Used merchandise stores

Industry Group

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Workforce

230k

2020 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

41.8

Average Salary

$23,692

Average Male Salary

$28,254

Average Female Salary

$26,874

About

The top three occupations in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group are Retail salespersons, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Cashiers, Stockers and order fillers, and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand. On average, full-time employees in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group work 41.7 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $33,567. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,317.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group are Akron City (East) PUMA, OH, Roanoke Valley-Alleghany Regional Commission (Roanoke, Salem Cities & Vinton Town) PUMA, VA, and Greater Pinellas Park City PUMA, FL. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Used merchandise stores.

Retail Trade

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group. Retail salespersons are the most common position, but the Used merchandise stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Furniture finishers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Used merchandise stores goes to Parts salespersons.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

88.2%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 14.3k people employed in the Used Merchandise Stores industry. This represents a 88.2% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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

Occupations

Occupations by Share

230k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 11.8k

−2.43%

1 Year Growth

± 7.37%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −2.43%, , from 235k people in 2019 to 230k people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Used merchandise stores by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Retail salespersons represent the largest share of positions held in Used merchandise stores at 19.8%, followed by Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers with 19.4% and Cashiers with 13.7%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group, by number of employees, are Retail salespersons, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Cashiers, Stockers and order fillers, and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Used merchandise stores employs an unusually high number of Furniture finishers, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and Wholesale & retail buyers, except farm products.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Used merchandise stores, by average wage, are Parts salespersons, Software developers, and Chief executives & legislators.

Wages

Average Salary

$23,692

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,811

On average, employees in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group make $23,692 per year. This number makes Used merchandise stores the 265 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 Used merchandise stores Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.495

WAGE GINI

Used merchandise stores has a wage GINI of 0.495, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Used merchandise stores (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Used merchandise stores Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Used merchandise stores Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $28,254 and $26,874. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

144k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±9.3k

86.1k

MALE WORKFORCE

±7.2k

62.5% of workers in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group are Female, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Used merchandise stores Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$28,254

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,539

$26,874

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,311

On average, Male workers in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group make 1.05 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Used merchandise stores Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

American Indian and Alaska Native tribes specified; or American Indian or Alaska Native, not specified and no other races
White
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 Used merchandise stores Industry Group earn 1.58 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 Used merchandise stores Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Used merchandise 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. Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Used merchandise stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Used merchandise 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Used merchandise stores is from Retail Trade.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Used merchandise stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Used merchandise 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 Used merchandise stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

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