Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

96.6k

2021

Average Employee Age

45.2

2021

Average Salary

$83,932

2021

Average Male Salary

$88,299

2021

Average Female Salary

$70,236

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group are driver/sales workers & truck drivers, firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers, and sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing. On average, full-time employees in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group work 46.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $86,103. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $40,566.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group are Montgomery County (South)The Woodlands (North) PUMA, TX, North of FM-1960, West of I-45 & East of TX-249 PUMA, TX, and Fort Bend County (West & South) PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group in 2021 was 96,580 people, with 24.2% woman, and 75.8% men.

In 2021, 78% of the workforce in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group was White (75,350 people), of which 25.5% were women and 74.5% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

The workforce in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group was 96,580 people and is concentrated in Texas (23,696 workers). The average annual salary was $83,932, being $24,336 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

0.946%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 28.9M people employed in the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry. This represents a 0.946% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Trade, Transportation, and Utilities over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were Texas (23.7k), California (7.58k), and Florida (4.09k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $83,932, $24,336 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.404

WAGE GINI

Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers has a wage GINI of 0.404, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers (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 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are the most common position with 16,567 workers, but the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers and Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing.

The highest average salary in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers goes to Geoscientists and hydrologists, except geographers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were driver/sales workers & truck drivers (16,567 people), firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers (9,614 people), and sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing (8,902 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$88,299

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$7,660

$70,236

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$10,606

On average, Male workers in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group make 1.26 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers 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 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

The Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Texas and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers 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 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers 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 Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

Texas
1,604
California
980
Florida
568

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 24.2% corresponds to women and 75.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $88,299 and $70,236.

76.9% of workers have a high school or equivalent, bachelors degree or some college.

Gender and Age

23,353

Women

24.2%

73,227

Men

75.8%

The workforce of Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers industry in 2021 was 96,580 people, with 24.2% woman, and 75.8% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers industry.

Races

In 2021, 78% of the workforce in the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers industry was White (75,350 people), of which 25.5% were women and 74.5% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (29,308 people), bachelors degree (24,132 people), and some college (20,821 people).

The chart shows the Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers workforce by gender and educational level.