Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
94.1k
2022
Average Employee Age
45.3
2022
Average Salary
$91,985
2022
Average Male Salary
$96,695
2022
Average Female Salary
$76,931
2022

About

The top three occupations in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group are driver/sales workers & truck drivers, firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers, and sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing. On average, full-time employees in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group work 46.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $94,236. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22 hours and earn an average annual salary of $43,890.

The workforce of Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group in 2022 was 94,096 people, with 23.8% woman, and 76.2% men.

In 2022, 75.9% of the workforce in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group was White (71,417 people), of which 25% were women and 75% men.

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

The workforce in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group was 94,096 people and is concentrated in Texas (22,561 workers). The average annual salary was $91,985, being $27,302 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 (22.6k), California (7.36k), and Florida (3.66k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $91,985, $27,302 more than the average national salary of $64,683.

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Wage Distribution

0.406
WAGE GINI

Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers has a wage GINI of 0.406, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Petroleum & petroleum products 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 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are the most common position with 16,289 workers, but the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers and Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing.

The highest average salary in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers goes to Miscellaneous mathematical science occupations, including mathematicians & statisticians.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were driver/sales workers & truck drivers (16,289 people), firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers (9,269 people), and sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing (8,409 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$96,695
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$8,568
$76,931
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$11,696

On average, Male workers in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group make 1.26 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Petroleum & petroleum products 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 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

The Petroleum & petroleum products 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 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group is Manufacturing.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

The Petroleum & petroleum products 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 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Petroleum & petroleum products 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. 1,604
  2. 980
  3. 568

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 23.8% corresponds to women and 76.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $96,695 and $76,931.

76.6% of workers have a high school or equivalent, bachelors degree or some college.

Gender and Age

22,424
Women
23.8%
71,672
Men
76.2%

The workforce of Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers industry in 2022 was 94,096 people, with 23.8% woman, and 76.2% men.

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Races

In 2022, 75.9% of the workforce in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers industry was White (71,417 people), of which 25% were women and 75% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers workers in 2022 were high school or equivalent (26,978 people), bachelors degree (24,500 people), and some college (20,598 people).

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