Hardware stores

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Workforce

197k

2017 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

42.6

Estimated Job Growth

N/A%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$30,576

Average Male Salary

$32,753

Average Female Salary

$25,538

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Workforce

Diversity

Input/Output

Projections

About

The top three occupations in the Hardware stores Industry Group are Retail salespersons, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Cashiers, Customer service representatives, and Stock clerks & order fillers. On average, full-time employees in the Hardware stores Industry Group work 42.7 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $40,726. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,404.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Hardware stores Industry Group are Northwest Lower Peninsula (West) PUMA, MI, Levittown PUMA, PA, and Wright County PUMA, MN. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Hardware stores.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Hardware stores Industry Group. Retail salespersons are the most common position, but the Hardware stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Small engine mechanics, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Hardware stores goes to Miscellaneous managers.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

197k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 10.9k

-3.62%

1 Year Growth

± 8.04%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Hardware stores Industry Group has been declining at a rate of -3.62%, , from 204k people in 2016 to 197k people in 2017.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Hardware stores by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Retail salespersons represent the largest share of positions held in Hardware stores at 29.6%, followed by Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers with 17.1% and Cashiers with 12.8%.

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Most Common

The most common occupations in the Hardware stores Industry Group, by number of employees, are Retail salespersons, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Cashiers, Customer service representatives, and Stock clerks & order fillers.

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Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Hardware stores employs an unusually high number of Small engine mechanics, Retail salespersons, and Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers.

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Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Hardware stores, by average wage, are Miscellaneous managers, Marketing & sales managers, and General & operations managers.

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Wages

Average Salary

$30,576

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,903

On average, employees in the Hardware stores Industry Group make $30,576 per year. This number makes Hardware stores the 236 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

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Hardware stores Industry Group.

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Wage Distribution

0.456

WAGE GINI

Hardware stores has a wage GINI of 0.456, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. 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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Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Hardware stores Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Hardware stores Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Hardware stores Industry Group.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Hardware stores Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $32,753 and $25,538. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

59.5k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±5.99k

138k

MALE WORKFORCE

±9.1k

69.8% of workers in the Hardware stores Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Hardware stores Industry Group.

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Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$32,753

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,194

$25,538

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,696

On average, Male workers in the Hardware stores Industry Group make 1.28 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Hardware stores Industry Group.

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Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

American Indian
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
White

On average, American Indian employees in the Hardware stores Industry Group earn 1.94 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 Hardware stores Industry Group.

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Input/Output

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. 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 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 Hardware stores is from Retail Trade.

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Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

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

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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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Projections

Growth projections of the Hardware stores 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 Hardware stores Industry Group has a lower projected workforce growth at N/A%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (N/A%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.6%).