Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores

Industry Group

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Workforce

431k

2020 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

Average Salary

$30,157

Average Male Salary

$34,628

Average Female Salary

$33,977

About

The top three occupations in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group are Retail salespersons, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Cashiers, Customer service representatives, and Stockers and order fillers. On average, full-time employees in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group work 42.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $45,463. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $10,574.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group are Oklahoma City (West) PUMA, OK, Oklahoma City (West Central) PUMA, OK, and Cobb County (Northwest)Kennesaw & Acworth Cities PUMA, GA. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores .

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group. Retail salespersons are the most common position, but the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Miscellaneous vehicle & mobile equipment mechanics, installers, & repairers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Monthly Employment

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

Start Year

Y-Axis

9.62%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 27.4M people employed in the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry. This represents a 9.62% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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

Occupations by Share

431k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 16.1k

−3.62%

1 Year Growth

± 5.43%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −3.62%, , from 447k people in 2019 to 431k people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Retail salespersons represent the largest share of positions held in Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores at 30.8%, followed by Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers with 21.4% and Cashiers with 10.7%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group, by number of employees, are Retail salespersons, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Cashiers, Customer service representatives, and Stockers and order fillers.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores employs an unusually high number of Miscellaneous vehicle & mobile equipment mechanics, installers, & repairers, Retail salespersons, and Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores , by average wage, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Software quality assurance analysts and testers, and Purchasing managers.

Average Salary

$30,157

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,521

On average, employees in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group make $30,157 per year. This number makes Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores the 246 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.515

WAGE GINI

Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores has a wage GINI of 0.515, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $34,628 and $33,977. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

190k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±10.7k

241k

MALE WORKFORCE

±12k

55.9% of workers in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$34,628

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,283

$33,977

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,253

On average, Male workers in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group make 1.02 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Asian
White
American Indian and Alaska Native tribes specified; or American Indian or Alaska Native, not specified and no other races

On average, Asian employees in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group earn 1.24 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy 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. Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Sporting goods, and hobby & toy 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores is from Retail Trade.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Sporting goods, and hobby & toy 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 Sporting goods, and hobby & toy stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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