Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping

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Total Workforce

95.6k

Average Age

42.3

Average Salary

$40,559

Average Male Salary

$43,891

Average Female Salary

$36,800

About

Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping are most often employed by the Warehousing & storage industry. The average yearly wage for Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping was $40,559 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping by wage are Carpenters, Pharmacy aides, and Model makers, patternmakers, & molding machine setters, metal & plastic.

Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping are part of the Office & Administrative Support Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of office & administrative support workers, Switchboard operators, including answering service, Telephone operators, Communications equipment operators, all other, Bill & account collectors, and 45 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping are Jackson County PUMA, MI and Bell Gardens, Bell, Maywood, Cudahy & Commerce Cities PUMA, CA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping are Jackson County PUMA, MI and Bell Gardens, Bell, Maywood, Cudahy & Commerce Cities PUMA, CA.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping and on wages and locations for those in the field. Warehousing & storage is the industry that employs the most Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping, by average wage, is Electric power generation, transmission & distribution. Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping are paid most in Jackson County PUMA, MI but are relatively concentrated in Jackson County PUMA, MI.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$40,559

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,442

In 2018, Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping earned an average of $40,559, $13,330 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Carpenters make somewhat more than Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping while Pharmacy aides make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.294

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.294, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping (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 Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping, by number of employees, are Warehousing & storage, Waste management & remediation services, and Animal slaughtering & processing.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping, by average wage, are Aircraft & parts manufacturing, Oil & gas extraction, Electric power generation, transmission & distribution, Support activities for mining, Services incidental to transportation, and Natural gas distribution.

Industries by Share

95.6k

2018 Workforce

± 7,590

15.9%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 10.1%

The number of people employed as Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping has been growing at a rate of 15.9%, from 82,499 people in 2017 to 95,646 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping employed by various industries. Warehousing & storage employs the largest share of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping at 5.55%, followed by Waste management & remediation services with 5% and Animal slaughtering & processing with 4.52%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping in the US. The average age of male Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping in the workforce is 41 and of female Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping is 43.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

50.7k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 5,527

44.9k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 5,204

53% of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping

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

59.6% of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 14.6% of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping.

Age by Gender

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.54

43.9

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.51

The median age of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping is 42.3, and Male employees are generally 2.91 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping is Business but a relatively high number of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping hold a major in Agriculture.

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 Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking, Reading Comprehension, and Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping need more than the average amount of Quality Control Analysis, Equipment Maintenance, and Repairing.