Hardware stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

205k

2020

Average Employee Age

41.8

2020

Average Salary

$33,239

2020

Average Male Salary

$36,537

2020

Average Female Salary

$26,509

2020

About

The top three occupations in the Hardware stores Industry Group are retail salespersons, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Hardware stores Industry Group work 43.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $43,506. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $13,360.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Hardware stores Industry Group are Georgetown, Marion & Dillon Counties PUMA, SC, Carr 2-Carr 129 PUMA, PR, and Carr 156-Carr 164 PUMA, PR.

The workforce of Hardware stores Industry Group in 2020 was 205,261 people, with 32.9% woman, and 67.1% men.

In 2020, 85.2% of the workforce in the Hardware stores Industry Group was White (174,834 people), of which 32.9% were women and 67.1% men.

Retail Trade

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Hardware stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Hardware stores Industry Group was 205,261 people and is concentrated in California (22,262 workers). The average annual salary was $33,239, being $22,715 less 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 California (22.3k), Texas (14.6k), and New York (9.26k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Hardware stores Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2020, Hardware stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $33,239, $22,715 less than the average national salary of $55,954.

The graph shows the position of Hardware stores Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.471

WAGE GINI

Hardware stores has a wage GINI of 0.471, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Hardware stores (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 Hardware stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Hardware stores Industry Group.

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 61,057 workers, but the Hardware stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Cashiers.

The highest average salary in Hardware stores goes to Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Hardware stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2020, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (61,057 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (34,505 people), and cashiers (27,531 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$36,537

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,867

$26,509

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,105

On average, Male workers in the Hardware stores Industry Group make 1.38 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Hardware stores Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Hardware 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.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Hardware stores Industry Group.

The Hardware stores Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Hardware stores is from Retail Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Hardware stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Hardware stores 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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Hardware stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Hardware 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 Hardware stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Hardware stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 32.9% corresponds to women and 67.1% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $36,537 and $26,509.

78.4% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

67,502

Women

32.9%

137,759

Men

67.1%

The workforce of Hardware stores industry in 2020 was 205,261 people, with 32.9% woman, and 67.1% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Hardware stores industry.

Races

In 2020, 85.2% of the workforce in the Hardware stores industry was White (174,834 people), of which 32.9% were women and 67.1% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Hardware stores workers in 2020 were high school or equivalent (71,259 people), some college (63,064 people), and bachelors degree (26,577 people).

The chart shows the Hardware stores workforce by gender and educational level.