Sawmills & wood preservation

Industry Group

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Workforce

92.3k

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

42.3

Estimated Job Growth

−7.58%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$45,641

Average Male Salary

$46,513

Average Female Salary

$45,749

About

The top three occupations in the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group are Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood, Industrial truck & tractor operators, and Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers. On average, full-time employees in the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group work 45.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $47,017. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $22,378.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group are Douglas County PUMA, OR, Bonner, Latah, Shoshone, Boundary, Benewah & Kootenai (Southeast) Counties PUMA, ID, and South Central Arkansas PUMA, AR. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Sawmills & wood preservation.

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A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group. Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors are the most common position, but the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Sawmills & wood preservation goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

−1.3%

Year-over-year decline

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 15.2k people employed in the Sawmills and Wood Preservation industry. This represents a −1.3% decrease in employment when compared to May 2020.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Sawmills and Wood Preservation over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Occupations by Share

92.3k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 120k

−2.42%

1 Year Growth

± 10.2%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 92.3k people employed in the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −2.42%, , from 123k people in 2019 to 120k people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Sawmills & wood preservation by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors represent the largest share of positions held in Sawmills & wood preservation at 12.8%, followed by Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand with 11% and Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood with 8.44%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group, by number of employees, are Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood, Industrial truck & tractor operators, and Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Sawmills & wood preservation employs an unusually high number of Sawing machine setters, operators, & tenders, wood, Woodworking machine setters, operators, & tenders, except sawing, and Logging workers.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Sawmills & wood preservation, by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, Computer & information systems managers, and Marketing managers.

Average Salary

$45,641

AVERAGE WAGE

± $2,787

On average, employees in the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group make $45,641 per year. This number makes Sawmills & wood preservation the 190 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 Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.358

WAGE GINI

Sawmills & wood preservation has a wage GINI of 0.358, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Sawmills & wood preservation (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group.

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $46,513 and $45,749. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

13.1k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±2.81k

107k

MALE WORKFORCE

±8.04k

89.1% of workers in the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$46,513

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,029

$45,749

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,987

On average, Male workers in the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group make 1.02 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

White
American Indian and Alaska Native tribes specified; or American Indian or Alaska Native, not specified and no other races
Asian

On average, White employees in the Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group earn 1.05 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 Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Sawmills & wood preservation 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 Sawmills & wood preservation Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Sawmills & wood preservation 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Sawmills & wood preservation is from Manufacturing.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Sawmills & wood preservation is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Sawmills & wood preservation 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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Sawmills & wood preservation is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Projections

Growth projections of the Sawmills and wood preservation industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Sawmills and wood preservation industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −7.58%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (17.3%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Sawmills and wood preservation.

−7.58%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Sawmills and wood preservation. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.