Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities

Industry Sector

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Workforce Population

8.39M

2021

Average Employee Age

43.8

2021

Average Salary

$59,724

2021

Average Male Salary

$63,993

2021

Average Female Salary

$47,314

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector are driver/sales workers & truck drivers, laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, and postal service mail carriers. On average, full-time employees in the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector work 45.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $65,109. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $27,190.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector are Memphis City (Southwest) PUMA, TN, Memphis City (Southeast) PUMA, TN, and Fontana City (East) PUMA, CA.

The workforce of Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector in 2021 was 8,391,327 people, with 25.6% woman, and 74.4% men.

In 2021, 63.2% of the workforce in the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector was White (5,300,878 people), of which 24.2% were women and 75.8% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector.

The workforce in Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector was 8,391,327 people and is concentrated in California (994,463 workers). The average annual salary was $59,724, being $129 more 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 California (994k), Texas (797k), and Florida (550k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector had an average annual wage of $59,724, $129 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.41

WAGE GINI

Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities has a wage GINI of 0.41, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities (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 Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector.

Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are the most common position with 1,642,079 workers, but the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector employs a relatively high number of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand and Postal service mail carriers.

The highest average salary in Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities goes to Tax preparers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were driver/sales workers & truck drivers (1,642,079 people), laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand (576,558 people), and postal service mail carriers (338,399 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$63,993

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$591

$47,314

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$747

On average, Male workers in the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector make 1.35 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector. 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 Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector.

The Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry.

Texas and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector.

Industrial Flow

Transportation and warehousing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector 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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

Texas
18,332
California
15,844
Florida
8,804

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Median Earnings

States with the highest median earnings in 2021

Wyoming
$65,090
Nebraska
$59,269
North Dakota
$59,101

The charts shows the median earnings of the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities industry by state and the annual evolution of the median earnings of the industry compared to the national level.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities Industry Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 25.6% corresponds to women and 74.4% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $63,993 and $47,314.

77.5% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

2,147,639

Women

25.6%

6,243,688

Men

74.4%

The workforce of Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities industry in 2021 was 8,391,327 people, with 25.6% woman, and 74.4% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities industry.

Races

In 2021, 63.2% of the workforce in the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities industry was White (5,300,878 people), of which 24.2% were women and 75.8% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (2,925,297 people), some college (2,255,599 people), and bachelors degree (1,324,606 people).

The chart shows the Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities workforce by gender and educational level.