Ship & boat building

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
187k
2023
Average Employee Age
42
2023
Estimated Job Growth
3.23%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$71,610
2023
Average Male Salary
$73,987
2023
Average Female Salary
$60,319
2023

About

The top three occupations in the Ship & boat building Industry Group are welding, soldering, & brazing workers, other assemblers and fabricators, and firstline supervisors of production & operating workers. On average, full-time employees in the Ship & boat building Industry Group work 43.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $72,995. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $34,361.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Ship & boat building Industry Group are South Region--Jackson County PUMA, MS, Kitsap County (South)--Bremerton & Port Orchard Cities PUMA, WA, and Newport News City PUMA, VA.

The workforce of Ship & boat building Industry Group in 2023 was 186,859 people, with 17.4% woman, and 82.6% men.

In 2023, 67.9% of the workforce in the Ship & boat building Industry Group was White (126,864 people), of which 16.6% were women and 83.4% men.

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Ship & boat building Industry Group.

The workforce in Ship & boat building Industry Group was 186,859 people and is concentrated in Virginia (37,689 workers). The average annual salary was $71,610, being $3,883 more than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

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−2.56%
Year-over-year decline
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 26.6k people employed in the Ship and Boat Building industry. This represents a −2.56% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were Virginia (37.7k), Washington (16k), and Florida (15.4k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Ship & boat building Industry Group had an average annual wage of $71,610, $3,883 more than the average national salary of $67,727.

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Wage Distribution

0.327
WAGE GINI

Ship & boat building has a wage GINI of 0.327, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Ship & boat building (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 Ship & boat building Industry Group.

Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are the most common position with 16,782 workers, but the Ship & boat building Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other assemblers and fabricators and Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers.

The highest average salary in Ship & boat building goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Ship & boat building Industry Group according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were welding, soldering, & brazing workers (16,782 people), other assemblers and fabricators (13,934 people), and firstline supervisors of production & operating workers (9,845 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$73,987
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$3,456
$60,319
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$5,272

On average, Male workers in the Ship & boat building Industry Group make 1.23 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Ship & boat building Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Ship & boat building 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 Ship & boat building Industry Group.

The Ship & boat building Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

Florida and Washington stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Ship & boat building Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Ship & boat building is from Manufacturing.

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

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Ship & boat building is from Manufacturing.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Manufacturing
  2. Wholesale trade
  3. Mining

The Ship & boat building 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 Ship & boat building 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 Ship & boat building Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Ship & boat building 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. Florida
    268
  2. Washington
    109
  3. California
    95

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Ship & boat building Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 17.4% corresponds to women and 82.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $73,987 and $60,319.

74.5% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

32,502
Women
17.4%
154,357
Men
82.6%

The workforce of Ship & boat building industry in 2023 was 186,859 people, with 17.4% woman, and 82.6% men.

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Races

In 2023, 67.9% of the workforce in the Ship & boat building industry was White (126,864 people), of which 16.6% were women and 83.4% 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 Ship & boat building workers in 2023 were high school or equivalent (64,769 people), some college (42,229 people), and bachelors degree (32,135 people).

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Projections

Growth projections of the Ship and Boat Building industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 3.23% in the next ten years. The Ship and Boat Building industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 3.23%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (16.1%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (16.1%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Ship and Boat Building.
3.23%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
3.23%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Ship and Boat Building. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 3.23%, 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 Ship and Boat Building.
16.1%
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10-year Projection

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