

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

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

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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.

Diversity

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

Of the total workforce, 41.9% corresponds to women and 58.1% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $52,654 and $45,159.

74.4% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

5,344

Women

41.9%

7,402

Men

58.1%

The workforce of Fiber, yarn, & thread mills industry in 2022 was 12,746 people, with 41.9% woman, and 58.1% men.

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

Races

In 2022, 65.9% of the workforce in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills industry was White (8,401 people), of which 40.7% were women and 59.3% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills workers in 2022 were high school or equivalent (5,373 people), some college (2,356 people), and secondary education (1,748 people).

The chart shows the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills workforce by gender and educational level.

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