Production Occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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2023 Workforce
8.48M
Average Age
42.5
Average Salary
$49,677
Average Male Salary
$54,680
Average Female Salary
$37,411

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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 $49,677 in 2023.

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Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Production Occupations workforce. Production Occupations workforce in 2023 was 8,481,786 people, of which 29% were women and 71% were men. Production Occupations are paid most in NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 5 & 6--Midtown, East Midtown, & Flatiron PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
6,024,491
Male Workforce
± 59.1k
2,457,295
Female Workforce
± 38.2k

The Production Occupations workforce in 2023 was 8,481,786 people (29% women and 71% men). This implies an average annual growth of 0.742% between 2014 (8,419,286) and 2023 (8,481,786).

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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 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Louisiana ($67,179), Wyoming ($65,911), and Hawaii ($61,060).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$49,677
AVERAGE WAGE
#10 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Production Occupations earned an average of $49,677, $18,050 less than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.35
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Production Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.35, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. 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 Electric power generation, transmission & distribution ($111,916).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
8.48M
2023 Workforce
± 69,497
−0.779%
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 43.6%, followed by uninformed with 22% and Machinery manufacturing, n.e.c. or not specified with 17.9%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Production Occupations in the US. The workforce of Production Occupations in 2023 was 8,481,786 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 2023 was 8,481,786 people, with 29% woman, and 71% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (949,968 people), 55 to 59 years (932,944  people), and 25 to 29 years (927,194 people). Among them they concentrated 33.1% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 24.1% of Production Occupations workers were Hispanic and 75.9% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (63.1%), Puerto Rican (10.2)%, and Salvadoran (4.62)%

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Races

In 2023, 59.7% of the Production Occupations workforce were White, of which 25.1% were women and 74.9% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (13.1%) and Two or More Races (10.5%).

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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 2023 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 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (177,347 people), Engineering (104,411 people), and Visual & Performing Arts (54,957 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 (3,718,892 people), Some college (1,904,119 people), and Secondary Education (847,315 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, Monitoring, Operation and Control.

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