Footwear manufacturing

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

26.7k

2021

Average Employee Age

41.1

2021

Average Salary

$61,840

2021

Average Male Salary

$68,661

2021

Average Female Salary

$54,282

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group are shoe & leather workers, miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, and firstline supervisors of production & operating workers. On average, full-time employees in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group work 42.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $65,790. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $20,354.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group are Memphis (North) & Bartlett (Southwest) Cities PUMA, TN, Oxford, Somerset, Franklin & Piscataquis Counties PUMA, ME, and Spartanburg City PUMA, SC.

The workforce of Footwear manufacturing Industry Group in 2021 was 26,683 people, with 47.4% woman, and 52.6% men.

In 2021, 63.5% of the workforce in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group was White (16,950 people), of which 47.9% were women and 52.1% men.

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Manufacturing

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group.

The workforce in Footwear manufacturing Industry Group was 26,683 people and is concentrated in Oregon (4,186 workers). The average annual salary was $61,840, being $2,244 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

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 2021 were Oregon (4.19k), California (3.31k), and Texas (2.12k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Footwear manufacturing Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Footwear manufacturing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $61,840, $2,244 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Footwear manufacturing Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.472

WAGE GINI

Footwear manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.472, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Footwear 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 Footwear manufacturing Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group.

Shoe & leather workers are the most common position with 4,295 workers, but the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors and Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers.

The highest average salary in Footwear manufacturing goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were shoe & leather workers (4,295 people), miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors (1,935 people), and firstline supervisors of production & operating workers (1,716 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$68,661

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$15,786

$54,282

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$13,069

On average, Male workers in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group make 1.26 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Footwear 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 Footwear manufacturing Industry Group.

The Footwear manufacturing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Footwear manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Footwear 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 Footwear manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Footwear 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 Footwear manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Footwear manufacturing Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 47.4% corresponds to women and 52.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $68,661 and $54,282.

76.4% of workers have a high school or equivalent, bachelors degree or some college.

Gender and Age

12,658

Women

47.4%

14,025

Men

52.6%

The workforce of Footwear manufacturing industry in 2021 was 26,683 people, with 47.4% woman, and 52.6% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Footwear manufacturing industry.

Races

In 2021, 63.5% of the workforce in the Footwear manufacturing industry was White (16,950 people), of which 47.9% were women and 52.1% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Footwear manufacturing workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (8,825 people), bachelors degree (6,006 people), and some college (5,550 people).

The chart shows the Footwear manufacturing workforce by gender and educational level.