General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters

Industry Group

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Workforce

2.08M

2020 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

Average Salary

$28,042

Average Male Salary

$31,705

Average Female Salary

$30,884

About

The top three occupations in the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group are Stockers and order fillers, Cashiers, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Retail salespersons, and Customer service representatives. On average, full-time employees in the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group work 41.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $37,224. Part-time employees in the same industry work 24 hours and earn an average annual salary of $13,025.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group are Benton County PUMA, AR, Cullman & Winston Counties PUMA, AL, and Crittenden, Mississippi & Craighead (East) Counties PUMA, AR. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters.

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group. Stockers and order fillers are the most common position, but the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Stockers and order fillers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

−2.94%

Year-over-year decline

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 753k people employed in the General Merchandise Stores, including Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters industry. This represents a −2.94% decrease in employment when compared to May 2020.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for General Merchandise Stores, including Warehouse Clubs and Supercenters over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Occupations by Share

2.08M

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 35.2k

0.338%

1 Year Growth

± 2.38%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 0.338%, , from 2.08M people in 2019 to 2.08M people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Stockers and order fillers represent the largest share of positions held in General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters at 18.3%, followed by Cashiers with 18.1% and Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers with 17.3%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group, by number of employees, are Stockers and order fillers, Cashiers, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Retail salespersons, and Customer service representatives.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters employs an unusually high number of Stockers and order fillers, Cashiers, and Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters, by average wage, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Chief executives & legislators, and Public relations and fundraising managers.

Average Salary

$28,042

AVERAGE WAGE

± $618

On average, employees in the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group make $28,042 per year. This number makes General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters the 250 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 General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.452

WAGE GINI

General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters has a wage GINI of 0.452, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group.

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $31,705 and $30,884. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

1.15M

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±26.2k

936k

MALE WORKFORCE

±23.7k

55.1% of workers in the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group are Female, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$31,705

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,063

$30,884

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,020

On average, Male workers in the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group make 1.03 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Asian
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
American Indian and Alaska Native tribes specified; or American Indian or Alaska Native, not specified and no other races

On average, Asian employees in the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group earn 1.19 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 General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters 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 General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters Industry Group is Construction.

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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters is from Retail Trade.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters 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 General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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