Ordnance

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

49.6k

2023

Average Employee Age

42.3

2023

Estimated Job Growth

−4.88%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$63,829

2023

Average Male Salary

$67,341

2023

Average Female Salary

$54,092

2023

About

The top three occupations in the Ordnance Industry Group are other assemblers and fabricators, machinists, and miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters. On average, full-time employees in the Ordnance Industry Group work 42.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $65,794. Part-time employees in the same industry work 18.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $28,562.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Ordnance Industry Group are Central Idaho--Lewiston City & Nez Perce Reservation PUMA, ID, Central Nebraska PUMA, NE, and Southwest Arkansas PUMA, AR.

The workforce of Ordnance Industry Group in 2023 was 49,559 people, with 26.5% woman, and 73.5% men.

In 2023, 73.6% of the workforce in the Ordnance Industry Group was White (36,473 people), of which 23.7% were women and 76.3% men.

Manufacturing

Employment & Salaries

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

The workforce in Ordnance Industry Group was 49,559 people and is concentrated in Florida (3,370 workers). The average annual salary was $63,829, being $3,898 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 Florida (3.37k), Texas (2.41k), and Missouri (2.32k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Ordnance Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Ordnance Industry Group had an average annual wage of $63,829, $3,898 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

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

Wage Distribution

0.369

WAGE GINI

Ordnance has a wage GINI of 0.369, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Ordnance (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 Ordnance Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Ordnance Industry Group.

Other assemblers and fabricators are the most common position with 5,822 workers, but the Ordnance Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Machinists and Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters.

The highest average salary in Ordnance goes to Architectural & engineering managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Ordnance Industry Group according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were other assemblers and fabricators (5,822 people), machinists (3,256 people), and miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters (3,091 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$67,341

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$7,232

$54,092

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$12,081

On average, Male workers in the Ordnance Industry Group make 1.24 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Ordnance Industry Group.

Business

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

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

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

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Ordnance is from Manufacturing.

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Manufacturing
Wholesale trade
Mining

The Ordnance 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 Ordnance is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

Texas
1,059
California
1,000
Pennsylvania
686

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Ordnance Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 26.5% corresponds to women and 73.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $67,341 and $54,092.

77.9% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

13,137

Women

26.5%

36,422

Men

73.5%

The workforce of Ordnance industry in 2023 was 49,559 people, with 26.5% woman, and 73.5% men.

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

Races

In 2023, 73.6% of the workforce in the Ordnance industry was White (36,473 people), of which 23.7% were women and 76.3% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Ordnance workers in 2023 were high school or equivalent (18,027 people), some college (11,535 people), and bachelors degree (9,030 people).

The chart shows the Ordnance workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow −4.88% in the next ten years. The Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −4.88%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (−2.45%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (−2.45%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing.

−4.88%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

−4.88%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Other Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than −4.88%, the average rate of national job growth.