Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders

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Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders are most often employed by the Soap, cleaning compound, & cosmetics manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders was $53,414 in 2024.

The locations that employ the most Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders are Howell, Texas, Wright, Douglas, Oregon & Ozark Counties PUMA, MO, Bradford, Tioga, Susquehanna & Sullivan Counties PUMA, PA, and Barron, Polk, Clark & Chippewa (Eastern, North & NW Towns) Counties PUMA, WI. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders are Philadelphia City (North) PUMA, PA, South Texas Development Council (South)--Coastal Bend COG (West), Dimmit & La Salle PUMA, TX, and Lake County (Northeast)--Gary City & Griffith Town PUMA, IN.

Production Occupations Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders workforce. Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders workforce in 2024 was 11,825 people, of which 28% were women and 72% were men. Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders are paid most in Barron, Polk, Clark & Chippewa (Eastern, North & NW Towns) Counties PUMA, WI but are relatively concentrated in Philadelphia City (North) PUMA, PA.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

8,512

Male Workforce

± 2.27k

3,313

Female Workforce

± 1.41k

The Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders workforce in 2024 was 11,825 people (28% women and 72% men). This implies an average annual growth of 5.73% between 2014 (11,184) and 2024 (11,825).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders.

During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Idaho ($99,430), Missouri ($77,872), and Oklahoma ($71,337).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$53,414

AVERAGE WAGE

#226 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders earned an average of $53,414, $16,463 less than the average national salary of $69,878

The graph shows the ranking of Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2014.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.351

WAGE GINI

In 2024, Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.351, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders and on wages for those in the field. Soap, cleaning compound, & cosmetics manufacturing is the industry that employs the most Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders, by average wage, is Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals ($146,001).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

11.8k

2024 Workforce

± 2,670

2.01%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 31.5%

This graphic shows the share of Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders employed by various industries. Soap, cleaning compound, & cosmetics manufacturing employs the largest share of Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders at 32.7%, followed by Pulp, paper, & paperboard mills with 28.9% and Glass & glass product manufacturing with 21.7%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders in the US. The workforce of Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders in 2024 was 11,825 people, with 28% woman, and 72% men. The average age of male Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders in the workforce is 43.2 and of female Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders is 36.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders in 2024 was 11,825 people, with 28% woman, and 72% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 35 to 39 years (1,476 people), 30 to 34 years (1,410 people), and 25 to 29 years (1,287 people). Among them they concentrated 37.3% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2024, 18.4% of Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders workers were Hispanic and 81.6% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (65.6%) and Puerto Rican (34.4)%

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Races

In 2024, 65.8% of the Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders workforce were White, of which 29.3% were women and 70.7% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (15.5%) and Black (9.42%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Public Administration and Social Service.

Among the necessary skills for Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders, Operations Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders need more than the average amount of Operations Monitoring.

Majors

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

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (191 people), Public Administration and Social Service (95 people), and Communications (80 people).

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Education Levels

Metric

The main educational levels achieved by the Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders workers were High School or Equivalent (4,922 people), Some college (2,769 people), and Associates Degree (1,296 people).

The graphic shows the Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Value

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders need many skills, but most especially Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Active Listening.

Projections

Projections on job growth for Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 3.07%, but Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders are expected to see a growth of 3.03% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow less than the national average.

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders.

3.03%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

3.07%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Furnace, kiln, oven, drier, & kettle operators & tenders. This profession is expected to grow less than than 3.07%, the average rate of national job growth.

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