Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

428k

2022

Average Employee Age

36.1

2022

Average Salary

$35,548

2022

Average Male Salary

$40,312

2022

Average Female Salary

$29,412

2022

About

The top three occupations in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group are retail salespersons, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group work 42.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $52,654. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $12,888.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group are Canadian County--Yukon, Mustang, El Reno, West Oklahoma City & Piedmont Cities PUMA, OK, Atlanta Regional Commission--Cobb County (Northwest)--Kennesaw & Acworth Cities PUMA, GA, and Oklahoma County (Southwest)--West Central Oklahoma City PUMA, OK.

The workforce of Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group in 2022 was 427,967 people, with 43.7% woman, and 56.3% men.

In 2022, 77.4% of the workforce in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group was White (331,272 people), of which 43% were women and 57% men.

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Retail Trade

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group was 427,967 people and is concentrated in California (44,767 workers). The average annual salary was $35,548, being $29,134 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 (44.8k), Texas (40k), and Florida (23.3k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $35,548, $29,134 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

The graph shows the position of Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.521

WAGE GINI

Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores has a wage GINI of 0.521, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Sporting goods, and hobby & toy 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 Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 128,498 workers, but the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Cashiers.

The highest average salary in Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (128,498 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (87,083 people), and cashiers (44,527 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$40,312

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,793

$29,412

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,155

On average, Male workers in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group make 1.37 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy 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 Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

The Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores 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 Florida stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores is from Retail Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy 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 Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Sporting goods, and hobby & toy 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 Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
8,302
Florida
5,144
Texas
4,680

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 43.7% corresponds to women and 56.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $40,312 and $29,412.

77.6% of workers have a some college, high school or equivalent or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

187,029

Women

43.7%

240,938

Men

56.3%

The workforce of Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores industry in 2022 was 427,967 people, with 43.7% woman, and 56.3% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores industry.

Races

In 2022, 77.4% of the workforce in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores industry was White (331,272 people), of which 43% were women and 57% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races and Black.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores workers in 2022 were some college (132,973 people), high school or equivalent (109,627 people), and bachelors degree (89,525 people).

The chart shows the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores workforce by gender and educational level.

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