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 $44,187 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    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.

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    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.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2017, Miscellaneous general merchandise stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $25,690, $44,187 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

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

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    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 0.474. 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.

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    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)

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    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.

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    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.

    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.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    The closest comparable data for Miscellaneous general merchandise 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 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.

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    Use of Output by Other Industries

    The closest comparable data for Miscellaneous general merchandise 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 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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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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