Carpet & rug mills

Industry Group

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Workforce

51.5k

2020 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

43.5

Average Salary

$44,756

Average Male Salary

$48,114

Average Female Salary

$46,034

About

The top three occupations in the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group are Sewing machine operators, Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders, Industrial truck & tractor operators, Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, and Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers. On average, full-time employees in the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group work 42.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $45,453. Part-time employees in the same industry work 24.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $24,727.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group are Whitfield County PUMA, GA, Northwest Georgia Regional Commission (Northeast) PUMA, GA, and Bartow County PUMA, GA. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Carpet & rug mills.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group. Sewing machine operators are the most common position, but the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Carpet & rug mills goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Manufacturing industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

6.34%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 12.3M people employed in the Manufacturing industry. This represents a 6.34% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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

Occupations by Share

51.5k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 5.57k

0.604%

1 Year Growth

± 15.2%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 0.604%, , from 51.2k people in 2019 to 51.5k people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Carpet & rug mills by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Sewing machine operators represent the largest share of positions held in Carpet & rug mills at 13.9%, followed by Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders with 11.4% and Industrial truck & tractor operators with 6.88%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group, by number of employees, are Sewing machine operators, Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders, Industrial truck & tractor operators, Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, and Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Carpet & rug mills employs an unusually high number of Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders, Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers, and Sewing machine operators.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Carpet & rug mills, by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, Sales managers, and Marketing managers.

Average Salary

$44,756

AVERAGE WAGE

± $4,564

On average, employees in the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group make $44,756 per year. This number makes Carpet & rug mills the 192 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 Carpet & rug mills Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.344

WAGE GINI

Carpet & rug mills has a wage GINI of 0.344, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Carpet & rug mills (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $48,114 and $46,034. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

20.1k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±3.48k

31.4k

MALE WORKFORCE

±4.35k

61% of workers in the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$48,114

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$6,683

$46,034

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$6,243

On average, Male workers in the Carpet & rug mills 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 Carpet & rug mills Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

White
Two or More Races
Black

On average, White employees in the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group earn 1.08 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 Carpet & rug mills Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Carpet & rug mills 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. Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Carpet & rug mills Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Carpet & rug mills 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Carpet & rug mills is from Manufacturing.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Carpet & rug mills is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Carpet & rug mills Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Carpet & rug mills is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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