Miscellaneous plant & system operators

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2019 Workforce

46.9k

Average Age

44.2

Average Salary

$72,291

Average Male Salary

$73,524

Average Female Salary

$52,516

About

Miscellaneous plant & system operators are most often employed by the Petroleum refining industry. The average yearly wage for Miscellaneous plant & system operators was $72,291 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Miscellaneous plant & system operators by wage are Other financial clerks, Miscellaneous social scientists, including survey researchers & sociologists, and Cost estimators.

Miscellaneous plant & system operators are part of the Production Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers, Engine & other machine assemblers, Structural metal fabricators & fitters, Other assemblers and fabricators, and 55 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Miscellaneous plant & system operators are Nueces CountyCorpus Christi City (Outer) PUMA, TX, Coastal Bend COG (Southeast) & Willacy County PUMA, TX, and Vacaville & Dixon Cities PUMA, CA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Miscellaneous plant & system operators are Coastal Bend COG (Southeast) & Willacy County PUMA, TX, Nueces CountyCorpus Christi City (Outer) PUMA, TX, and Vacaville & Dixon Cities PUMA, CA.

Production Occupations Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Miscellaneous plant & system operators and on wages and locations for those in the field. Petroleum refining is the industry that employs the most Miscellaneous plant & system operators, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Miscellaneous plant & system operators, by average wage, is Pipeline transportation. Miscellaneous plant & system operators are paid most in Port Arthur City PUMA, TX but are relatively concentrated in Coastal Bend COG (Southeast) & Willacy County PUMA, TX.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$72,291

AVERAGE SALARY

± $4,203

In 2019, Miscellaneous plant & system operators earned an average of $72,291, $16,767 more than than the average national salary of $55,524.

Other financial clerks make somewhat more than Miscellaneous plant & system operators while Cost estimators make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Miscellaneous plant & system operators as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.265

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Miscellaneous plant & system operators had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.265, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Miscellaneous plant & system operators (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Miscellaneous plant & system operators.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Miscellaneous plant & system operators

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Miscellaneous plant & system operators.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Miscellaneous plant & system operators, by number of employees, are Petroleum refining, Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals, Natural gas distribution, Support activities for mining, General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Oil & gas extraction, Pipeline transportation, Nonmetallic mineral mining & quarrying, Construction, Cement, concrete, lime, & gypsum product manufacturing , and Resin, synthetic rubber, & fibers & filaments manufacturing .

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Miscellaneous plant & system operators, by average wage, are Pipeline transportation, Petroleum refining, and Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals.

Industries by Share

46.9k

2019 Workforce

± 5,315

5.71%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 15.4%

The number of people employed as Miscellaneous plant & system operators has been growing at a rate of 5.71%, from 44,354 people in 2018 to 46,887 people in 2019.

This graphic shows the share of Miscellaneous plant & system operators employed by various industries. Petroleum refining employs the largest share of Miscellaneous plant & system operators at 23.5%, followed by Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals with 11.6% and Natural gas distribution with 11.1%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Miscellaneous plant & system operators in the US. The average age of male Miscellaneous plant & system operators in the workforce is 44.4 and of female Miscellaneous plant & system operators is 41.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Miscellaneous plant & system operators is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

44.1k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 5,157

2.75k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 1,288

94.1% of Miscellaneous plant & system operators are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Miscellaneous plant & system operators.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Miscellaneous plant & system operators

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

70.7% of Miscellaneous plant & system operators are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 11.9% of Miscellaneous plant & system operators, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Miscellaneous plant & system operators.

Age by Sex

44.4

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.6

41.3

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 6.36

The median age of Miscellaneous plant & system operators is 44.2, and Male employees are generally 3.12 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Miscellaneous plant & system operators from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Miscellaneous plant & system operators is Engineering but a relatively high number of Miscellaneous plant & system operators hold a major in Engineering.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Miscellaneous plant & system operators from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Miscellaneous plant & system operators need many skills, but most especially Operation Monitoring and Operation and Control. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Miscellaneous plant & system operators need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Installation.