Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers

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Workforce

98k

2018 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

44.8

Average Salary

$81,207

Average Male Salary

$86,027

Average Female Salary

$65,488

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Input/Output

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The top three occupations in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group are Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers, Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing, Accountants & auditors, and Chief executives & legislators. On average, full-time employees in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group work 47.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $83,255. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.5 hours and earn an average annual salary of $37,667.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group are San Antonio City (Far North) & Timberwood Park PUMA, TX, East of TX-6 & West of Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX (79500US4804636), and North of I-10 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group. Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are the most common position, but the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Miscellaneous plant & system operators, compared to other industries. 

The highest average salary in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

98k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 7.69k

4.11%

1 Year Growth

± 10.8%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 4.11%, , from 94.2k people in 2017 to 98k people in 2018.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Driver/sales workers & truck drivers represent the largest share of positions held in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers at 17.7%, followed by Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers with 10.7% and Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing with 8.91%.

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Most Common

The most common occupations in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group, by number of employees, are Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers, Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing, Accountants & auditors, and Chief executives & legislators.

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Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers employs an unusually high number of Miscellaneous plant & system operators, Transportation service attendants, and Petroleum, mining & geological engineers, including mining safety engineers.

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Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers, by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, General & operations managers, and Geoscientists and hydrologists, except geographers.

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Wages

Average Salary

$81,207

AVERAGE WAGE

± $6,532

On average, employees in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group make $81,207 per year. This number makes Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers the 31 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

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Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

  1. Houston City (Far Northeast) PUMA, TX

  2. North of I-10 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX

  3. Between Loop I-610 & Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX (79500US4804613)

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

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Wage Distribution

0.424

WAGE GINI

Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers has a wage GINI of 0.424, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

  1. San Antonio City (Far North) & Timberwood Park PUMA, TX

  2. East of TX-6 & West of Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX (79500US4804636)

  3. North of I-10 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

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

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $86,027 and $65,488. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

23k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±3.72k

75k

MALE WORKFORCE

±6.72k

76.5% of workers in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

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Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$86,027

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$7,756

$65,488

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$11,246

On average, Male workers in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group make 1.31 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

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Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

  1. White

  2. Two or More Races

  3. Other

On average, White employees in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group earn 1.05 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 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

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Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers 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 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers 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

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Intermediate Inputs

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HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

  1. Professional and business services

  2. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

  3. Transportation and warehousing

The Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers 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

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LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

  1. Manufacturing

  2. Construction

  3. Educational services, health care, and social assistance

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

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