Furniture & related product manufacturing

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Workforce

389k

2016 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

43.1

Estimated Job Growth

-0.2%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$43,045

Average Male Salary

$45,155

Average Female Salary

$36,976

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The top three occupations in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group are Miscellaneous assemblers & fabricators, Cabinetmakers & bench carpenters, Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand. On average, full-time employees in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group work 43.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $45,025. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $17,842.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group are Caldwell & Alexander Counties PUMA, NC, Lee, Pontotoc & Union CountiesTupelo City PUMA, MS, and Dubois, Knox, Spencer, Perry, Pike & Crawford Counties PUMA, IN. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Furniture & related product manufacturing.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group. Miscellaneous assemblers & fabricators are the most common position, but the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Cabinetmakers & bench carpenters, compared to other industries. 

The highest average salary in Furniture & related product manufacturing goes to Chief executives & legislators.

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Occupations by Share

389k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 424k

2.6%

1 Year Growth

± 5.22%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 389k people employed in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group in 2016.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 2.6%, , from 413k people in 2016 to 424k people in 2017.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Furniture & related product manufacturing by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Miscellaneous assemblers & fabricators represent the largest share of positions held in Furniture & related product manufacturing at 10.9%, followed by Cabinetmakers & bench carpenters with 8.97% and Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors with 7.74%.

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Most Common

The most common occupations in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group, by number of employees, are Miscellaneous assemblers & fabricators, Cabinetmakers & bench carpenters, Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand.

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Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Furniture & related product manufacturing employs an unusually high number of Cabinetmakers & bench carpenters, Woodworking machine setters, operators, & tenders, except sawing, and Furniture finishers.

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Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Furniture & related product manufacturing, by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, Architectural & engineering managers, and Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers.

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Wages

Average Salary

$43,045

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,522

On average, employees in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group make $43,045 per year. This number makes Furniture & related product manufacturing the 182 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 266 Industry Groups.

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Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

  1. Dubuque City PUMA, IA

  2. Bell County (North, East & South)Temple & Belton Cities PUMA, TX

  3. Hillsborough County (Western) PUMA, NH

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group.

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Wage Distribution

0.366

WAGE GINI

Furniture & related product manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.366, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Furniture & related product manufacturing (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

  1. Caldwell & Alexander Counties PUMA, NC

  2. Lee, Pontotoc & Union CountiesTupelo City PUMA, MS

  3. Dubois, Knox, Spencer, Perry, Pike & Crawford Counties PUMA, IN

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $45,155 and $36,976. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

109k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±8.12k

315k

MALE WORKFORCE

±13.8k

74.2% of workers in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group.

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Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$45,155

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,908

$36,976

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,101

On average, Male workers in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group make 1.22 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group.

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Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

  1. Asian

  2. White

  3. American Indian

On average, Asian employees in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group earn 1.19 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 Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group.

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Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Furniture & related product manufacturing 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. Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group is Manufacturing.

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 Furniture & related product manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

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Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

  1. Manufacturing

  2. Professional and business services

  3. Wholesale trade

The Furniture & related product manufacturing 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

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 Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Projections

Growth projections of the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 8.13% in the next ten years. The Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group has a lower projected workforce growth at -0.2%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (1.7%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.6%).

Job Growth

-0.2%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

8.13%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group, which is lower than the national average of 8.13%.

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Output Growth

1.7%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

24.6%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group, which is lower than the national average of 24.6%

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