Pharmacies & drug stores

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    926k
    2022
    Average Employee Age
    38.6
    2022
    Average Salary
    $57,731
    2022
    Average Male Salary
    $73,140
    2022
    Average Female Salary
    $50,079
    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 $72,010. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $24,486.

    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 926,147 people, with 66.8% woman, and 33.2% men.

    In 2022, 64% of the workforce in the Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group was White (593,116 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 926,147 people and is concentrated in California (82,507 workers). The average annual salary was $57,731, being $12,147 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    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 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.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2022, Pharmacies & drug stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $57,731, $12,147 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

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

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    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 0.474. 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.

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    Occupations

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

    Pharmacy technicians are the most common position with 270,005 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 (270,005 people), pharmacists (186,625 people), and firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (102,059 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $73,140
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$3,568
    $50,079
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$1,727

    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.

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    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.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    The closest comparable data for Pharmacies & drug 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 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.

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    Use of Output by Other Industries

    The closest comparable data for Pharmacies & drug 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 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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    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 $73,140 and $50,079.

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

    Gender and Age

    618,842
    Women
    66.8%
    307,305
    Men
    33.2%

    The workforce of Pharmacies & drug stores industry in 2022 was 926,147 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.

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    Races

    In 2022, 64% of the workforce in the Pharmacies & drug stores industry was White (593,116 people), of which 67.4% were women and 32.6% men.

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

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Pharmacies & drug stores workers in 2022 were some college (232,028 people), high school or equivalent (204,899 people), and bachelors degree (189,957 people).

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