Specialty food stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

196k

2021

Average Employee Age

39.9

2021

Average Salary

$33,980

2021

Average Male Salary

$41,667

2021

Average Female Salary

$25,590

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Specialty food stores Industry Group are firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, retail salespersons, and cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Specialty food stores Industry Group work 43.7 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $45,345. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $12,849.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Specialty food stores Industry Group are Jackson Heights & North Corona PUMA, NY, Huntington Town (North) PUMA, NY, and Genesee County (Central, Outside Flint City) PUMA, MI.

The workforce of Specialty food stores Industry Group in 2021 was 196,359 people, with 47.8% woman, and 52.2% men.

In 2021, 70% of the workforce in the Specialty food stores Industry Group was White (137,426 people), of which 49.8% were women and 50.2% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Specialty food stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Specialty food stores Industry Group was 196,359 people and is concentrated in California (24,748 workers). The average annual salary was $33,980, being $25,615 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

2.94%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 52.6k people employed in the Specialty Food Stores industry. This represents a 2.94% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (24.7k), New York (21.7k), and Texas (13.6k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Specialty food stores Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Specialty food stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $33,980, $25,615 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Specialty food stores Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.498

WAGE GINI

Specialty food stores has a wage GINI of 0.498, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Specialty food stores (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 Specialty food stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Specialty food stores Industry Group.

Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers are the most common position with 31,902 workers, but the Specialty food stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Retail salespersons and Cashiers.

The highest average salary in Specialty food stores goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Specialty food stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (31,902 people), retail salespersons (31,244 people), and cashiers (25,370 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$41,667

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$4,176

$25,590

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,452

On average, Male workers in the Specialty food stores Industry Group make 1.63 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Specialty food stores Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Specialty food 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.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Specialty food stores Industry Group.

The Specialty food stores Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Specialty food stores is from Retail Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Specialty food stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Specialty food 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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Specialty food stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Specialty food 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 Specialty food stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Specialty food stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 47.8% corresponds to women and 52.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $41,667 and $25,590.

70.3% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

93,886

Women

47.8%

102,473

Men

52.2%

The workforce of Specialty food stores industry in 2021 was 196,359 people, with 47.8% woman, and 52.2% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Specialty food stores industry.

Races

In 2021, 70% of the workforce in the Specialty food stores industry was White (137,426 people), of which 49.8% were women and 50.2% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Other and Asian.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Specialty food stores workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (63,727 people), some college (45,298 people), and secondary education (29,059 people).

The chart shows the Specialty food stores workforce by gender and educational level.