Recyclable material merchant wholesalers

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

81.7k

2021

Average Employee Age

44.1

2021

Average Salary

$50,312

2021

Average Male Salary

$51,754

2021

Average Female Salary

$43,028

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group are laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers, and driver/sales workers & truck drivers. On average, full-time employees in the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group work 44.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $53,742. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $23,545.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group are New Castle City PUMA, PA, Calhoun County PUMA, AL, and Muskogee, Okmulgee, Wagoner (East) & McIntosh Counties PUMA, OK.

The workforce of Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group in 2021 was 81,670 people, with 16.5% woman, and 83.5% men.

In 2021, 74.9% of the workforce in the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group was White (61,156 people), of which 16.7% were women and 83.3% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

The workforce in Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group was 81,670 people and is concentrated in Texas (8,070 workers). The average annual salary was $50,312, being $9,284 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

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 2021 were Texas (8.07k), California (6.82k), and Ohio (4.9k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $50,312, $9,284 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.433

WAGE GINI

Recyclable material merchant wholesalers has a wage GINI of 0.433, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (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 Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are the most common position with 11,530 workers, but the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers and Driver/sales workers & truck drivers.

The highest average salary in Recyclable material merchant wholesalers goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand (11,530 people), firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers (9,698 people), and driver/sales workers & truck drivers (7,964 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$51,754

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$5,911

$43,028

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$9,034

On average, Male workers in the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group make 1.2 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Recyclable material 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.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

The Recyclable material 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.

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Recyclable material merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group is Manufacturing.

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 Recyclable material merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Recyclable material 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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Recyclable material merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
2,050
Texas
1,344
New York
1,004

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 16.5% corresponds to women and 83.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $51,754 and $43,028.

73.8% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

13,497

Women

16.5%

68,173

Men

83.5%

The workforce of Recyclable material merchant wholesalers industry in 2021 was 81,670 people, with 16.5% woman, and 83.5% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Recyclable material merchant wholesalers industry.

Races

In 2021, 74.9% of the workforce in the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers industry was White (61,156 people), of which 16.7% were women and 83.3% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (33,406 people), some college (14,477 people), and secondary education (12,356 people).

The chart shows the Recyclable material merchant wholesalers workforce by gender and educational level.