Shoe & leather workers

Detailed Occupation

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2024 Workforce

9.36k

Average Age

44.3

Average Salary

$35,926

Average Male Salary

$39,856

Average Female Salary

$30,889

About

Shoe & leather workers are most often employed by the Footwear manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Shoe & leather workers was $35,926 in 2024.

The locations that employ the most Shoe & leather workers are Northwest Maine--Oxford, Somerset, Franklin & Somerset Counties PUMA, ME, Southeast Arkansas PUMA, AR, and Aguadilla, Aguada & Moca PUMA, PR. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Shoe & leather workers are Northwest Maine--Oxford, Somerset, Franklin & Somerset Counties PUMA, ME, Aguadilla, Aguada & Moca PUMA, PR, and Milwaukee County--City of Milwaukee Northwest PUMA, WI.

Production Occupations Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Shoe & leather workers workforce. Shoe & leather workers workforce in 2024 was 9,363 people, of which 43.8% were women and 56.2% were men.

Shoe & leather workers are paid most in Northwest Maine--Oxford, Somerset, Franklin & Somerset Counties PUMA, ME but are relatively concentrated in Northwest Maine--Oxford, Somerset, Franklin & Somerset Counties PUMA, ME.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

5,259

Male Workforce

± 1.78k

4,104

Female Workforce

± 1.57k

The Shoe & leather workers workforce in 2024 was 9,363 people (43.8% women and 56.2% men). This implies an average annual growth of −16.2% between 2014 (11,174) and 2024 (9,363).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Shoe & leather workers.

During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Virginia ($73,026), New Mexico ($59,523), and Maine ($57,864).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$35,926

AVERAGE WAGE

#416 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Shoe & leather workers earned an average of $35,926, $33,952 less than the average national salary of $69,878

The graph shows the ranking of Shoe & leather workers in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2014.

In 2024, Shoe & leather workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.407, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Shoe & leather workers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Shoe & leather workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Shoe & leather workers and on wages for those in the field. Footwear manufacturing is the industry that employs the most Shoe & leather workers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Shoe & leather workers, by average wage, is Nondepository credit & related activities ($66,720).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

9.36k

2024 Workforce

± 2,376

−1.94%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 36.4%

This graphic shows the share of Shoe & leather workers employed by various industries. Footwear manufacturing employs the largest share of Shoe & leather workers at 55.2%, followed by Personal & household goods repair & maintenance with 23.1% and Leather tanning & finishing, & other allied products manufacturing with 19.3%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Shoe & leather workers in the US. The workforce of Shoe & leather workers in 2024 was 9,363 people, with 43.8% woman, and 56.2% men. The average age of male Shoe & leather workers in the workforce is 45.8 and of female Shoe & leather workers is 42.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Shoe & leather workers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Shoe & leather workers in 2024 was 9,363 people, with 43.8% woman, and 56.2% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (1,252 people), 50 to 54 years (1,082 people), and 60 to 64 years (963 people). Among them they concentrated 40.1% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2024, 32% of Shoe & leather workers workers were Hispanic and 68% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (59.9%), Puerto Rican (18.6)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (7.87)%

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Races

In 2024, 52.7% of the Shoe & leather workers workforce were White, of which 41% were women and 59% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (17.5%) and Black (12.9%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Shoe & leather workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Shoe & leather workers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Construction.

Among the necessary skills for Shoe & leather workers, Operations Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Shoe & leather workers 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 Shoe & leather workers in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (312 people), Visual & Performing Arts (203 people), and Engineering (97 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Shoe & leather workers workers were High School or Equivalent (3,780 people), Some college (2,074 people), and Secondary Education (1,159 people).

The graphic shows the Shoe & leather workers workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Value

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Shoe & leather workers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Shoe & leather workers need many skills, but most especially Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Reading Comprehension.