Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping

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2019 Workforce

84.1k

Average Age

41.6

Average Salary

$39,220

Average Male Salary

$44,566

Average Female Salary

$33,610

About

Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping are most often employed by the Animal slaughtering & processing industry. The average yearly wage for Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping was $39,220 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping by wage are Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers, Small engine mechanics, and Other construction and related workers.

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. Animal slaughtering & processing 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 Pipeline transportation. 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

$39,220

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,293

In 2019, Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping earned an average of $39,220, $16,303 less than than the average national salary of $55,524.

Other construction and related workers make somewhat more than Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping while Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers 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

0.366

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.366, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. 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 Animal slaughtering & processing, Waste management & remediation services, and Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping, by average wage, are Petroleum refining, Pipeline transportation, Support activities for mining, Aircraft & parts manufacturing, Oil & gas extraction, Oil & gas extraction, Support activities for mining, Pipeline transportation, Support activities for mining, Oil & gas extraction, Pipeline transportation, Electric power generation, transmission & distribution, Banking & related activities, Support activities for mining, Services incidental to transportation, Natural gas distribution, Navigational, measuring, electromedical, & control instruments manufacturing, and Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing.

Industries by Share

84.1k

2019 Workforce

± 7,116

-12.1%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 13.2%

The number of people employed as Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping has been declining at a rate of -12.1%, from 95,646 people in 2018 to 84,051 people in 2019.

This graphic shows the share of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping employed by various industries. Animal slaughtering & processing employs the largest share of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping at 4.88%, followed by Waste management & remediation services with 4.44% and Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing with 4.17%.

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 42 and of female Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping is 41.2, and the most common race/ethnicity for Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

43k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 5,093

41k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 4,971

51.2% 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)

56% of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 17.4% 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

± 1.79

41.2

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.63

The median age of Weighers, measurers, checkers, & samplers, recordkeeping is 41.6, and Male employees are generally 0.83 years older 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 Natural Resources & Conservation.

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.