Shoe & leather workers

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Total Workforce

7.74k

Average Age

49.3

Average Salary

$30,735

Average Male Salary

$31,264

Average Female Salary

$29,035

About

Shoe & leather workers are most often employed by the Footwear manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Shoe & leather workers was $30,735 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Shoe & leather workers by wage are File clerks, Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers, and Telephone operators.

Shoe & leather workers 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 Shoe & leather workers are . The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Shoe & leather workers are .

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Shoe & leather workers and on wages and locations for those in the field. Footwear manufacturing is the industry that employs the most Shoe & leather workers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Shoe & leather workers, by average wage, is Shoe stores. Shoe & leather workers are paid most in Oxford, Somerset, Franklin & Piscataquis Counties PUMA, ME but are relatively concentrated in false.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$30,735

AVERAGE SALARY

± $8,250

In 2018, Shoe & leather workers earned an average of $30,735, $23,154 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Telephone operators make somewhat more than Shoe & leather workers while File clerks make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Shoe & leather workers as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

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WAGE GINI

In 2018, Shoe & leather workers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.273, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Shoe & leather workers (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 Shoe & leather workers.

Spatial Concentration

Somerset, Bedford & Fulton Counties PUMA, PA

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Shoe & leather workers

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Shoe & leather workers.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Shoe & leather workers, by number of employees, are Footwear manufacturing, Personal & household goods repair & maintenance, and Leather tanning & finishing, & other allied products manufacturing .

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Shoe & leather workers, by average wage, are Shoe stores, Personal & household goods repair & maintenance, Footwear manufacturing, Personal & household goods repair & maintenance, Jewelry, luggage, & leather goods stores , and Footwear manufacturing.

Industries by Share

7.74k

2018 Workforce

± 2,160

-29.6%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 51.7%

The number of people employed as Shoe & leather workers has been declining at a rate of -29.6%, from 10,997 people in 2017 to 7,742 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Shoe & leather workers employed by various industries. Footwear manufacturing employs the largest share of Shoe & leather workers at 50.6%, followed by Personal & household goods repair & maintenance with 27.3% and Leather tanning & finishing, & other allied products manufacturing with 6.96%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Shoe & leather workers in the US. The average age of male Shoe & leather workers in the workforce is 49.5 and of female Shoe & leather workers is 49, and the most common race/ethnicity for Shoe & leather workers is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

5.9k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 1,886

1.84k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 1,053

76.2% of Shoe & leather workers are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Shoe & leather workers.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Shoe & leather workers

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Other (Hispanic)

43.5% of Shoe & leather workers are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 30.2% of Shoe & leather workers, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Shoe & leather workers.

Age by Gender

49.5

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 5.12

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 6.82

The median age of Shoe & leather workers is 49.3, and Male employees are generally 0.467 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Shoe & leather workers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Shoe & leather workers is false but a relatively high number of Shoe & leather workers hold a major in false.

Majors

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Shoe & leather workers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Shoe & leather workers need many skills, but most especially Operation Monitoring, Monitoring, and Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Shoe & leather workers need more than the average amount of Equipment Selection, Quality Control Analysis, and Operation and Control.