Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers

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2019 Workforce

93.5k

Average Age

41.6

Average Salary

$44,200

Average Male Salary

$45,280

Average Female Salary

$36,677

About

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers are most often employed by the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals industry. The average yearly wage for Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers was $44,200 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers by wage are Supervisors of personal care and service workers, Painting workers, and Model makers, patternmakers, & molding machine setters, metal & plastic.

Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers are part of the Production Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers, Engine & other machine assemblers, Structural metal fabricators & fitters, Other assemblers and fabricators, and 55 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers are Ontario City PUMA, CA, Southeast Kansas PUMA, KS, and Wood, Portage, Juneau & Adams Counties PUMA, WI. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers are Southeast Kansas PUMA, KS, Ontario City PUMA, CA, and Brazoria County (Central)Alvin City PUMA, TX.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals is the industry that employs the most Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers, by average wage, is Metal ore mining. Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers are paid most in Brazoria County (Central)Alvin City PUMA, TX but are relatively concentrated in Southeast Kansas PUMA, KS.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$44,200

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,381

In 2019, Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers earned an average of $44,200, $11,324 less than than the average national salary of $55,524.

Supervisors of personal care and service workers make somewhat more than Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers while Painting workers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.318

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.318, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers, by number of employees, are Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals, Soap, cleaning compound, & cosmetics manufacturing , and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers, by average wage, are Petroleum refining, Metal ore mining, Pulp, paper, & paperboard mills , Metal ore mining, Support activities for mining, Aircraft & parts manufacturing, Seafood & other miscellaneous foods, n.e.c. , Petroleum refining, Furniture & related product manufacturing, Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals, Seafood & other miscellaneous foods, n.e.c. , Miscellaneous petroleum & coal products, Metal ore mining, Petroleum refining, Pulp, paper, & paperboard mills , Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals, Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals, and Metal ore mining.

Industries by Share

93.5k

2019 Workforce

± 7,504

22%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 9.8%

The number of people employed as Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers has been growing at a rate of 22%, from 76,639 people in 2018 to 93,487 people in 2019.

This graphic shows the share of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers employed by various industries. Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals employs the largest share of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers at 15%, followed by Soap, cleaning compound, & cosmetics manufacturing with 5.54% and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing with 5.36%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers in the US. The average age of male Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers in the workforce is 41.4 and of female Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers is 42.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

81.7k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 7,018

11.7k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 2,660

87.4% of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

54.9% of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 17.6% of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers.

Age by Gender

41.4

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.21

42.9

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 3.32

The median age of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers is 41.6, and Male employees are generally 1.51 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers is Business but a relatively high number of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers hold a major in Business.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

Business
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Business

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers need many skills, but most especially Operation Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Equipment Selection.