Used merchandise stores

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Workforce

234k

2018 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

42.2

Average Salary

$23,114

Average Male Salary

$27,266

Average Female Salary

$20,720

About

The top three occupations in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group are Retail salespersons, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Cashiers, Stockers and order fillers, and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand. On average, full-time employees in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group work 41.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $32,537. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,883.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group are Inside Loop I-410 PUMA, TX (79500US4805906), Portland City (Southeast) PUMA, OR, and Blaine, Lino Lakes & Ham Lake Cities PUMA, MN. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Used merchandise stores.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group. Retail salespersons are the most common position, but the Used merchandise stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Wholesale & retail buyers, except farm products, compared to other industries.

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

Occupations

Occupations by Share

234k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 11.9k

-0.469%

1 Year Growth

± 7.19%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group has been declining at a rate of -0.469%, , from 235k people in 2017 to 234k people in 2018.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Used merchandise stores by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Retail salespersons represent the largest share of positions held in Used merchandise stores at 20.7%, followed by Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers with 18.3% and Cashiers with 15.4%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group, by number of employees, are Retail salespersons, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Cashiers, Stockers and order fillers, and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Used merchandise stores employs an unusually high number of Wholesale & retail buyers, except farm products, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and Stockers and order fillers.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Used merchandise stores, by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, Other managers, and Computer occupations, all other.

Wages

Average Salary

$23,114

AVERAGE WAGE

± $2,047

On average, employees in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group make $23,114 per year. This number makes Used merchandise stores the 265 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 Used merchandise stores Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.495

WAGE GINI

Used merchandise stores has a wage GINI of 0.495, which is more than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Used merchandise stores (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Used merchandise stores Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Used merchandise stores Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $27,266 and $20,720. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

149k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±9.46k

85.7k

MALE WORKFORCE

±7.18k

63.4% of workers in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group are Female, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Used merchandise stores Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$27,266

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,609

$20,720

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,454

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

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

White
Black
Two or More Races

On average, White employees in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group earn 1.05 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 Used merchandise stores Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Used merchandise 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 Used merchandise stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Used merchandise stores Industry Group is Construction.

In this visualization, click on a category to expand or collapse it. 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 Used merchandise stores is from Retail Trade.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Used merchandise stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Used merchandise 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 Used merchandise stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

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