Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
281k
2023
Average Employee Age
44.1
2023
Estimated Job Growth
−2.97%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$78,735
2023
Average Male Salary
$80,919
2023
Average Female Salary
$64,325
2023

About

The top three occupations in the Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group are miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters, welding, soldering, & brazing workers, and laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand. On average, full-time employees in the Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group work 45.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $80,006. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $41,858.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group are Porter County PUMA, IN, LaPorte County PUMA, IN, and Lake County (Northeast)--Gary City & Griffith Town PUMA, IN.

The workforce of Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group in 2023 was 280,585 people, with 13.2% woman, and 86.8% men.

In 2023, 74% of the workforce in the Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group was White (207,606 people), of which 13.6% were women and 86.4% men.

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group.

The workforce in Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group was 280,585 people and is concentrated in Indiana (31,713 workers). The average annual salary was $78,735, being $11,008 more than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Manufacturing industry sector.
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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.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were Indiana (31.7k), Ohio (30.5k), and Pennsylvania (28.1k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $78,735, $11,008 more than the average national salary of $67,727.

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Wage Distribution

0.351
WAGE GINI

Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.351, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Iron & steel mills & steel 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 Iron & steel mills & steel product 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 Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group.

Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters are the most common position with 22,970 workers, but the Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Welding, soldering, & brazing workers and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand.

The highest average salary in Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters (22,970 people), welding, soldering, & brazing workers (16,400 people), and laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand (14,645 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$80,919
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$3,312
$64,325
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$7,195

On average, Male workers in the Iron & steel mills & steel product 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 Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Iron & steel mills & steel 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 Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group.

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

Ohio and Pennsylvania stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Iron & steel mills & steel 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.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing is from Manufacturing.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Manufacturing
  2. Wholesale trade
  3. Mining

The Iron & steel mills & steel 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.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Iron & steel mills & steel product 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 Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Iron & steel mills & steel product 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. Ohio
    343
  2. Pennsylvania
    305
  3. California
    252

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 13.2% corresponds to women and 86.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $80,919 and $64,325.

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

Gender and Age

36,925
Women
13.2%
243,660
Men
86.8%

The workforce of Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing industry in 2023 was 280,585 people, with 13.2% woman, and 86.8% men.

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Races

In 2023, 74% of the workforce in the Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing industry was White (207,606 people), of which 13.6% were women and 86.4% 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 Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing workers in 2023 were high school or equivalent (113,367 people), some college (61,391 people), and bachelors degree (40,692 people).

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Projections

Growth projections of the Primary Metal Manufacturing industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow −2.97% in the next ten years. The Primary Metal Manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −2.97%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (16.2%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (16.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Primary Metal Manufacturing.
−2.97%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
−2.97%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Primary Metal Manufacturing. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than −2.97%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Primary Metal Manufacturing.
16.2%
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10-year Projection

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