Department stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

564k

2021

Average Employee Age

39.1

2021

Average Salary

$29,375

2021

Average Male Salary

$35,199

2021

Average Female Salary

$26,675

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Department stores Industry Group are retail salespersons, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Department stores Industry Group work 41 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $42,044. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $12,977.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Department stores Industry Group are Benton County PUMA, AR, Carr 852-Carr 185 PUMA, PR, and DeSoto & Lancaster Cities PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Department stores Industry Group in 2021 was 564,265 people, with 68.3% woman, and 31.7% men.

In 2021, 63% of the workforce in the Department stores Industry Group was White (355,399 people), of which 67.8% were women and 32.2% men.

Retail Trade

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Department stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Department stores Industry Group was 564,265 people and is concentrated in California (61,938 workers). The average annual salary was $29,375, being $30,220 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 (61.9k), Texas (51.5k), and Florida (42.7k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Department stores Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Department stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $29,375, $30,220 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Department stores Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.479

WAGE GINI

Department stores has a wage GINI of 0.479, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Department 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 Department stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Department stores Industry Group.

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 150,729 workers, but the Department stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Cashiers.

The highest average salary in Department stores goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Department stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (150,729 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (82,732 people), and cashiers (78,994 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$35,199

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,690

$26,675

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,252

On average, Male workers in the Department stores Industry Group make 1.32 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Department stores Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Department 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 Department stores Industry Group.

The Department stores Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Department stores is from Retail Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Department stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Department 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 Department stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Department 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 Department stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Department stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 68.3% corresponds to women and 31.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $35,199 and $26,675.

77.6% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

385,525

Women

68.3%

178,740

Men

31.7%

The workforce of Department stores industry in 2021 was 564,265 people, with 68.3% woman, and 31.7% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Department stores industry.

Races

In 2021, 63% of the workforce in the Department stores industry was White (355,399 people), of which 67.8% were women and 32.2% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Department stores workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (184,536 people), some college (164,967 people), and bachelors degree (88,164 people).

The chart shows the Department stores workforce by gender and educational level.