Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

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Total Workforce

20.3M

Average Age

41.9

Average Salary

$38,478

Average Male Salary

$41,596

Average Female Salary

$28,639

About

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 $38,478 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations by wage are Sales & Office Occupations, Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations, and Military specific occupations.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are Elkhart & Goshen Cities PUMA, IN, Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN, and Johnson County PUMA, TX. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are Bell Gardens, Bell, Maywood, Cudahy & Commerce Cities PUMA, CA, Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN, and Paterson City PUMA, NJ.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations and on wages and locations 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 Business, professional, political, & similar organizations. Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are paid most in Middlesex County (Southwest) PUMA, NJ but are relatively concentrated in Bell Gardens, Bell, Maywood, Cudahy & Commerce Cities PUMA, CA.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$38,478

AVERAGE SALARY

± $196

In 2018, Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations earned an average of $38,478, $15,410 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Sales & Office Occupations make somewhat more than Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations while Service Occupations make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.395

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.395, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. 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).

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 Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, by number of employees, are Truck transportation, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores, and Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, by average wage, are Video tape & disk rental, Business, professional, political, & similar organizations, Not specified utilities, Air transportation, Air transportation, and Electric power generation, transmission & distribution.

Industries by Share

20.3M

2018 Workforce

± 102,753

11.2%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 0.665%

The number of people employed as Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations has been growing at a rate of 11.2%, from 18,228,676 people in 2017 to 20,262,364 people in 2018.

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 6.6%, followed by Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores with 4.34% and Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing with 4.06%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in the US. The average age of male Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in the workforce is 41.7 and of female Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations is 42.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

15.4M

MALE WORKFORCE

± 91,216

4.88M

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 53,317

75.9% of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

54.5% of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 16% of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations.

Age by Gender

41.7

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.0913

42.5

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.159

The median age of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations is 41.9, and Male employees are generally 0.801 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

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 a relatively high number of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations hold a major in Transportation.

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

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

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 Operation Monitoring and Operation and Control. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations need more than the average amount of Repairing, Equipment Maintenance, and Operation and Control.

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