Production Occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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    2024 Workforce
    8.4M
    Average Age
    42.5
    Average Salary
    $51,007
    Average Male Salary
    $56,057
    Average Female Salary
    $38,667

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    Production Occupations are most often employed by the Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Production Occupations was $51,007 in 2024.

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    Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Production Occupations workforce. Production Occupations workforce in 2024 was 8,401,970 people, of which 29% were women and 71% were men.

    Employment Over Time

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    Grouping
    5,962,287
    Male Workforce
    ± 58.8k
    2,439,683
    Female Workforce
    ± 38k

    The Production Occupations workforce in 2024 was 8,401,970 people (29% women and 71% men). This implies an average annual growth of −0.206% between 2014 (8,419,286) and 2024 (8,401,970).

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    Employment by Location

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    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Production Occupations.

    During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Louisiana ($67,203), Wyoming ($62,670), and Hawaii ($61,478).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $51,007
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #10 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Production Occupations earned an average of $51,007, $18,870 less than the average national salary of $69,878

    The graph shows the ranking of Production Occupations in relation to all Minor Occupation Group in 2014.

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.349
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Production Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.349, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Production Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ Production Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing is the industry that employs the most Production Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Production Occupations, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals ($178,605).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    8.4M
    2024 Workforce
    ± 69,209
    −0.941%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 1.17%

    This graphic shows the share of Production Occupations employed by various industries. Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing employs the largest share of Production Occupations at 46.2%, followed by Machinery manufacturing, n.e.c. or not specified with 19.5% and Animal slaughtering & processing with 17.4%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Production Occupations in the US. The workforce of Production Occupations in 2024 was 8,401,970 people, with 29% woman, and 71% men. The average age of male Production Occupations in the workforce is 42.2 and of female Production Occupations is 43.2, and the most common race/ethnicity for Production Occupations is White.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of Production Occupations in 2024 was 8,401,970 people, with 29% woman, and 71% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (952,815 people), 25 to 29 years (905,520  people), and 55 to 59 years (903,029 people). Among them they concentrated 32.9% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 24.5% of Production Occupations workers were Hispanic and 75.5% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (62.1%), Puerto Rican (10.2)%, and Salvadoran (4.58)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 56.9% of the Production Occupations workforce were White, of which 24.8% were women and 75.2% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (12.8%) and Two or More Races (12.7%).

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    Education & Skills

    Data on higher education choices for Production Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Production Occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Mechanical Technologies.

    Among the necessary skills for Production Occupations, Operations Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Production Occupations need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance.

    Majors

    ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
    Type of Majors
    Degree

    The most common majors achieved by Production Occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (182,084 people), Engineering (104,683 people), and Visual & Performing Arts (57,638 people).

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    Education Levels

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    The main educational levels achieved by the Production Occupations workers were High School or Equivalent (3,687,820 people), Some college (1,854,471 people), and Secondary Education (812,708 people).

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    Skills

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    Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Production Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Production Occupations need many skills, but most especially Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Monitoring.

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