Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
54.3k
2022
Average Employee Age
46.1
2022
Average Salary
$81,063
2022
Average Male Salary
$87,130
2022
Average Female Salary
$63,714
2022

About

The top three occupations in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group are sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing, firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers, and driver/sales workers & truck drivers. On average, full-time employees in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group work 44.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $84,195. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20 hours and earn an average annual salary of $40,719.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group are Houston (East), Galena Park, Jacinto Cities & Cloverleaf PUMA, TX, Cook County (South Central)--Worth & Calumet Townships PUMA, IL, and Chester County (West)--Phoenixville Borough PUMA, PA.

The workforce of Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group in 2022 was 54,264 people, with 25.9% woman, and 74.1% men.

In 2022, 76.6% of the workforce in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group was White (41,593 people), of which 26.9% were women and 73.1% men.

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

The workforce in Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group was 54,264 people and is concentrated in Texas (6,535 workers). The average annual salary was $81,063, being $16,381 more than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

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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.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were Texas (6.54k), California (6.28k), and Illinois (3.13k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $81,063, $16,381 more than the average national salary of $64,683.

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Wage Distribution

0.413
WAGE GINI

Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers has a wage GINI of 0.413, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing are the most common position with 10,523 workers, but the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers and Driver/sales workers & truck drivers.

The highest average salary in Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers goes to Other managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing (10,523 people), firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers (6,724 people), and driver/sales workers & truck drivers (3,606 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$87,130
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$10,791
$63,714
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$11,648

On average, Male workers in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group make 1.37 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers 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 Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

The Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Texas and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group is Manufacturing.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

The Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers 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.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016
  1. 2,334
  2. 2,194
  3. 1,228

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 25.9% corresponds to women and 74.1% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $87,130 and $63,714.

74.9% of workers have a high school or equivalent, bachelors degree or some college.

Gender and Age

14,059
Women
25.9%
40,205
Men
74.1%

The workforce of Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers industry in 2022 was 54,264 people, with 25.9% woman, and 74.1% men.

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Races

In 2022, 76.6% of the workforce in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers industry was White (41,593 people), of which 26.9% were women and 73.1% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers workers in 2022 were high school or equivalent (15,954 people), bachelors degree (12,975 people), and some college (11,712 people).

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