Production Occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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2020 Workforce

8.53M

Average Age

42.4

Average Salary

$42,620

Average Male Salary

$47,059

Average Female Salary

$31,582

About

Production Occupations are most often employed by the Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Production Occupations was $42,620 in 2020.

The locations that employ the most Production Occupations are Elkhart & Goshen Cities PUMA, IN, Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN, and Muskegon County PUMA, MI. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Production Occupations are Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN, St. Joseph & Branch Counties PUMA, MI, and Whitfield County PUMA, GA.

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Production Occupations Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Employment and salary information for the Production Occupations workforce. Production Occupations workforce in 2020 was 8,532,031 people, of which 28.7% were women and 71.3% were men. Production Occupations are paid most in Chelsea, Clinton & Midtown Business District PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

6,084,886

Male Workforce

± 59.3k

2,447,145

Female Workforce

± 38.1k

The Production Occupations workforce in 2020 was 8,532,031 people (28.7% women and 71.3% men). This implies an average annual growth of 2.07% between 2014 (8,358,616) and 2020 (8,532,031).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Production Occupations.

During 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Wyoming ($63,394), Louisiana ($57,739), and Alaska ($50,924).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$42,620

AVERAGE WAGE

#10 in the ranking (2020)

$55,954

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2020, Production Occupations earned an average of $42,620, $13,334 less than the average national salary of $55,954

The graph shows the ranking of Production Occupations in relation to all Minor Occupation Group in 2020.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.355

WAGE GINI

In 2020, Production Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.355, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Production Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Production Occupations compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Production Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing is the industry that employs the most Production Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Production Occupations, by average wage, is Electric power generation, transmission & distribution ($96,568).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

8.53M

2020 Workforce

± 69,619

−1.59%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 1.17%

This graphic shows the share of Production Occupations employed by various industries. Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing employs the largest share of Production Occupations at 56.5%, followed by Animal slaughtering & processing with 22.3% and Machinery manufacturing, n.e.c. or not specified with 21.2%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Production Occupations in the US. The workforce of Production Occupations in 2020 was 8,532,031 people, with 28.7% woman, and 71.3% men. The average age of male Production Occupations in the workforce is 42.1 and of female Production Occupations is 43.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Production Occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Production Occupations in 2020 was 8,532,031 people, with 28.7% woman, and 71.3% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (983,403 people), 50 to 54 years (981,975 people), and 55 to 59 years (971,785 people). Among them they concentrated 34.4% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2020, 22.6% of Production Occupations workers were Hispanic and 77.4% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (85%), Puerto Rican (9.01)%, and Salvadoran (5.97)%

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Races

In 2020, 68.3% of the Production Occupations workforce were White, of which 25.6% were women and 74.4% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (13.4%) and Other (7.64%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Production Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Production Occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2020 were Mechanical Technologies.

Among the necessary skills for Production Occupations, Operation Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Production Occupations need more than the average amount of Repairing.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Production Occupations in 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (162,051 people), Engineering (105,996 people), and Visual & Performing Arts (47,486 people).

You can review this information for different academic grades by modifying the option selected in the selector above.

Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Production Occupations workers were High School or Equivalent (3,712,820 people), Some college (1,985,395 people), and Secondary Education (923,115 people).

The graphic shows the Production Occupations workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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