Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials

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2019 Workforce

32.1k

Average Age

47.3

Estimated Job Growth

-6.67%

10-year projection

Average Salary

$24,906

Average Male Salary

$33,241

Average Female Salary

$19,431

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 $24,906 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials by wage are Floral designers, Food cooking machine operators & tenders, and Helpersproduction workers.

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 New Carrollton & Hyattsville (Southeast) Cities PUMA, MD but are relatively concentrated in LA City (Southeast/East Vernon) PUMA, CA.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$24,906

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,989

In 2019, Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials earned an average of $24,906, $30,618 less than than the average national salary of $55,524.

Floral designers make somewhat more than Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials while Helpersproduction workers 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

0.327

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.327, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. 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

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

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, Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products , and Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing.

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, Printing & related support activities, Tire manufacturing, Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products , Furniture & related product manufacturing, Furniture & related product manufacturing, Not specified manufacturing industries, Printing & related support activities, Miscellaneous manufacturing, n.e.c. , Not specified manufacturing industries, Miscellaneous manufacturing, n.e.c. , Miscellaneous manufacturing, n.e.c. , Miscellaneous manufacturing, n.e.c. , Printing & related support activities, Not specified manufacturing industries, and Furniture & related product manufacturing.

Industries by Share

32.1k

2019 Workforce

± 4,401

-1.12%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 19.5%

The number of people employed as Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials has been declining at a rate of -1.12%, from 32,502 people in 2018 to 32,139 people in 2019.

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 57.7%, followed by Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products with 5.22% and Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing with 4.33%.

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 46.7 and of female Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials is 47.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

12.7k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 2,771

19.4k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 3,419

60.4% 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 (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

33.9% of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 25.6% of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials, White (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

46.7

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 2.73

47.7

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 2.31

The median age of Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials is 47.3, and Male employees are generally 0.998 years younger 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 degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree 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.

Radar Distribution

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Growth Projections

Projections on wages and job growth for Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The ten-year national workforce is projected to grow 6.85%, but Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials are expected to see a growth of -6.67% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow slower than the national average.

Job Growth

-6.67%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

6.85%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the 10-year projected employment growth (from 2018 to 2028) for Pressers, textile, garment, & related materials. This profession is expected to grow lower than 6.85%, the average rate of national job growth.