Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

59.8k

2020

Average Employee Age

2020

Average Salary

$71,562

2020

Average Male Salary

$76,688

2020

Average Female Salary

$56,474

2020

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 44.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $73,842. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.5 hours and earn an average annual salary of $33,523.

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, St. Tammany Parish (Southeast) PUMA, LA, and Beaver County (South) PUMA, PA.

The workforce of Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group in 2020 was 59,814 people, with 25.4% woman, and 74.6% men.

In 2020, 79.8% of the workforce in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group was White (47,737 people), of which 25.9% were women and 74.1% men.

Wholesale Trade

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 59,814 people and is concentrated in Texas (7,884 workers). The average annual salary was $71,562, being $15,608 more than the national average salary, which was $55,954.

Monthly Employment

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

Start Year

Y-Axis

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.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2020 were Texas (7.88k), California (6.62k), and Illinois (3.69k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2020, Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $71,562, $15,608 more than the average national salary of $55,954.

The graph shows the position of Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.41

WAGE GINI

Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers has a wage GINI of 0.41, 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).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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 11,152 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 Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2020, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing (11,152 people), firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers (6,878 people), and driver/sales workers & truck drivers (3,978 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$76,688

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$9,176

$56,474

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$9,652

On average, Male workers in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers Industry Group make 1.36 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.

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.

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 Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Use of Output by Other Industries

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

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

Texas
2,334
California
2,194
Illinois
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.

Diversity

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

Of the total workforce, 25.4% corresponds to women and 74.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $76,688 and $56,474.

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

Gender and Age

15,170

Women

25.4%

44,644

Men

74.6%

The workforce of Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers industry in 2020 was 59,814 people, with 25.4% woman, and 74.6% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers industry.

Races

In 2020, 79.8% of the workforce in the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers industry was White (47,737 people), of which 25.9% were women and 74.1% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers workers in 2020 were high school or equivalent (19,224 people), bachelors degree (13,667 people), and some college (12,898 people).

The chart shows the Metals & minerals (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers workforce by gender and educational level.