Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

45k

2021

Average Employee Age

46.9

2021

Average Salary

$27,400

2021

Average Male Salary

$43,244

2021

Average Female Salary

$22,149

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group are retail salespersons, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group work 42.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $43,882. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $12,885.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group are Cuyahoga Falls (Southeast), Stow & Tallmadge Cities PUMA, OH, Brunswick County PUMA, NC, and Akron City (East) PUMA, OH.

The workforce of Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group in 2021 was 45,018 people, with 75.1% woman, and 24.9% men.

In 2021, 80% of the workforce in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group was White (36,002 people), of which 77.4% were women and 22.6% men.

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Retail Trade

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group was 45,018 people and is concentrated in California (5,131 workers). The average annual salary was $27,400, being $32,196 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

0.946%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 28.9M people employed in the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry. This represents a 0.946% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Trade, Transportation, and Utilities over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (5.13k), Texas (3.26k), and Ohio (2.92k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $27,400, $32,196 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.51

WAGE GINI

Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores has a wage GINI of 0.51, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group.

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 12,180 workers, but the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Cashiers.

The highest average salary in Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores goes to Sales managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (12,180 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (7,844 people), and cashiers (4,602 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$43,244

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$11,938

$22,149

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$4,498

On average, Male workers in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group make 1.95 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group.

The Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores is from Retail Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group is Construction.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Construction Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 75.1% corresponds to women and 24.9% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $43,244 and $22,149.

76.2% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

33,813

Women

75.1%

11,205

Men

24.9%

The workforce of Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores industry in 2021 was 45,018 people, with 75.1% woman, and 24.9% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores industry.

Races

In 2021, 80% of the workforce in the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores industry was White (36,002 people), of which 77.4% were women and 22.6% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (12,077 people), some college (11,958 people), and bachelors degree (10,248 people).

The chart shows the Sewing, needlework, & piece goods stores workforce by gender and educational level.