Bakers

Detailed Occupation

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2020 Workforce
216k
Average Age
39.4
Estimated Job Growth
5.32%
10-year projection
Average Salary
$25,192
Average Male Salary
$29,385
Average Female Salary
$22,507

About

Bakers are most often employed by the Retail bakeries industry. The average yearly wage for Bakers was $25,192 in 2020.

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Employment and salary information for the Bakers workforce. Bakers workforce in 2020 was 216,285 people, of which 61% were women and 39% were men. Bakers are paid most in Barron, Polk, Clark & Chippewa (North) Counties PUMA, WI but are relatively concentrated in Carr 2 (Sur) PUMA, PR.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
84,445
Male Workforce
± 7.13k
131,840
Female Workforce
± 8.91k

The Bakers workforce in 2020 was 216,285 people (61% women and 39% men). This implies an average annual growth of 8.77% between 2014 (198,845) and 2020 (216,285).

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Employment by Location

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During 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Hawaii ($47,261), New Jersey ($31,773), and Montana ($31,496).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$25,192
AVERAGE WAGE
#489 in the ranking (2020)
$55,954
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2020, Bakers earned an average of $25,192, $30,762 less than the average national salary of $55,954

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.353
WAGE GINI

In 2020, Bakers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.353, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Bakers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Information on the industries that employ Bakers and on wages for those in the field. Retail bakeries is the industry that employs the most Bakers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Bakers, by average wage, is Seafood & other miscellaneous foods, n.e.c. ($56,440).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
216k
2020 Workforce
± 11,410
−2.43%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 7.6%

This graphic shows the share of Bakers employed by various industries. Retail bakeries employs the largest share of Bakers at 40.4%, followed by Restaurants & Food Services with 32% and Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores with 27.5%.

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Demographic information on Bakers in the US. The workforce of Bakers in 2020 was 216,285 people, with 61% woman, and 39% men. The average age of male Bakers in the workforce is 39.8 and of female Bakers is 39.2, and the most common race/ethnicity for Bakers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Bakers in 2020 was 216,285 people, with 61% woman, and 39% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 20 to 24 years (32,392 people), 25 to 29 years (28,880  people), and 30 to 34 years (23,095 people). Among them they concentrated 39.1% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2020, 30.1% of Bakers workers were Hispanic and 69.9% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (82.3%), Salvadoran (9.38)%, and Puerto Rican (8.29)%

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Races

In 2020, 65.4% of the Bakers workforce were White, of which 64.7% were women and 35.3% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (11.2%) and Other (10.8%).

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Data on higher education choices for Bakers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Bakers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2020 were Personal & Culinary Services.

Among the necessary skills for Bakers, Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Bakers need more than the average amount of Operations Analysis.

Majors

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Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Bakers in 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (4,596 people), Visual & Performing Arts (2,422 people), and Education (2,054 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Bakers workers were High School or Equivalent (82,277 people), Some college (50,200 people), and Secondary Education (27,719 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Bakers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Bakers need many skills, but most especially Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Active Learning.

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Projections on job growth for Bakers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 10-year national workforce is projected to grow 3.71%, but Bakers are expected to see a growth of 5.32% over the same period. This occupation is expected to grow more than the national average.

Job Growth

5.32%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
3.71%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Bakers. This profession is expected to grow more than than 3.71%, the average rate of national job growth.

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