Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand

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Total Workforce

2.39M

Average Age

37.5

Average Salary

$27,976

Average Male Salary

$28,952

Average Female Salary

$24,149

About

Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are most often employed by the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores industry. The average yearly wage for Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand was $27,976 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand by wage are Dietetic technicians and ophthalmic medical technicians, Miscellaneous vehicle & mobile equipment mechanics, installers, & repairers, and Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders.

Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are part of the Material Moving Occupations, along with Industrial truck & tractor operators, Cleaners of vehicles & equipment, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, Machine feeders & offbearers, Packers & packagers, hand, and 5 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are Johnson County PUMA, TX, Paterson City PUMA, NJ, and LA City (South/San Pedro) PUMA, CA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are Johnson County PUMA, TX, Paterson City PUMA, NJ, and Memphis City (Southeast) PUMA, TN.

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand and on wages and locations for those in the field. Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores is the industry that employs the most Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, by average wage, is Oil & gas extraction. Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are paid most in Dover Town & Kinnelon Borough PUMA, NJ but are relatively concentrated in Johnson County PUMA, TX.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$27,976

AVERAGE SALARY

± $430

In 2018, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand earned an average of $27,976, $25,912 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders make somewhat more than Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand while Dietetic technicians and ophthalmic medical technicians make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.398

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.398, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand (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 Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, by number of employees, are Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores, Warehousing & storage, and Couriers & messengers.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, by average wage, are Metal ore mining, Oil & gas extraction, Electric & gas, and other combinations, Motion pictures & video industries, Broadcasting (except internet), and Administration of human resource programs.

Industries by Share

2.39M

2018 Workforce

± 37,628

5.24%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 2.15%

The number of people employed as Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand has been growing at a rate of 5.24%, from 2,268,146 people in 2017 to 2,387,039 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand employed by various industries. Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores employs the largest share of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand at 12%, followed by Warehousing & storage with 7.41% and Couriers & messengers with 6.96%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand in the US. The average age of male Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand in the workforce is 37 and of female Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand is 39.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

1.9M

MALE WORKFORCE

± 33,643

485k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 17,072

79.7% of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand

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

53.1% of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 18.1% of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand.

Age by Gender

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.262

39.3

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.52

The median age of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand is 37.5, and Male employees are generally 2.31 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand is Business but a relatively high number of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand hold a major in Parks, Recreation, & Leisure.

Majors

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand need many skills, but most especially Coordination, Operation and Control, and Operation Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Operation and Control.