Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores

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Workforce

52.1k

2018 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

46.2

Average Salary

$24,991

Average Male Salary

$38,357

Average Female Salary

$20,068

About

The top three occupations in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group are Retail salespersons, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Upholsterers, Cashiers, and Stockers and order fillers. On average, full-time employees in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group work 42.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $38,802. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $10,763.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group are Portland City (Southeast) PUMA, OR. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores .

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group. Retail salespersons are the most common position, but the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Upholsterers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores goes to Transportation, storage, & distribution managers.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

52.1k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 5.6k

12%

1 Year Growth

± 14%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 12%, , from 46.5k people in 2017 to 52.1k people in 2018.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Retail salespersons represent the largest share of positions held in Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores at 25.2%, followed by Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers with 18.8% and Upholsterers with 9.9%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group, by number of employees, are Retail salespersons, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Upholsterers, Cashiers, and Stockers and order fillers.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores employs an unusually high number of Upholsterers, Tailors, dressmakers, & sewers, and Sewing machine operators.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores , by average wage, are Transportation, storage, & distribution managers, Chief executives & legislators, and Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers.

Wages

Average Salary

$24,991

AVERAGE WAGE

± $3,180

On average, employees in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group make $24,991 per year. This number makes Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores the 261 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 Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.433

WAGE GINI

Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores has a wage GINI of 0.433, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Portland City (Southeast) PUMA, OR

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group.

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $38,357 and $20,068. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

38.1k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±4.79k

14k

MALE WORKFORCE

±2.91k

73.1% of workers in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group are Female, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$38,357

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$9,375

$20,068

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,364

On average, Male workers in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group make 1.91 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Black
Asian
Other

On average, Black employees in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group earn 1.25 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 Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods 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 Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods 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 Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores is from Retail Trade.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Sewing, needlework, & piece goods 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 Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

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