Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

332k

2023

Average Employee Age

43.9

2023

Estimated Job Growth

−1.41%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$65,470

2023

Average Male Salary

$68,494

2023

Average Female Salary

$51,677

2023

About

The top three occupations in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group are welding, soldering, & brazing workers, miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters, and sheet metal workers. On average, full-time employees in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group work 44 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $67,059. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $38,262.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group are Marathon County PUMA, WI, Central Nebraska PUMA, NE, and Cerro Gordo, Floyd, Kossuth, Hancock, Winnebago, Mitchell & Worth Counties PUMA, IA.

The workforce of Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group in 2023 was 332,477 people, with 18% woman, and 82% men.

In 2023, 73% of the workforce in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group was White (242,630 people), of which 17.7% were women and 82.3% men.

Manufacturing

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group.

The workforce in Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group was 332,477 people and is concentrated in Texas (33,249 workers). The average annual salary was $65,470, being $2,257 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 Texas (33.2k), California (24.6k), and Ohio (20.1k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $65,470, $2,257 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

The graph shows the position of Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.366

WAGE GINI

Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.366, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container 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 Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group.

Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are the most common position with 38,633 workers, but the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters and Sheet metal workers.

The highest average salary in Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were welding, soldering, & brazing workers (38,633 people), miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters (17,216 people), and sheet metal workers (16,858 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$68,494

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,949

$51,677

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,837

On average, Male workers in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group make 1.33 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container 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 Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group.

The Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container 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 Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container 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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Manufacturing
Wholesale trade
Mining

The Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container 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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

California
6,220
Texas
4,369
Ohio
3,280

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 18% corresponds to women and 82% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $68,494 and $51,677.

75.9% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

59,792

Women

18%

272,685

Men

82%

The workforce of Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing industry in 2023 was 332,477 people, with 18% woman, and 82% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing industry.

Races

In 2023, 73% of the workforce in the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing industry was White (242,630 people), of which 17.7% were women and 82.3% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing workers in 2023 were high school or equivalent (132,254 people), some college (75,070 people), and bachelors degree (44,931 people).

The chart shows the Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the 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 −1.41% in the next ten years. The Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −1.41%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (6.55%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (6.55%).

Job Growth

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

−1.41%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

−1.41%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than −1.41%, the average rate of national job growth.