Miscellaneous general merchandise stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

607k

2017

Average Employee Age

37.6

2017

Average Salary

$25,690

2017

Average Male Salary

$30,935

2017

Average Female Salary

$21,846

2017

About

The top three occupations in the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group are cashiers, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and stock clerks & order fillers. On average, full-time employees in the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group work 42.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $36,754. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,301.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group are Muskingum, Perry & Morgan Counties PUMA, OH, Richland (Northeast and North Central) & Kershaw Counties PUMA, SC, and Franklin & Vance Counties PUMA, NC.

The workforce of Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group in 2017 was 607,226 people, with 57.7% woman, and 42.3% men.

In 2017, 68.7% of the workforce in the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group was White (416,914 people), of which 58.4% were women and 41.6% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group was 607,226 people and is concentrated in California (74,726 workers). The average annual salary was $25,690, being $38,993 less than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

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.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Trade, Transportation, and Utilities over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2017 were California (74.7k), Texas (49.6k), and Florida (37.1k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2017, Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $25,690, $38,993 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

The graph shows the position of Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.465

WAGE GINI

Miscellaneous general merchandise stores has a wage GINI of 0.465, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Miscellaneous general merchandise stores (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 Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group.

Cashiers are the most common position with 147,988 workers, but the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Stock clerks & order fillers.

The highest average salary in Miscellaneous general merchandise stores goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2017, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were cashiers (147,988 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (133,903 people), and stock clerks & order fillers (71,134 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$30,935

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,738

$21,846

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,056

On average, Male workers in the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group make 1.42 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Miscellaneous general merchandise 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 Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group.

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

Texas and Florida stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Miscellaneous general merchandise stores is from Retail Trade.

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

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Miscellaneous general merchandise stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Miscellaneous general merchandise 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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Miscellaneous general merchandise stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

Texas
8,326
Florida
6,132
New York
5,440

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 57.7% corresponds to women and 42.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $30,935 and $21,846.

79.2% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

350,413

Women

57.7%

256,813

Men

42.3%

The workforce of Miscellaneous general merchandise stores industry in 2017 was 607,226 people, with 57.7% woman, and 42.3% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Miscellaneous general merchandise stores industry.

Races

In 2017, 68.7% of the workforce in the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores industry was White (416,914 people), of which 58.4% were women and 41.6% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores workers in 2017 were high school or equivalent (232,728 people), some college (189,636 people), and secondary education (58,626 people).

The chart shows the Miscellaneous general merchandise stores workforce by gender and educational level.

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