Furniture finishers
Detailed Occupation
Add ComparisonFurniture finishers are most often employed by the Furniture & related product manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Furniture finishers was $44,434 in 2023.
The locations that employ the most Furniture finishers are Caldwell & Alexander Counties PUMA, NC. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Furniture finishers are Caldwell & Alexander Counties PUMA, NC, Sheboygan County PUMA, WI, and Carver County PUMA, MN.
Employment and salary information for the Furniture finishers workforce. Furniture finishers workforce in 2023 was 9,271 people, of which 22.8% were women and 77.2% were men. Furniture finishers are paid most in Caldwell & Alexander Counties PUMA, NC but are relatively concentrated in Caldwell & Alexander Counties PUMA, NC.
The Furniture finishers workforce in 2023 was 9,271 people (22.8% women and 77.2% men). This implies an average annual growth of −19% between 2014 (11,448) and 2023 (9,271).
In 2023, Furniture finishers earned an average of $44,434, $23,293 less than the average national salary of $67,727
In 2023, Furniture finishers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.327, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Furniture finishers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).
The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Furniture finishers compared to the entire workforce in the country.
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 ($45,986).
This graphic shows the share of Furniture finishers employed by various industries. Furniture & related product manufacturing employs the largest share of Furniture finishers at 61%, followed by Personal & household goods repair & maintenance with 19.4% and Miscellaneous wood products with 11.7%.
Demographic information on Furniture finishers in the US. The workforce of Furniture finishers in 2023 was 9,271 people, with 22.8% woman, and 77.2% men. The average age of male Furniture finishers in the workforce is 42.3 and of female Furniture finishers is 44.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Furniture finishers is White.
The workforce of Furniture finishers in 2023 was 9,271 people, with 22.8% woman, and 77.2% men.
The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 50 to 54 years (1,062 people), 45 to 49 years (1,017 people), and 30 to 34 years (966 people). Among them they concentrated 38.5% of the total workforce.
In 2023, 27.6% of Furniture finishers workers were Hispanic and 72.4% non-Hispanic.
The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (67.8%), Puerto Rican (16.2)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (11.2)%
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In 2023, 65.6% of the Furniture finishers workforce were White, of which 24.8% were women and 75.2% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Other (12.8%) and Two or More Races (12.3%).
Data on higher education choices for Furniture finishers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Furniture finishers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2023 were Natural Resources & Conservation.
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 Equipment Selection.
The most common majors achieved by Furniture finishers in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (298 people) and Visual & Performing Arts (139 people).
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The main educational levels achieved by the Furniture finishers workers were High School or Equivalent (3,918 people), Some college (1,859 people), and Secondary Education (1,670 people).
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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, Operations Monitoring.
Projections on job growth for Furniture Finishers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 3.07%, but Furniture Finishers are expected to see a growth of −3.41% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow less than the national average.
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 3.07%, the average rate of national job growth.