Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

43.7k

2021

Average Employee Age

42.8

2021

Estimated Job Growth

5.97%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$52,295

2021

Average Male Salary

$54,074

2021

Average Female Salary

$42,402

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group are miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, and other assemblers and fabricators. On average, full-time employees in the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group work 44.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $53,404. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21 hours and earn an average annual salary of $23,728.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group are Douglas County PUMA, OR, Klamath, Malheur, Lake & Harney Counties PUMA, OR, and Northwest Louisiana PUMA, LA.

The workforce of Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group in 2021 was 43,715 people, with 15.2% woman, and 84.8% men.

In 2021, 76.8% of the workforce in the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group was White (33,578 people), of which 15.2% were women and 84.8% men.

Manufacturing

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group.

The workforce in Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group was 43,715 people and is concentrated in Oregon (5,971 workers). The average annual salary was $52,295, being $7,300 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

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Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 8.5k people employed in the Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing industry. This represents a 0% change in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were Oregon (5.97k), Texas (2.7k), and North Carolina (2.69k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group had an average annual wage of $52,295, $7,300 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.352

WAGE GINI

Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products has a wage GINI of 0.352, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products (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 Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group.

Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors are the most common position with 4,991 workers, but the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand and Other assemblers and fabricators.

The highest average salary in Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors (4,991 people), laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand (3,739 people), and other assemblers and fabricators (3,118 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$54,074

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$5,926

$42,402

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$10,598

On average, Male workers in the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group make 1.28 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products 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 Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group.

The Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

California and North Carolina stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products is from Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group is Manufacturing.

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 Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products 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 Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 15.2% corresponds to women and 84.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $54,074 and $42,402.

75.8% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

6,664

Women

15.2%

37,051

Men

84.8%

The workforce of Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products industry in 2021 was 43,715 people, with 15.2% woman, and 84.8% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products industry.

Races

In 2021, 76.8% of the workforce in the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products industry was White (33,578 people), of which 15.2% were women and 84.8% 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 Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (19,271 people), some college (8,929 people), and secondary education (4,946 people).

The chart shows the Veneer, plywood, & engineered wood products workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Plywood and engineered wood product mfg. industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 5.97%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (16.7%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Plywood and engineered wood product mfg..

5.97%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Plywood and engineered wood product mfg.. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.