Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Major Occupation Group

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    2024 Workforce
    20.3M
    Average Age
    41.9
    Average Salary
    $47,635
    Average Male Salary
    $51,690
    Average Female Salary
    $35,326

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    Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are most often employed by the Truck transportation industry. The average yearly wage for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations was $47,635 in 2024.

    The locations that employ the most Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN, Mercer, Defiance, Williams, Van Wert & Paulding Counties PUMA, OH, and Ionia, Montcalm, Mecosta & Osceola Counties PUMA, MI. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN, Detroit City (Northeast) PUMA, MI, and Los Angeles County (Central)--Huntington Park City, Florence-Graham & Walnut Park PUMA, CA.

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    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workforce. Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workforce in 2024 was 20,275,303 people, of which 24.8% were women and 75.2% were men.

    Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are paid most in Palm Beach County (Central)--Wellington Village & Agricultural Reserve PUMA, FL but are relatively concentrated in Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN.

    Employment Over Time

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    Grouping
    15,251,081
    Male Workforce
    ± 91k
    5,024,222
    Female Workforce
    ± 54.1k

    The Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workforce in 2024 was 20,275,303 people (24.8% women and 75.2% men). This implies an average annual growth of 19.5% between 2014 (16,962,526) and 2024 (20,275,303).

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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, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations.

    During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($71,968), Hawaii ($56,265), and Washington ($55,071).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $47,635
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #5 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations earned an average of $47,635, $22,242 less than the average national salary of $69,878

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.393
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.393, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving 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, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Truck transportation is the industry that employs the most Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, by average wage, is Air transportation ($119,467).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    20.3M
    2024 Workforce
    ± 103,067
    0.0107%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 0.719%

    This graphic shows the share of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations employed by various industries. Truck transportation employs the largest share of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations at 32.9%, followed by Warehouse clubs, supercenters, & other general merchandise retailers with 25.7% and Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores with 22.9%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in the US. The workforce of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in 2024 was 20,275,303 people, with 24.8% woman, and 75.2% men. The average age of male Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in the workforce is 41.8 and of female Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations is 42, and the most common race/ethnicity for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations is White.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in 2024 was 20,275,303 people, with 24.8% woman, and 75.2% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 20 to 24 years (2,270,898 people), 25 to 29 years (2,185,907  people), and 30 to 34 years (2,177,073 people). Among them they concentrated 32.7% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 24.7% of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workers were Hispanic and 75.3% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (59.6%), Puerto Rican (10.4)%, and Salvadoran (4.59)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 54.3% of the Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workforce were White, of which 22.3% were women and 77.7% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (16.1%) and Two or More Races (13.3%).

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    Education & Skills

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

    Among the necessary skills for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, Operations Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Production, Transportation, & Material Moving 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.
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    Degree

    The most common majors achieved by Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (489,666 people), Engineering (214,445 people), and Social Sciences (142,343 people).

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    Education Levels

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    The main educational levels achieved by the Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workers were High School or Equivalent (8,932,854 people), Some college (4,610,194 people), and Secondary Education (2,081,739 people).

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    Skills

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

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