Pharmacies & drug stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

925k

2022

Average Employee Age

38.6

2022

Average Salary

$57,730

2022

Average Male Salary

$73,167

2022

Average Female Salary

$50,065

2022

About

The top three occupations in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group are pharmacy technicians, pharmacists, and firstline supervisors of retail sales workers. On average, full-time employees in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group work 41.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $72,016. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $24,464.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group are Guayama, Salinas & Patillas PUMA, PR, Orange County (Central)--Orlando City (West Downtown) & Pine Hills (Southeast) PUMA, FL, and San Sebastián, Utuado & Lares PUMA, PR.

The workforce of Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group in 2022 was 924,888 people, with 66.8% woman, and 33.2% men.

In 2022, 64% of the workforce in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group was White (592,000 people), of which 67.4% were women and 32.6% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group was 924,888 people and is concentrated in California (82,507 workers). The average annual salary was $57,730, being $6,953 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 2022 were California (82.5k), Florida (67.8k), and Texas (67.6k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $57,730, $6,953 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

The graph shows the position of Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.502

WAGE GINI

Pharmacies & drug stores has a wage GINI of 0.502, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. 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).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group.

Pharmacy technicians are the most common position with 269,712 workers, but the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Pharmacists and Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers.

The highest average salary in Pharmacies & drug stores goes to Market research analysts & marketing specialists.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were pharmacy technicians (269,712 people), pharmacists (186,338 people), and firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (101,992 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$73,167

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,572

$50,065

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,728

On average, Male workers in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group make 1.46 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group.

Business

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.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group.

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.

Industrial Flow

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

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 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 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.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 66.8% corresponds to women and 33.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $73,167 and $50,065.

67.7% of workers have a some college, high school or equivalent or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

618,035

Women

66.8%

306,853

Men

33.2%

The workforce of Pharmacies & drug stores industry in 2022 was 924,888 people, with 66.8% woman, and 33.2% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Pharmacies & drug stores industry.

Races

In 2022, 64% of the workforce in the Pharmacies & drug stores industry was White (592,000 people), of which 67.4% were women and 32.6% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Pharmacies & drug stores workers in 2022 were some college (231,683 people), high school or equivalent (204,479 people), and bachelors degree (189,851 people).

The chart shows the Pharmacies & drug stores workforce by gender and educational level.

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