Footwear manufacturing

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
26.5k
2023
Average Employee Age
41.7
2023
Average Salary
$68,506
2023
Average Male Salary
$76,292
2023
Average Female Salary
$60,712
2023

About

The top three occupations in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group are shoe & leather workers, miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, and other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group work 42.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $72,343. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $27,114.

The workforce of Footwear manufacturing Industry Group in 2023 was 26,498 people, with 50% woman, and 50% men.

In 2023, 55.5% of the workforce in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group was White (14,705 people), of which 49.9% were women and 50.1% men.

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Employment & Salaries

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

The workforce in Footwear manufacturing Industry Group was 26,498 people and is concentrated in Oregon (3,664 workers). The average annual salary was $68,506, being $779 more than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

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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).

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were Oregon (3.66k), California (2.88k), and Texas (2.22k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Footwear manufacturing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $68,506, $779 more than the average national salary of $67,727.

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Wage Distribution

0.472
WAGE GINI

Footwear manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.472, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Footwear 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 Footwear manufacturing Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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Occupations

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

Shoe & leather workers are the most common position with 4,544 workers, but the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors and Other managers.

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

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were shoe & leather workers (4,544 people), miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors (2,139 people), and other managers (1,930 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$76,292
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$16,830
$60,712
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$15,296

On average, Male workers in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group make 1.26 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group.

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Business

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

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

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Footwear manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

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

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Footwear manufacturing is from Manufacturing.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Manufacturing
  2. Wholesale trade
  3. Mining

The Footwear 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.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Footwear manufacturing is from Manufacturing.
LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Manufacturing
  2. Construction
  3. Educational services, health care, and social assistance

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

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022
  1. California
    38
  2. Texas
    29
  3. Florida
    15

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Footwear manufacturing industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 50% corresponds to women and 50% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $76,292 and $60,712.

76.8% of workers have a high school or equivalent, bachelors degree or some college.

Gender and Age

13,242
Women
50%
13,256
Men
50%

The workforce of Footwear manufacturing industry in 2023 was 26,498 people, with 50% woman, and 50% men.

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

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Races

In 2023, 55.5% of the workforce in the Footwear manufacturing industry was White (14,705 people), of which 49.9% were women and 50.1% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Footwear manufacturing workers in 2023 were high school or equivalent (9,343 people), bachelors degree (5,998 people), and some college (5,000 people).

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