Sugar & confectionery products

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

82.8k

2023

Average Employee Age

43.9

2023

Estimated Job Growth

4.83%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$65,288

2023

Average Male Salary

$73,953

2023

Average Female Salary

$53,374

2023

About

The top three occupations in the Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group are food processing workers, all other, packaging & filling machine operators & tenders, and miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors. On average, full-time employees in the Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group work 43.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $70,295. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $21,216.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group are Southeast Heartland--Hendry, Highlands (South & East), Glades, & Okeechobee Counties PUMA, FL, Lebanon County PUMA, PA, and Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission (Southwest) PUMA, VA.

The workforce of Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group in 2023 was 82,773 people, with 42.1% woman, and 57.9% men.

In 2023, 60.9% of the workforce in the Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group was White (50,403 people), of which 42.1% were women and 57.9% men.

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Manufacturing

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group.

The workforce in Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group was 82,773 people and is concentrated in Pennsylvania (10,530 workers). The average annual salary was $65,288, being $2,439 less than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Manufacturing industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

1.98%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 12.9M people employed in the Manufacturing industry. This represents a 1.98% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Manufacturing over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were Pennsylvania (10.5k), Illinois (9.47k), and California (7.21k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group had an average annual wage of $65,288, $2,439 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

The graph shows the position of Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.433

WAGE GINI

Sugar & confectionery products has a wage GINI of 0.433, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Sugar & confectionery products (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 Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group.

Food processing workers, all other are the most common position with 10,100 workers, but the Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders and Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors.

The highest average salary in Sugar & confectionery products goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were food processing workers, all other (10,100 people), packaging & filling machine operators & tenders (6,326 people), and miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors (5,297 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$73,953

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$8,225

$53,374

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$7,577

On average, Male workers in the Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group make 1.39 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Sugar & confectionery products 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 Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group.

The Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

California and Pennsylvania stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Sugar & confectionery products is from Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Sugar & confectionery products 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 Sugar & confectionery products is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Manufacturing
Wholesale trade
Mining

The Sugar & confectionery products 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 Sugar & confectionery products is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Sugar & confectionery products industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Sugar & confectionery products Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 42.1% corresponds to women and 57.9% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $73,953 and $53,374.

71.2% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

34,852

Women

42.1%

47,921

Men

57.9%

The workforce of Sugar & confectionery products industry in 2023 was 82,773 people, with 42.1% woman, and 57.9% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Sugar & confectionery products industry.

Races

In 2023, 60.9% of the workforce in the Sugar & confectionery products industry was White (50,403 people), of which 42.1% were women and 57.9% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Sugar & confectionery products workers in 2023 were high school or equivalent (28,332 people), some college (16,512 people), and bachelors degree (14,078 people).

The chart shows the Sugar & confectionery products workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 4.83% in the next ten years. The Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 4.83%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (6.87%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (6.87%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing.

4.83%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

4.83%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Sugar and Confectionery Product Manufacturing. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 4.83%, the average rate of national job growth.