Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing

Industry Group

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Workforce

1.49M

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

43.8

Estimated Job Growth

−3.04%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$55,671

Average Male Salary

$57,740

Average Female Salary

$56,375

About

The top three occupations in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group are Welding, soldering, & brazing workers, Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Sheet metal workers, Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters, and Other assemblers and fabricators. On average, full-time employees in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group work 44.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $57,049. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $28,339.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group are Marathon County PUMA, WI, Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Kossuth, Hancock, Winnebago, Mitchell & Worth Counties PUMA, IA, and Douglas, Edgar, Coles & Cumberland Counties PUMA, IL. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing .

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group. Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are the most common position, but the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Sheet metal workers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Manufacturing industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

6.34%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 12.3M people employed in the Manufacturing industry. This represents a 6.34% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Manufacturing over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Occupations by Share

1.49M

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 350k

−1.1%

1 Year Growth

± 5.91%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 1.49M people employed in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −1.1%, , from 354k people in 2019 to 350k people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Welding, soldering, & brazing workers represent the largest share of positions held in Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing at 12.6%, followed by Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers with 5.95% and Sheet metal workers with 5.07%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group, by number of employees, are Welding, soldering, & brazing workers, Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Sheet metal workers, Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters, and Other assemblers and fabricators.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing employs an unusually high number of Sheet metal workers, Boilermakers, and Structural metal fabricators & fitters.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing , by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, and Sales managers.

Average Salary

$55,671

AVERAGE WAGE

± $2,064

On average, employees in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group make $55,671 per year. This number makes Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing the 129 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 Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.359

WAGE GINI

Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.359, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing (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 Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $57,740 and $56,375. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

59k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±5.96k

291k

MALE WORKFORCE

±13.2k

83.1% of workers in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$57,740

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,352

$56,375

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,303

On average, Male workers in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group make 1.02 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

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Asian

On average, American Indian and Alaska Native tribes specified; or American Indian or Alaska Native, not specified and no other races employees in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group earn 1.08 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 Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing 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. Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Projections

Growth projections of the Fabricated metal product manufacturing industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Fabricated metal product manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −3.04%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (11.6%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Fabricated metal product manufacturing.

−3.04%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Fabricated metal product manufacturing. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.