Furniture finishers

Detailed Occupation

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2021 Workforce
9.4k
Average Age
44.7
Estimated Job Growth
−4.02%
10-year projection
Average Salary
$36,237
Average Male Salary
$38,469
Average Female Salary
$26,430

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Furniture finishers are most often employed by the Furniture & related product manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Furniture finishers was $36,237 in 2021.

The locations that employ the most Furniture finishers are . The locations with a relatively high concentration of Furniture finishers are .

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Employment and salary information for the Furniture finishers workforce. Furniture finishers workforce in 2021 was 9,401 people, of which 18.5% were women and 81.5% were men. Furniture finishers are paid most in Dubois, Knox, Spencer, Perry, Pike & Crawford Counties PUMA, IN but are relatively concentrated in false.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
7,658
Male Workforce
± 2.15k
1,743
Female Workforce
± 1.02k

The Furniture finishers workforce in 2021 was 9,401 people (18.5% women and 81.5% men). This implies an average annual growth of −17.3% between 2014 (11,374) and 2021 (9,401).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Furniture finishers.

During 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Tennessee ($52,361), Georgia ($46,231), and New York ($43,879).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$36,237
AVERAGE WAGE
#411 in the ranking (2021)
$59,596
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Furniture finishers earned an average of $36,237, $23,358 less than the average national salary of $59,596

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.313
WAGE GINI

In 2021, Furniture finishers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.313, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Furniture finishers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Information on the industries that employ Furniture finishers and on wages for those in the field. Furniture & related product manufacturing is the industry that employs the most Furniture finishers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Furniture finishers, by average wage, is Personal & household goods repair & maintenance ($36,949).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
9.4k
2021 Workforce
± 2,380
0.599%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 35.6%

This graphic shows the share of Furniture finishers employed by various industries. Furniture & related product manufacturing employs the largest share of Furniture finishers at 58%, followed by Personal & household goods repair & maintenance with 30.7% and Miscellaneous wood products with 11.3%.

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Demographic information on Furniture finishers in the US. The workforce of Furniture finishers in 2021 was 9,401 people, with 18.5% woman, and 81.5% men. The average age of male Furniture finishers in the workforce is 44.7 and of female Furniture finishers is 44.6, and the most common race/ethnicity for Furniture finishers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Furniture finishers in 2021 was 9,401 people, with 18.5% woman, and 81.5% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 50 to 54 years (1,352 people), 45 to 49 years (1,218  people), and 40 to 44 years (900 people). Among them they concentrated 42.6% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2021, 27.5% of Furniture finishers workers were Hispanic and 72.5% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (86.7%), Puerto Rican (8.08)%, and Dominican (5.17)%

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Races

In 2021, 74% of the Furniture finishers workforce were White, of which 20.8% were women and 79.2% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Other (11.2%) and Two or More Races (8.17%).

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Data on higher education choices for Furniture finishers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Furniture finishers is Visual & Performing Arts but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2021 were Philosophy and Religious Studies.

Among the necessary skills for Furniture finishers, Critical Thinking stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Furniture finishers need more than the average amount of Repairing.

Majors

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Degree

The most common majors achieved by Furniture finishers in 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (160 people), Business (139 people), and Philosophy and Religious Studies (70 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Furniture finishers workers were High School or Equivalent (4,143 people), Secondary Education (1,952 people), and Some college (1,625 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Furniture finishers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Furniture finishers need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Operation Monitoring.

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Projections on job growth for Furniture Finishers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 3.71%, but Furniture Finishers are expected to see a growth of −4.02% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow less than the national average.

Job Growth

−4.02%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
3.71%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Furniture finishers. This profession is expected to grow less than than 3.71%, the average rate of national job growth.

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