Miscellaneous paper & pulp products

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Workforce

272k

2018 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

45.8

Estimated Job Growth

-0.9%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$63,609

Average Male Salary

$71,539

Average Female Salary

$48,896

About

The top three occupations in the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group are Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, Other managers, Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, and Industrial & refractory machinery mechanics. On average, full-time employees in the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group work 43.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $65,478. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $19,173.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group are Outagamie County PUMA, WI, Woodbury & Cottage Grove Cities PUMA, MN, and Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville & Sibley Counties PUMA, MN. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Miscellaneous paper & pulp products.

Manufacturing Manufacturing

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group. Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors are the most common position, but the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Paper goods machine setters, operators, & tenders, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Miscellaneous paper & pulp products goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

272k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 95.5k

0.866%

1 Year Growth

± 11.2%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 272k people employed in the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group in 2018.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 0.866%, , from 94.7k people in 2017 to 95.5k people in 2018.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Miscellaneous paper & pulp products by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors represent the largest share of positions held in Miscellaneous paper & pulp products at 23.1%, followed by Other managers with 5.67% and Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers with 4.36%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group, by number of employees, are Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, Other managers, Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, and Industrial & refractory machinery mechanics.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Miscellaneous paper & pulp products employs an unusually high number of Paper goods machine setters, operators, & tenders, Extruding, forming, pressing, & compacting machine setters, operators, & tenders, and Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Miscellaneous paper & pulp products, by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, General & operations managers, and Project management specialists.

Wages

Average Salary

$63,609

AVERAGE WAGE

± $4,906

On average, employees in the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group make $63,609 per year. This number makes Miscellaneous paper & pulp products the 77 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

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 Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.389

WAGE GINI

Miscellaneous paper & pulp products has a wage GINI of 0.389, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Miscellaneous paper & pulp products (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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 Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $71,539 and $48,896. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

33.5k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±4.49k

62.1k

MALE WORKFORCE

±6.12k

65% of workers in the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$71,539

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$7,012

$48,896

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$4,580

On average, Male workers in the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group make 1.46 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Asian
White
Two or More Races

On average, Asian employees in the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group earn 1.23 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 Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products 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 Miscellaneous paper & pulp products Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Miscellaneous paper & pulp products 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 Miscellaneous paper & pulp products is from Manufacturing.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Miscellaneous paper & pulp products is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Miscellaneous paper & pulp products 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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Miscellaneous paper & pulp products is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Projections

Growth projections of the converted paper product manufacturing industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 6.89% in the next ten years. The converted paper product manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at -0.9%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (0.3%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (22.9%).