Miscellaneous retail stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

492k

2021

Average Employee Age

2021

Average Salary

$38,717

2021

Average Male Salary

$48,193

2021

Average Female Salary

$30,456

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Miscellaneous retail stores Industry Group are retail salespersons, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Miscellaneous retail stores Industry Group work 42.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $50,626. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $15,612.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Miscellaneous retail stores Industry Group are Montgomery County (West)Conroe City (West) PUMA, TX, South Delta Region PUMA, MS, and Guaynabo & Cataño Municipios PUMA, PR.

The workforce of Miscellaneous retail stores Industry Group in 2021 was 491,599 people, with 53.4% woman, and 46.6% men.

In 2021, 76.8% of the workforce in the Miscellaneous retail stores Industry Group was White (377,761 people), of which 53.5% were women and 46.5% men.

Photo by Jean-Pierre Dalbéra

Retail Trade

Employment & Salaries

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

The workforce in Miscellaneous retail stores Industry Group was 491,599 people and is concentrated in California (58,056 workers). The average annual salary was $38,717, being $20,878 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 (58.1k), Texas (38.4k), and Florida (35.5k).

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

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Miscellaneous retail stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $38,717, $20,878 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

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

Wage Distribution

0.507

WAGE GINI

Miscellaneous retail stores has a wage GINI of 0.507, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Miscellaneous retail 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 Miscellaneous retail stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

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

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 121,371 workers, but the Miscellaneous retail stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Cashiers.

The highest average salary in Miscellaneous retail stores goes to Personal financial advisors.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Miscellaneous retail stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (121,371 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (110,835 people), and cashiers (42,229 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$48,193

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,168

$30,456

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,830

On average, Male workers in the Miscellaneous retail stores Industry Group make 1.58 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Miscellaneous retail stores Industry Group.

Business

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

The Miscellaneous retail 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 Florida stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Miscellaneous retail stores Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Miscellaneous retail stores is from Retail Trade.

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Miscellaneous retail 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 Miscellaneous retail stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
10,054
Florida
8,006
Texas
6,428

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Miscellaneous retail stores industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Miscellaneous retail stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 53.4% corresponds to women and 46.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $48,193 and $30,456.

77.1% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

262,633

Women

53.4%

228,966

Men

46.6%

The workforce of Miscellaneous retail stores industry in 2021 was 491,599 people, with 53.4% woman, and 46.6% men.

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

Races

In 2021, 76.8% of the workforce in the Miscellaneous retail stores industry was White (377,761 people), of which 53.5% were women and 46.5% 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 Miscellaneous retail stores workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (141,057 people), some college (140,630 people), and bachelors degree (97,486 people).

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