Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers

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Workforce Population

52.2k

2021

Average Employee Age

45.9

2021

Average Salary

$75,236

2021

Average Male Salary

$87,779

2021

Average Female Salary

$54,139

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group are sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing, firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers, and driver/sales workers & truck drivers. On average, full-time employees in the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group work 43.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $80,208. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $27,511.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group are Oakdale, Forest Lake, Stillwater & Hugo Cities PUMA, MN, Between Loop I-610 & Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX (79500US4804617), and Tulare County (Outside Visalia, Tulare & Porterville Cities) PUMA, CA.

The workforce of Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group in 2021 was 52,167 people, with 37.3% woman, and 62.7% men.

In 2021, 75.1% of the workforce in the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group was White (39,163 people), of which 37.2% were women and 62.8% men.

Wholesale Trade

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

The workforce in Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group was 52,167 people and is concentrated in California (5,611 workers). The average annual salary was $75,236, being $15,640 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

−1.6%

Year-over-year decline

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 12.3k people employed in the Paper and Paper Product Merchant Wholesalers industry. This represents a −1.6% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Paper and Paper Product Merchant Wholesalers over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (5.61k), Illinois (4.55k), and Texas (4.15k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $75,236, $15,640 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.468

WAGE GINI

Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers has a wage GINI of 0.468, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers (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 Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing are the most common position with 10,246 workers, but the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers and Driver/sales workers & truck drivers.

The highest average salary in Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing (10,246 people), firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers (5,575 people), and driver/sales workers & truck drivers (3,729 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$87,779

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$14,070

$54,139

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$8,826

On average, Male workers in the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group make 1.62 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers 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 Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

The Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers 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 New York stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers 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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers 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 Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
2,726
New York
1,492
Texas
1,264

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 37.3% corresponds to women and 62.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $87,779 and $54,139.

80.3% of workers have a high school or equivalent, bachelors degree or some college.

Gender and Age

19,451

Women

37.3%

32,716

Men

62.7%

The workforce of Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers industry in 2021 was 52,167 people, with 37.3% woman, and 62.7% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers industry.

Races

In 2021, 75.1% of the workforce in the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers industry was White (39,163 people), of which 37.2% were women and 62.8% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (15,377 people), bachelors degree (14,810 people), and some college (11,722 people).

The chart shows the Paper & paper products merchant wholesalers workforce by gender and educational level.