Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

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2020 Workforce

19.8M

Average Age

41.9

Average Salary

$39,644

Average Male Salary

$42,957

Average Female Salary

$29,185

About

Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are most often employed by the Truck transportation industry. The average yearly wage for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations was $39,644 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations by wage are Sales & Office Occupations, Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations, and Military specific occupations.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are Elkhart & Goshen Cities PUMA, IN, Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN, and Northern Mississippi Region PUMA, WI. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN, Whitfield County PUMA, GA, and St. Joseph & Branch Counties PUMA, MI.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations and on wages and locations for those in the field. Truck transportation 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. Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are paid most in Murray Hill, Gramercy & Stuyvesant Town PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Noble, DeKalb, LaGrange & Steuben Counties PUMA, IN.

Yearly Wage

$39,644

AVERAGE SALARY

± $204

In 2020, Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations earned an average of $39,644, $16,310 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Sales & Office Occupations make somewhat more than Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations while Service Occupations make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.389

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.389, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. 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).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, by number of employees, are Truck transportation, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores, Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing, General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters, Warehousing & storage, Construction, Couriers & messengers, Restaurants & Food Services, Bus service & urban transit, Services incidental to transportation, and Animal slaughtering & processing.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, by average wage, are Air transportation, Electric power generation, transmission & distribution, and Electric & gas, and other combinations.

Industries by Share

19.8M

2020 Workforce

± 101,792

−0.414%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 0.727%

The number of people employed as Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations has been declining at a rate of −0.414%, from 19,930,117 people in 2019 to 19,847,700 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations employed by various industries. Truck transportation employs the largest share of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations at 6.65%, followed by Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores with 4.31% and Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing with 4.07%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in the US. The average age of male Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations in the workforce is 41.7 and of female Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations is 42.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

15.1M

MALE WORKFORCE

± 90,344

4.77M

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 52,771

75.9% of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are Male, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

54.4% of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 15.9% of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations.

Age by Sex

41.7

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.0923

42.5

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.162

The median age of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations is 41.9, and Male employees are generally 0.83 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

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 a relatively high number of Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations hold a major in Transportation.

Majors

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

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 Operation Monitoring. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Repairing, and Operation and Control.