Shoe stores

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Workforce

184k

2018 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

30.4

Average Salary

$29,996

Average Male Salary

$36,209

Average Female Salary

$25,561

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The top three occupations in the Shoe stores Industry Group are Retail salespersons, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Cashiers, Customer service representatives, and Stockers and order fillers. On average, full-time employees in the Shoe stores Industry Group work 42.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $50,388. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $9,262.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Shoe stores Industry Group are Portland City (North & Northeast) PUMA, OR, Manatee County (South) PUMA, FL, and Aurora Township PUMA, IL. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Shoe stores.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Shoe stores Industry Group. Retail salespersons are the most common position, but the Shoe stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Shoe & leather workers, compared to other industries. 

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

Occupations

Occupations by Share

184k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 10.5k

-1.87%

1 Year Growth

± 8.2%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Shoe stores Industry Group has been declining at a rate of -1.87%, , from 188k people in 2017 to 184k people in 2018.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Shoe stores by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Retail salespersons represent the largest share of positions held in Shoe stores at 45%, followed by Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers with 22.5% and Cashiers with 7.86%.

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Most Common

The most common occupations in the Shoe stores Industry Group, by number of employees, are Retail salespersons, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Cashiers, Customer service representatives, and Stockers and order fillers.

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Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Shoe stores employs an unusually high number of Shoe & leather workers, Retail salespersons, and Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers.

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Highest Paid

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

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Wages

Average Salary

$29,996

AVERAGE WAGE

± $2,692

On average, employees in the Shoe stores Industry Group make $29,996 per year. This number makes Shoe stores the 241 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

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Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

  1. Lake Oswego, West Linn, Wilsonville & Canby Cities PUMA, OR

  2. Redondo Beach, Manhattan Beach & Hermosa Beach Cities PUMA, CA

  3. Portland City (Northwest & Southwest) PUMA, OR

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Shoe stores Industry Group.

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Wage Distribution

0.567

WAGE GINI

Shoe stores has a wage GINI of 0.567, which is more than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Shoe stores (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

  1. Portland City (North & Northeast) PUMA, OR

  2. Manatee County (South) PUMA, FL

  3. Aurora Township PUMA, IL

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Shoe stores Industry Group.

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

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Shoe stores Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $36,209 and $25,561. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

107k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±8.04k

76.6k

MALE WORKFORCE

±6.79k

58.4% of workers in the Shoe stores Industry Group are Female, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Shoe stores Industry Group.

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Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$36,209

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$5,320

$25,561

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,571

On average, Male workers in the Shoe stores Industry Group make 1.42 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Shoe stores Industry Group.

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Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

  1. Asian

  2. White

  3. Other

On average, Asian employees in the Shoe stores Industry Group earn 1.38 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 Shoe stores Industry Group.

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Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Shoe 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 Shoe stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Shoe 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

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Intermediate Inputs

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HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

  1. Professional and business services

  2. Manufacturing

  3. Transportation and warehousing

The Shoe 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

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LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

  1. Construction

  2. Manufacturing

  3. Transportation and warehousing

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

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