Dairy product manufacturing

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

158k

2023

Average Employee Age

42.6

2023

Estimated Job Growth

13%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$65,871

2023

Average Male Salary

$68,521

2023

Average Female Salary

$59,456

2023

About

The top three occupations in the Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group are packaging & filling machine operators & tenders, food processing workers, all other, and laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand. On average, full-time employees in the Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group work 44.7 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $68,058. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $28,353.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group are Woodbury & Plymouth Counties--Sioux City PUMA, IA, Grant, Green, Iowa, Richland & Lafayette Counties PUMA, WI, and Sheboygan County PUMA, WI.

The workforce of Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group in 2023 was 157,517 people, with 29.2% woman, and 70.8% men.

In 2023, 68.8% of the workforce in the Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group was White (108,327 people), of which 30.9% were women and 69.1% men.

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Manufacturing

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group.

The workforce in Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group was 157,517 people and is concentrated in Wisconsin (27,294 workers). The average annual salary was $65,871, being $1,856 less than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

1.09%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 18.6k people employed in the Dairy Product Manufacturing industry. This represents a 1.09% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were Wisconsin (27.3k), California (16.7k), and New York (11.8k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $65,871, $1,856 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

The graph shows the position of Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.355

WAGE GINI

Dairy product manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.355, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Dairy product manufacturing (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 Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group.

Packaging & filling machine operators & tenders are the most common position with 14,419 workers, but the Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Food processing workers, all other and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand.

The highest average salary in Dairy product manufacturing goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were packaging & filling machine operators & tenders (14,419 people), food processing workers, all other (13,074 people), and laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand (9,263 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$68,521

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$4,526

$59,456

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$6,300

On average, Male workers in the Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group make 1.15 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Dairy product manufacturing 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 Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group.

The Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

California and Wisconsin stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Dairy product manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Dairy product manufacturing 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 Dairy product manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Manufacturing
Wholesale trade
Mining

The Dairy product manufacturing 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 Dairy product manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Dairy product manufacturing 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 Dairy product manufacturing industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Dairy product manufacturing Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 29.2% corresponds to women and 70.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $68,521 and $59,456.

76.1% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

46,048

Women

29.2%

111,469

Men

70.8%

The workforce of Dairy product manufacturing industry in 2023 was 157,517 people, with 29.2% woman, and 70.8% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Dairy product manufacturing industry.

Races

In 2023, 68.8% of the workforce in the Dairy product manufacturing industry was White (108,327 people), of which 30.9% were women and 69.1% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Dairy product manufacturing workers in 2023 were high school or equivalent (61,847 people), some college (33,769 people), and bachelors degree (24,217 people).

The chart shows the Dairy product manufacturing workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Dairy Product Manufacturing industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 13% in the next ten years. The Dairy Product Manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 13%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (22.8%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (22.8%).

Job Growth

13%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

13%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Dairy Product Manufacturing. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 13%, the average rate of national job growth.