Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand

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Total Workforce

2.27M

Average Age

37.4

Estimated Job Growth

7.6%

10-year projection

Average Salary

$27,042

Average Male Salary

$28,417

Average Female Salary

$21,624

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Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are most often employed by the Grocery Stores industry. The average yearly wage for Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand was $27,042 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand by wage are Taxi drivers & chauffeurs, Textile knitting & weaving machine setters, operators, & tenders, and Textile winding, twisting, & drawing out machine setters, operators, & tenders.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are Johnson County PUMA, TX, Paterson City PUMA, NJ, and Moreno Valley City 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 Columbus City (West) PUMA, OH.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand and on wages and locations for those in the field. Grocery 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 Metal ore mining. Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are paid most in Murray (East), Holladay Cities & Millcreek PUMA, UT but are relatively concentrated in Johnson County PUMA, TX.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$27,042

AVERAGE SALARY

± $397

In 2017, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand earned an average of $27,042, $25,023 less than than the average national salary of $52,065.

Taxi drivers & chauffeurs make somewhat more than Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand while Textile winding, twisting, & drawing out machine setters, operators, & tenders 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.

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Wage Distribution

0.398

WAGE GINI

In 2017, 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).

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Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

  1. Murray (East), Holladay Cities & Millcreek PUMA, UT

  2. Linton Hall & Gainesville PUMA, VA

  3. Glendale City PUMA, CA

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.

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Spatial Concentration

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

  1. Johnson County PUMA, TX

  2. Paterson City PUMA, NJ

  3. Columbus City (West) PUMA, OH

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.

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Industries

Most Common

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

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Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, by average wage, are Metal ore mining, Electric & gas, and other combinations, and Administration of human resource programs.

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Industries by Share

2.27M

2017 Workforce

± 36,690

0.697%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 2.28%

The number of people employed as Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand has been growing at a rate of 0.697%, from 2,252,442 people in 2016 to 2,268,146 people in 2017.

This graphic shows the share of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand employed by various industries. Grocery Stores employs the largest share of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand at  12.7%, followed by Warehousing & storage with 6.57% and Couriers & messengers with 6.54%.

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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 36.9 and of female Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand is 39.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand is White.

Gender Composition

1.81M

MALE WORKFORCE

± 32,821

459k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 16,605

79.8% 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.

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Race & Ethnicity

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

  1. White

  2. Black

  3. Other

67.9% of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are White, making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 17.8% of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, Black 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.

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Age by Gender

36.9

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.268

39.4

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.538

The median age of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand is 37.4, and Male employees are generally 2.49 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

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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 Engineering Technologies.

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

  1. Business

  2. Education

  3. Engineering

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

  1. Engineering Technologies

  2. Theology

  3. Transportation

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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.

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Growth Projections

Projections on wages and job growth for Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ten-year national workforce is projected to grow 7.4%, but Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are expected to see a growth of 7.6% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow higher than the national average.

Job Growth

7.6%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

7.4%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the 10-year projected employment growth (from 2016 to 2026) for Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand. This profession is expected to grow faster than 7.4%, the average rate of national job growth.

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