Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Major Occupation Group

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2023 Workforce
20.3M
Average Age
41.9
Average Salary
$46,466
Average Male Salary
$50,427
Average Female Salary
$34,320

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Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are most often employed by the uninformed industry. The average yearly wage for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations was $46,466 in 2023.

The locations that employ the most Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN, Mercer, Defiance, Williams, Van Wert & Paulding Counties PUMA, OH, and Johnson County PUMA, TX. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are Detroit City (Northeast) PUMA, MI, Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN, and St. Joseph & Branch Counties PUMA, MI.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workforce. Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workforce in 2023 was 20,273,136 people, of which 24.6% were women and 75.4% were men. Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are paid most in Palm Beach County (Central)--Wellington Village & Agricultural Reserve PUMA, FL but are relatively concentrated in Detroit City (Northeast) PUMA, MI.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
15,288,056
Male Workforce
± 91.1k
4,985,080
Female Workforce
± 53.9k

The Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workforce in 2023 was 20,273,136 people (24.6% women and 75.4% men). This implies an average annual growth of 19.5% between 2014 (16,962,526) and 2023 (20,273,136).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations.

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($64,481), Wyoming ($55,669), and Hawaii ($54,852).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$46,466
AVERAGE WAGE
#5 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations earned an average of $46,466, $21,261 less than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.394
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.394, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations and on wages for those in the field. uninformed is the industry that employs the most Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, by average wage, is Air transportation ($116,069).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
20.3M
2023 Workforce
± 102,981
−0.291%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 0.72%

This graphic shows the share of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations employed by various industries. uninformed employs the largest share of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations at 39.8%, followed by Truck transportation with 26.8% and Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores with 18.1%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in the US. The workforce of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in 2023 was 20,273,136 people, with 24.6% woman, and 75.4% men. The average age of male Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in the workforce is 41.8 and of female Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations is 42.1, and the most common race/ethnicity for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in 2023 was 20,273,136 people, with 24.6% woman, and 75.4% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 20 to 24 years (2,239,585 people), 25 to 29 years (2,210,937  people), and 30 to 34 years (2,149,456 people). Among them they concentrated 32.6% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 24.2% of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workers were Hispanic and 75.8% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (60.5%), Puerto Rican (10.5)%, and Salvadoran (4.61)%

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Races

In 2023, 57.4% of the Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workforce were White, of which 22.3% were women and 77.7% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (16.3%) and Two or More Races (11%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2023 were Transportation.

Among the necessary skills for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, Operations Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance.

Majors

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Degree

The most common majors achieved by Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (473,245 people), Engineering (206,300 people), and Social Sciences (138,231 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations workers were High School or Equivalent (8,913,184 people), Some college (4,696,246 people), and Secondary Education (2,135,209 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations need many skills, but most especially Operations Monitoring, Operation and Control, Monitoring.

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