Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand

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2019 Workforce

2.38M

Average Age

37.3

Estimated Job Growth

7.6%

10-year projection

Average Salary

$28,627

Average Male Salary

$30,194

Average Female Salary

$23,150

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 $28,627 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand by wage are Machine feeders & offbearers, Firstline supervisors of food preparation & serving workers, and Food batchmakers.

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, Eau Claire & Chippewa (South) Counties PUMA, WI, and Ontario City PUMA, CA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are Johnson County PUMA, TX, Memphis City (Southwest) PUMA, TN, and Hood, Erath, Palo Pinto & Somervell Counties PUMA, TX.

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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. 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 Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories . 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

$28,627

AVERAGE SALARY

± $414

In 2019, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand earned an average of $28,627, $26,897 less than than the average national salary of $55,524.

Machine feeders & offbearers make somewhat more than Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand while Food batchmakers 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

0.416

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.416, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. 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 Electronic & precision equipment repair and maintenance, Administration of human resource programs, Fishing, hunting & trapping, Legal services, Electric & gas, and other combinations, Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories , Support activities for mining, Oil & gas extraction, Scientific research & development services, Electric & gas, and other combinations, Metal ore mining, Oil & gas extraction, Electric & gas, and other combinations, Motion pictures & video industries, Broadcasting (except internet), Railroad rolling stock manufacturing, Administration of human resource programs, and Recreational vehicle parks & camps and rooming & boarding houses.

Industries by Share

2.38M

2019 Workforce

± 37,569

-0.342%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 2.24%

The number of people employed as Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand has been declining at a rate of -0.342%, from 2,387,039 people in 2018 to 2,378,881 people in 2019.

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 11.6%, followed by Warehousing & storage with 8.43% and Couriers & messengers with 6.28%.

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 36.8 and of female Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand is 38.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

1.85M

MALE WORKFORCE

± 33,187

529k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 17,828

77.8% 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.

Race & Ethnicity

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

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

51.6% of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 18.2% 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

36.8

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.267

38.9

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.51

The median age of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand is 37.3, and Male employees are generally 2.14 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 Personal & Culinary Services.

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

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 Active Listening, Operation and Control, and 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.

Radar Distribution

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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 6.85%, 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

6.85%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the 10-year projected employment growth (from 2018 to 2028) for Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand. This profession is expected to grow faster than 6.85%, the average rate of national job growth.