Office supplies & stationery stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

113k

2021

Average Employee Age

40.5

2021

Average Salary

$44,871

2021

Average Male Salary

$49,673

2021

Average Female Salary

$37,497

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group are retail salespersons, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group work 42.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $59,228. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $12,938.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group are Worcester County (East Central) PUMA, MA, Framingham Town, Marlborough City & Natick Town PUMA, MA, and Palm Beach County (West of Boca Raton City) PUMA, FL.

The workforce of Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group in 2021 was 113,232 people, with 39.4% woman, and 60.6% men.

In 2021, 73.4% of the workforce in the Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group was White (83,145 people), of which 40% were women and 60% men.

Retail Trade

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group was 113,232 people and is concentrated in California (13,170 workers). The average annual salary was $44,871, being $14,725 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

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

Start Year

Y-Axis

0.946%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 28.9M people employed in the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry. This represents a 0.946% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (13.2k), Florida (10.2k), and Texas (9.34k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $44,871, $14,725 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.485

WAGE GINI

Office supplies & stationery stores has a wage GINI of 0.485, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Office supplies & stationery stores (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group.

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 25,523 workers, but the Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Cashiers.

The highest average salary in Office supplies & stationery stores goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (25,523 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (15,897 people), and cashiers (8,194 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$49,673

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$5,269

$37,497

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$4,439

On average, Male workers in the Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group make 1.32 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Office supplies & stationery 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.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group.

The Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Office supplies & stationery stores is from Retail Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Office supplies & stationery 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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Office supplies & stationery stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Office supplies & stationery 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 Office supplies & stationery stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
1,492
Texas
1,000
New York
882

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Office supplies & stationery stores industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Office supplies & stationery stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 39.4% corresponds to women and 60.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $49,673 and $37,497.

78.6% of workers have a some college, high school or equivalent or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

44,659

Women

39.4%

68,573

Men

60.6%

The workforce of Office supplies & stationery stores industry in 2021 was 113,232 people, with 39.4% woman, and 60.6% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Office supplies & stationery stores industry.

Races

In 2021, 73.4% of the workforce in the Office supplies & stationery stores industry was White (83,145 people), of which 40% were women and 60% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Office supplies & stationery stores workers in 2021 were some college (33,972 people), high school or equivalent (31,364 people), and bachelors degree (23,658 people).

The chart shows the Office supplies & stationery stores workforce by gender and educational level.