Petroleum refining

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
175k
2023
Average Employee Age
43.2
2023
Average Salary
$120,154
2023
Average Male Salary
$122,199
2023
Average Female Salary
$110,584
2023

About

The top three occupations in the Petroleum refining Industry Group are miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, chemical engineers, and miscellaneous plant & system operators. On average, full-time employees in the Petroleum refining Industry Group work 46.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $121,716. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $50,270.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Petroleum refining Industry Group are Orange & Hardin Counties PUMA, TX, Houston-Galveston Area Council--Liberty & Chambers Counties PUMA, TX, and Harris County (East)--Baytown City PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Petroleum refining Industry Group in 2023 was 175,408 people, with 17.6% woman, and 82.4% men.

In 2023, 66.8% of the workforce in the Petroleum refining Industry Group was White (117,156 people), of which 16.7% were women and 83.3% men.

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Employment & Salaries

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

The workforce in Petroleum refining Industry Group was 175,408 people and is concentrated in Texas (74,192 workers). The average annual salary was $120,154, being $52,427 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.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were Texas (74.2k), California (16.6k), and Louisiana (14.7k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Petroleum refining Industry Group had an average annual wage of $120,154, $52,427 more than the average national salary of $67,727.

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Wage Distribution

0.354
WAGE GINI

Petroleum refining has a wage GINI of 0.354, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Petroleum refining (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Petroleum refining Industry Group.

Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors are the most common position with 15,603 workers, but the Petroleum refining Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Chemical engineers and Miscellaneous plant & system operators.

The highest average salary in Petroleum refining goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Petroleum refining Industry Group according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors (15,603 people), chemical engineers (11,442 people), and miscellaneous plant & system operators (9,759 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$122,199
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$5,956
$110,584
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$12,438

On average, Male workers in the Petroleum refining Industry Group make 1.11 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Petroleum refining Industry Group.

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Business

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

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

Texas and Louisiana stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Petroleum refining Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Petroleum refining is from Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Petroleum refining Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Petroleum refining 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 Petroleum refining is from Manufacturing.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Manufacturing
  2. Wholesale trade
  3. Mining

The Petroleum refining 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 Petroleum refining 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 Petroleum refining Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Petroleum refining 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. Texas
    35
  2. Louisiana
    21
  3. California
    18

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Petroleum refining Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 17.6% corresponds to women and 82.4% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $122,199 and $110,584.

72.7% of workers have a bachelors degree, high school or equivalent or some college.

Gender and Age

30,887
Women
17.6%
144,521
Men
82.4%

The workforce of Petroleum refining industry in 2023 was 175,408 people, with 17.6% woman, and 82.4% men.

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

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Races

In 2023, 66.8% of the workforce in the Petroleum refining industry was White (117,156 people), of which 16.7% were women and 83.3% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Petroleum refining workers in 2023 were bachelors degree (46,705 people), high school or equivalent (46,166 people), and some college (34,671 people).

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