Hardware stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
224k
2022
Average Employee Age
41.6
2022
Average Salary
$37,715
2022
Average Male Salary
$40,960
2022
Average Female Salary
$31,362
2022

About

The top three occupations in the Hardware stores Industry Group are retail salespersons, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Hardware stores Industry Group work 43.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $48,936. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $15,940.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Hardware stores Industry Group are Cabo Rojo, San Germán & Lajas PUMA, PR, Dillon, Marion and Horry (North) Counties--Loris City PUMA, SC, and Flathead, Glacier & Lincoln Counties--Kalispell City PUMA, MT.

The workforce of Hardware stores Industry Group in 2022 was 224,227 people, with 33.8% woman, and 66.2% men.

In 2022, 80.1% of the workforce in the Hardware stores Industry Group was White (179,500 people), of which 33.7% were women and 66.3% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Hardware stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Hardware stores Industry Group was 224,227 people and is concentrated in California (21,103 workers). The average annual salary was $37,715, being $30,012 less than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

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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.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were California (21.1k), Texas (15.8k), and Florida (12.1k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Hardware stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $37,715, $30,012 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

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Wage Distribution

0.473
WAGE GINI

Hardware stores has a wage GINI of 0.473, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Hardware stores (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 Hardware stores Industry Group.

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 63,607 workers, but the Hardware stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Cashiers.

The highest average salary in Hardware stores goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Hardware stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (63,607 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (38,212 people), and cashiers (29,896 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$40,960
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$3,187
$31,362
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$3,550

On average, Male workers in the Hardware stores Industry Group make 1.31 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Hardware stores Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Hardware 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 Hardware stores Industry Group.

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

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Hardware stores is from Retail Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Hardware stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Hardware 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.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Hardware stores is from Retail Trade.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Transportation and warehousing
  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Hardware 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.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Hardware stores is from Retail Trade.
LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Construction
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Transportation and warehousing

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

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Hardware stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 33.8% corresponds to women and 66.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $40,960 and $31,362.

77.2% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

75,805
Women
33.8%
148,422
Men
66.2%

The workforce of Hardware stores industry in 2022 was 224,227 people, with 33.8% woman, and 66.2% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Hardware stores industry.

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Races

In 2022, 80.1% of the workforce in the Hardware stores industry was White (179,500 people), of which 33.7% were women and 66.3% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Hardware stores workers in 2022 were high school or equivalent (76,488 people), some college (66,554 people), and bachelors degree (30,051 people).

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