Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers

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2020 Workforce

85.1k

Average Age

40.6

Average Salary

$43,535

Average Male Salary

$44,893

Average Female Salary

$35,012

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 $43,535 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers by wage are Entertainers & performers, sports & related workers, all other, Miscellaneous office & administrative support workers, including desktop publishers, and Cargo & freight agents.

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 Benton County PUMA, AR, York County (South) PUMA, PA, and Camden & Gloucester Cities PUMA, NJ. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers are Camden & Gloucester Cities PUMA, NJ, Akron City (East) PUMA, OH, and York County (South) PUMA, PA.

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 Dubois, Knox, Spencer, Perry, Pike & Crawford Counties PUMA, IN but are relatively concentrated in Camden & Gloucester Cities PUMA, NJ.

Yearly Wage

$43,535

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,466

In 2020, Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers earned an average of $43,535, $12,419 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Entertainers & performers, sports & related workers, all other make somewhat more than Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers while Miscellaneous office & administrative support workers, including desktop publishers 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

0.329

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.329, 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.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers, by number of employees, are Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals, Animal food, grain & oilseed milling, Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing, Miscellaneous nonmetallic mineral product manufacturing, Soap, cleaning compound, & cosmetics manufacturing , Paint, coating, & adhesive manufacturing , Construction, Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing, Cement, concrete, lime, & gypsum product manufacturing , Plastics product manufacturing, and Miscellaneous manufacturing, n.e.c. .

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers, by average wage, are Metal ore mining, Petroleum refining, and Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers .

Industries by Share

85.1k

2020 Workforce

± 7,159

−0.981%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 12%

The number of people employed as Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers has been declining at a rate of −0.981%, from 85,918 people in 2019 to 85,075 people in 2020.

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 13.2%, followed by Animal food, grain & oilseed milling with 5.56% and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing with 4.79%.

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 40.4 and of female Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers is 41.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

73.4k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 6,649

11.7k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 2,654

86.3% of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex 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)

57.8% of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 13.2% 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 Sex

40.4

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.23

41.7

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 3.11

The median age of Crushing, grinding, polishing, mixing, & blending workers is 40.6, and Male employees are generally 1.32 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 Agriculture.

Majors

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

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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.