Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    2.76M
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    37.7
    2024
    Average Salary
    $33,922
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $37,247
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $30,150
    2024

    About

    The top three occupations in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group are cashiers, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and stockers and order fillers. On average, full-time employees in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group work 41.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $47,589. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $14,877.

    The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group are Polk County (North) PUMA, FL, Guayama, Salinas & Patillas PUMA, PR, and NYC-Bronx Community District 9--Soundview & Parkchester PUMA, NY.

    The workforce of Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group in 2024 was 2,762,562 people, with 46.8% woman, and 53.2% men.

    In 2024, 60.2% of the workforce in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group was White (1,663,906 people), of which 46.9% were women and 53.1% men.

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    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group.

    The workforce in Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group was 2,762,562 people and is concentrated in California (309,830 workers). The average annual salary was $33,922, being $35,955 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.

    This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Trade, Transportation, and Utilities over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (310k), Texas (246k), and Florida (219k).

    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $33,922, $35,955 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

    The graph shows the position of Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.468
    WAGE GINI

    Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores has a wage GINI of 0.468, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) 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 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) 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 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group.

    Cashiers are the most common position with 630,080 workers, but the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Stockers and order fillers.

    The highest average salary in Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were cashiers (630,080 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (415,567 people), and stockers and order fillers (394,075 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $37,247
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$911
    $30,150
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$782

    On average, Male workers in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group make 1.24 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) 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 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group.

    The Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) 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 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores is from Retail Trade.

    Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) 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 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) 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 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) 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 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) 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 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 46.8% corresponds to women and 53.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $37,247 and $30,150.

    75.8% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

    Gender and Age

    1,294,231
    Women
    46.8%
    1,468,331
    Men
    53.2%

    The workforce of Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores industry in 2024 was 2,762,562 people, with 46.8% woman, and 53.2% men.

    The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores industry.

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    Races

    In 2024, 60.2% of the workforce in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores industry was White (1,663,906 people), of which 46.9% were women and 53.1% men.

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

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (1,061,940 people), some college (673,941 people), and secondary education (357,644 people).

    The chart shows the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores workforce by gender and educational level.

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