Pharmacies & drug stores

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Workforce

908k

2018 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

38.5

Average Salary

$48,871

Average Male Salary

$63,800

Average Female Salary

$41,915

About

The top three occupations in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group are Pharmacy technicians, Pharmacists, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Cashiers, and Retail salespersons. On average, full-time employees in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group work 41.7 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $61,326. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $20,970.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group are Bedford, Garfield Heights & Maple Heights Cities PUMA, OH, Carr 3 (Sureste) PUMA, PR, and Wheeling Township (North & East) PUMA, IL. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Pharmacies & drug stores.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group. Pharmacy technicians are the most common position, but the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Pharmacy technicians, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Pharmacies & drug stores goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

908k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 23.3k

-2.15%

1 Year Growth

± 3.69%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group has been declining at a rate of -2.15%, , from 927k people in 2017 to 908k people in 2018.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Pharmacies & drug stores by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Pharmacy technicians represent the largest share of positions held in Pharmacies & drug stores at 28.4%, followed by Pharmacists with 19.6% and Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers with 12.6%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group, by number of employees, are Pharmacy technicians, Pharmacists, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Cashiers, and Retail salespersons.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Pharmacies & drug stores employs an unusually high number of Pharmacy technicians, Pharmacy aides, and Pharmacists.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Pharmacies & drug stores, by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, Sales managers, and Computer & information systems managers.

Wages

Average Salary

$48,871

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,433

On average, employees in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group make $48,871 per year. This number makes Pharmacies & drug stores the 165 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 Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.505

WAGE GINI

Pharmacies & drug stores has a wage GINI of 0.505, which is more than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Pharmacies & drug stores (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 Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group.

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $63,800 and $41,915. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

619k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±19.3k

288k

MALE WORKFORCE

±13.2k

68.2% of workers in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group are Female, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$63,800

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,216

$41,915

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,421

On average, Male workers in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group make 1.52 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
Asian
White

On average, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander employees in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group earn 1.58 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 Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Pharmacies & drug 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 Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Pharmacies & drug 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 Pharmacies & drug stores is from Retail Trade.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Pharmacies & drug stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Pharmacies & drug 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 Pharmacies & drug stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

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