Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials

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Total Workforce

32.5k

Average Age

46.2

Average Salary

$23,637

Average Male Salary

$29,668

Average Female Salary

$19,947

About

Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials are most often employed by the Drycleaning & laundry services industry. The average yearly wage for Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials was $23,637 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials by wage are Motor vehicle operators, all other, Recreation workers, and Stockers and order fillers.

Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials are part of the Production Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers, Engine & other machine assemblers, Structural metal fabricators & fitters, Other assemblers and fabricators, and 55 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials are LA City (Southeast/East Vernon) PUMA, CA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials are LA City (Southeast/East Vernon) PUMA, CA.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials and on wages and locations for those in the field. Drycleaning & laundry services is the industry that employs the most Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials, by average wage, is Printing & related support activities. Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials are paid most in N/A but are relatively concentrated in LA City (Southeast/East Vernon) PUMA, CA.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$23,637

AVERAGE SALARY

± $3,376

In 2018, Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials earned an average of $23,637, $30,252 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Motor vehicle operators, all other make somewhat more than Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials while Stockers and order fillers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

N/A

WAGE GINI

In N/A, Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials had a wage GINI coefficient of N/A, which is approximately the same as than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials.

Spatial Concentration

LA City (Southeast/East Vernon) PUMA, CA

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials, by number of employees, are Drycleaning & laundry services, Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing, and Miscellaneous manufacturing, n.e.c. .

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials, by average wage, are Printing & related support activities, Newspaper publishers, Printing & related support activities, Furniture & related product manufacturing, Miscellaneous manufacturing, n.e.c. , and Not specified manufacturing industries.

Industries by Share

32.5k

2018 Workforce

± 4,426

-7.04%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 20.3%

The number of people employed as Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials has been declining at a rate of -7.04%, from 34,964 people in 2017 to 32,502 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials employed by various industries. Drycleaning & laundry services employs the largest share of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials at 60.7%, followed by Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing with 5.47% and Miscellaneous manufacturing, n.e.c. with 4.15%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials in the US. The average age of male Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials in the workforce is 47.4 and of female Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials is 45.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials is White (Hispanic).

Gender Composition

12.3k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 2,727

20.2k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 3,486

62% of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials are Female, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials

White (Hispanic)
White (Non-Hispanic)
Other (Hispanic)

30% of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials are White (Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 29.6% of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials, White (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials.

Age by Gender

47.4

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 3.1

45.4

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 2.12

The median age of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials is 46.2, and Male employees are generally 1.94 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials is false but a relatively high number of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials hold a major in false.

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

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials need many skills, but most especially Operation and Control, Critical Thinking, and Operation Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, and Equipment Selection.