Fiber, yarn, & thread mills

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Workforce

14.5k

2017 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

42.4

Estimated Job Growth

N/A%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$37,189

Average Male Salary

$44,460

Average Female Salary

$29,192

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The top three occupations in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group are Sewing machine operators, Textile winding, twisting, & drawing out machine setters, operators, & tenders, Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks, and Secretaries & administrative assistants. On average, full-time employees in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group work 42.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $39,060. Part-time employees in the same industry work 25.5 hours and earn an average annual salary of $16,163.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group are Whitfield County PUMA, GA, Mount Holly City PUMA, NC, and Gastonia & Belmont Cities PUMA, NC. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Fiber, yarn, & thread mills.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group. Sewing machine operators are the most common position, but the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Textile winding, twisting, & drawing out machine setters, operators, & tenders, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Fiber, yarn, & thread mills goes to Miscellaneous managers.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

14.5k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 2.95k

-12.8%

1 Year Growth

± 32%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group has been declining at a rate of -12.8%, , from 16.6k people in 2016 to 14.5k people in 2017.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Fiber, yarn, & thread mills by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Sewing machine operators represent the largest share of positions held in Fiber, yarn, & thread mills at 15.6%, followed by Textile winding, twisting, & drawing out machine setters, operators, & tenders with 12.4% and Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers with 5.79%.

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Most Common

The most common occupations in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group, by number of employees, are Sewing machine operators, Textile winding, twisting, & drawing out machine setters, operators, & tenders, Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks, and Secretaries & administrative assistants.

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Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Fiber, yarn, & thread mills employs an unusually high number of Textile winding, twisting, & drawing out machine setters, operators, & tenders, Textile knitting & weaving machine setters, operators, & tenders, and Sewing machine operators.

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Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Fiber, yarn, & thread mills, by average wage, are Miscellaneous managers, Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, and Shipping, receiving, & traffic clerks.

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Wages

Average Salary

$37,189

AVERAGE WAGE

± $7,119

On average, employees in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group make $37,189 per year. This number makes Fiber, yarn, & thread mills the 209 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 266 Industry Groups.

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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 Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group.

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Wage Distribution

0.279

WAGE GINI

Fiber, yarn, & thread mills has a wage GINI of 0.279, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Fiber, yarn, & thread mills (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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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 Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group.

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

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $44,460 and $29,192. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

6.9k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±2.04k

7.59k

MALE WORKFORCE

±2.14k

52.4% of workers in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group.

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Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$44,460

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$12,091

$29,192

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$5,994

On average, Male workers in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group make 1.52 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group.

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Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

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Black

On average, Asian employees in the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group earn 1.71 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 Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group.

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Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Fiber, yarn, & thread 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 Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group is Manufacturing.

In this visualization, click on a category to expand or collapse it. 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 Fiber, yarn, & thread mills is from Manufacturing.

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Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Fiber, yarn, & thread 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.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

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Projections

Growth projections of the Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 8.13% in the next ten years. The Fiber, yarn, & thread mills Industry Group has a lower projected workforce growth at N/A%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (N/A%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.6%).