Production Occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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2021 Workforce

8.51M

Average Age

42.6

Average Salary

$44,792

Average Male Salary

$49,390

Average Female Salary

$33,291

About

Production Occupations are most often employed by the Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Production Occupations was $44,792 in 2021.

The locations that employ the most Production Occupations are Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN, Elkhart & Goshen Cities PUMA, IN, and Muskegon County PUMA, MI. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Production Occupations are Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN, Whitfield County PUMA, GA, and St. Joseph & Branch Counties PUMA, MI.

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Production Occupations Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

Employment and salary information for the Production Occupations workforce. Production Occupations workforce in 2021 was 8,511,368 people, of which 28.6% were women and 71.4% were men. Production Occupations are paid most in Chelsea, Clinton & Midtown Business District PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

6,080,515

Male Workforce

± 59.3k

2,430,853

Female Workforce

± 38k

The Production Occupations workforce in 2021 was 8,511,368 people (28.6% women and 71.4% men). This implies an average annual growth of 1.83% between 2014 (8,358,616) and 2021 (8,511,368).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Production Occupations.

During 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Wyoming ($64,581), Louisiana ($61,857), and Alaska ($56,795).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$44,792

AVERAGE WAGE

#10 in the ranking (2021)

$59,596

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Production Occupations earned an average of $44,792, $14,803 less than the average national salary of $59,596

The graph shows the ranking of Production Occupations in relation to all Minor Occupation Group in 2021.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.353

WAGE GINI

In 2021, Production Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.353, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Production Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Production Occupations compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Production Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing is the industry that employs the most Production Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Production Occupations, by average wage, is Electric power generation, transmission & distribution ($102,922).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

8.51M

2021 Workforce

± 69,563

−0.242%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 1.16%

This graphic shows the share of Production Occupations employed by various industries. Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing employs the largest share of Production Occupations at 56.5%, followed by Animal slaughtering & processing with 21.9% and Machinery manufacturing, n.e.c. or not specified with 21.6%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Production Occupations in the US. The workforce of Production Occupations in 2021 was 8,511,368 people, with 28.6% woman, and 71.4% men. The average age of male Production Occupations in the workforce is 42.3 and of female Production Occupations is 43.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Production Occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Production Occupations in 2021 was 8,511,368 people, with 28.6% woman, and 71.4% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 55 to 59 years (969,621 people), 50 to 54 years (966,749 people), and 25 to 29 years (949,675 people). Among them they concentrated 33.9% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2021, 22.8% of Production Occupations workers were Hispanic and 77.2% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (84.8%), Puerto Rican (9.21)%, and Salvadoran (6.02)%

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Races

In 2021, 65.7% of the Production Occupations workforce were White, of which 25.3% were women and 74.7% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (13.3%) and Other (8.17%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Production Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Production Occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2021 were Mechanical Technologies.

Among the necessary skills for Production Occupations, Operation Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Production Occupations need more than the average amount of Repairing.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Production Occupations in 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (167,517 people), Engineering (107,500 people), and Visual & Performing Arts (49,273 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Production Occupations workers were High School or Equivalent (3,703,939 people), Some college (1,965,852 people), and Secondary Education (894,720 people).

The graphic shows the Production Occupations workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Production Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Production Occupations need many skills, but most especially Operation Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Monitoring.