Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

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2021 Workforce

20M

Average Age

Average Salary

$41,643

Average Male Salary

$45,140

Average Female Salary

$30,622

About

Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are most often employed by the Truck transportation industry. The average yearly wage for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations was $41,643 in 2021.

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

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workforce. Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workforce in 2021 was 20,035,306 people, of which 24.1% were women and 75.9% were men. Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are paid most in Murray Hill, Gramercy & Stuyvesant Town PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

15,208,579

Male Workforce

± 90.8k

4,826,727

Female Workforce

± 53.1k

The Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workforce in 2021 was 20,035,306 people (24.1% women and 75.9% men). This implies an average annual growth of 18.9% between 2014 (16,856,618) and 2021 (20,035,306).

Employment by Location

Level

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations.

During 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($57,679), Wyoming ($52,086), and Louisiana ($49,866).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$41,643

AVERAGE WAGE

#5 in the ranking (2021)

$59,596

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations earned an average of $41,643, $17,953 less than the average national salary of $59,596

The graph shows the ranking of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in relation to all Major Occupation Group in 2021.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.396

WAGE GINI

In 2021, Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.396, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving 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, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Truck transportation is the industry that employs the most Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, by average wage, is Air transportation ($104,624).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

20M

2021 Workforce

± 102,283

0.945%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 0.717%

This graphic shows the share of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations employed by various industries. Truck transportation employs the largest share of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations at 44.4%, followed by Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores with 29.2% and Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing with 26.4%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in the US. The workforce of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in 2021 was 20,035,306 people, with 24.1% woman, and 75.9% men. The average age of male Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in the workforce is 41.8 and of female Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations is 42.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in 2021 was 20,035,306 people, with 24.1% woman, and 75.9% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (2,221,588 people), 20 to 24 years (2,146,341 people), and 50 to 54 years (2,135,231 people). Among them they concentrated 32.5% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2021, 22.7% of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workers were Hispanic and 77.3% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (82.9%), Puerto Rican (10.8)%, and Salvadoran (6.28)%

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Races

In 2021, 63.7% of the Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workforce were White, of which 22.1% were women and 77.9% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (16.2%) and Other (7.99%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2021 were Transportation.

Among the necessary skills for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, Critical Thinking stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance.

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, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (445,058 people), Engineering (201,899 people), and Social Sciences (129,363 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workers were High School or Equivalent (8,757,556 people), Some college (4,789,408 people), and Secondary Education (2,190,421 people).

The graphic shows the Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking, Monitoring, Active Listening.