Convenience Stores

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Workforce

316k

2019 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

39.6

Average Salary

$27,229

Average Male Salary

$32,667

Average Female Salary

$29,254

About

The top three occupations in the Convenience Stores Industry Group are Cashiers, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Customer service representatives, Retail salespersons, and Cooks. On average, full-time employees in the Convenience Stores Industry Group work 43.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $33,641. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,609.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Convenience Stores Industry Group are Coastal Bend COG (Southeast) & Willacy County PUMA, TX, Halifax, Hertford, Northampton & Warren (East) Counties PUMA, NC, and Camden & Gloucester Cities PUMA, NJ. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Convenience Stores.

Retail Trade

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Convenience Stores Industry Group. Cashiers are the most common position, but the Convenience Stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Cashiers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Convenience Stores goes to Computer & information systems managers.

Monthly Employment

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

Start Year

Y-Axis

9.62%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 27.4M people employed in the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry. This represents a 9.62% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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

Occupations

Occupations by Share

316k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 13.8k

0.855%

1 Year Growth

± 6.13%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Convenience Stores Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 0.855%, , from 313k people in 2018 to 316k people in 2019.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Convenience Stores by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Cashiers represent the largest share of positions held in Convenience Stores at 41.3%, followed by Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers with 23.7% and Customer service representatives with 5.01%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Convenience Stores Industry Group, by number of employees, are Cashiers, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Customer service representatives, Retail salespersons, and Cooks.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Convenience Stores employs an unusually high number of Cashiers, Food cooking machine operators & tenders, and Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Convenience Stores, by average wage, are Computer & information systems managers, Sales managers, and Other managers.

Wages

Average Salary

$27,229

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,356

On average, employees in the Convenience Stores Industry Group make $27,229 per year. This number makes Convenience Stores the 256 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 Convenience Stores Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.443

WAGE GINI

Convenience Stores has a wage GINI of 0.443, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Convenience Stores (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Convenience Stores Industry Group.

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Convenience Stores Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $32,667 and $29,254. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

183k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±10.5k

133k

MALE WORKFORCE

±8.94k

58% of workers in the Convenience Stores Industry Group are Female, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Convenience Stores Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$32,667

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,686

$29,254

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,372

On average, Male workers in the Convenience Stores Industry Group make 1.12 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Convenience Stores Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Asian
White
Two or More Races

On average, Asian employees in the Convenience Stores Industry Group earn 1.19 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 Convenience Stores Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Convenience 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. Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Convenience Stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Convenience 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Convenience Stores is from Retail Trade.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Convenience Stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Convenience 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 Convenience Stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

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