Pipeline transportation

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

59.5k

2021

Average Employee Age

43.6

2021

Estimated Job Growth

3.13%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$98,160

2021

Average Male Salary

$100,607

2021

Average Female Salary

$84,628

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Pipeline transportation Industry Group are inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, & weighers, pipelayers, and plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters. On average, full-time employees in the Pipeline transportation Industry Group work 47.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $99,264. Part-time employees in the same industry work 13.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $37,404.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Pipeline transportation Industry Group are South Texas Development Council (South) & Coastal Bend COG (West) PUMA, TX, Midland CountyMidland City PUMA, TX, and Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Pipeline transportation Industry Group in 2021 was 59,531 people, with 15.3% woman, and 84.7% men.

In 2021, 81.6% of the workforce in the Pipeline transportation Industry Group was White (48,586 people), of which 13% were women and 87% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Pipeline transportation Industry Group.

The workforce in Pipeline transportation Industry Group was 59,531 people and is concentrated in Texas (21,584 workers). The average annual salary was $98,160, being $38,565 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

4.23%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 19.7k people employed in the Pipeline Transportation industry. This represents a 4.23% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were Texas (21.6k), Oklahoma (5.18k), and Louisiana (2.97k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Pipeline transportation Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Pipeline transportation Industry Group had an average annual wage of $98,160, $38,565 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

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

Wage Distribution

0.33

WAGE GINI

Pipeline transportation has a wage GINI of 0.33, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Pipeline transportation (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 Pipeline transportation Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Pipeline transportation Industry Group.

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, & weighers are the most common position with 3,243 workers, but the Pipeline transportation Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Pipelayers and Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters.

The highest average salary in Pipeline transportation goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Pipeline transportation Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, & weighers (3,243 people), pipelayers (3,067 people), and plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (2,969 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$100,607

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$8,023

$84,628

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$16,385

On average, Male workers in the Pipeline transportation Industry Group make 1.19 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Pipeline transportation Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Pipeline transportation 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 Pipeline transportation Industry Group.

The Pipeline transportation Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Pipeline transportation is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

Transportation and warehousing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Pipeline transportation Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Pipeline transportation 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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Pipeline transportation is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Pipeline transportation Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Pipeline transportation is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Pipeline transportation Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 15.3% corresponds to women and 84.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $100,607 and $84,628.

74.2% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

9,114

Women

15.3%

50,417

Men

84.7%

The workforce of Pipeline transportation industry in 2021 was 59,531 people, with 15.3% woman, and 84.7% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Pipeline transportation industry.

Races

In 2021, 81.6% of the workforce in the Pipeline transportation industry was White (48,586 people), of which 13% were women and 87% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Pipeline transportation workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (17,337 people), some college (13,849 people), and bachelors degree (12,965 people).

The chart shows the Pipeline transportation workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Pipeline transportation 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 Pipeline transportation industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 3.13%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (6.16%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

3.13%

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 Pipeline transportation. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.