Plastics product manufacturing

Industry Group

Add Comparison

Workforce Population

455k

2021

Average Employee Age

2021

Estimated Job Growth

−8.31%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$55,579

2021

Average Male Salary

$61,262

2021

Average Female Salary

$42,936

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group are miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters, miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, and firstline supervisors of production & operating workers. On average, full-time employees in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group work 43.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $57,143. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $25,711.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group are Ashtabula County PUMA, OH, Barren River Area Development District (Outer) PUMA, KY, and St. Joseph & Branch Counties PUMA, MI.

The workforce of Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group in 2021 was 455,324 people, with 31% woman, and 69% men.

In 2021, 72.1% of the workforce in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group was White (328,327 people), of which 29.7% were women and 70.3% men.

Photo by Mark Dixon

Manufacturing

Employment & Salaries

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

The workforce in Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group was 455,324 people and is concentrated in Ohio (39,900 workers). The average annual salary was $55,579, being $4,016 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

−1.02%

Year-over-year decline

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 145k people employed in the Plastics Product Manufacturing industry. This represents a −1.02% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Plastics Product Manufacturing over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were Ohio (39.9k), Michigan (30.7k), and Texas (30.2k).

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

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $55,579, $4,016 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

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

Wage Distribution

0.391

WAGE GINI

Plastics product manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.391, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Plastics product 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 Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

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

Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters are the most common position with 57,459 workers, but the Plastics product 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 Plastics product manufacturing goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters (57,459 people), miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors (31,211 people), and firstline supervisors of production & operating workers (28,708 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$61,262

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,631

$42,936

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,486

On average, Male workers in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group make 1.43 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group.

Business

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

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

California and Ohio stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Plastics product manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Plastics product 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 Plastics product manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
2,264
Ohio
1,350
Texas
1,308

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Plastics product manufacturing industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 31% corresponds to women and 69% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $61,262 and $42,936.

75.6% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

141,191

Women

31%

314,133

Men

69%

The workforce of Plastics product manufacturing industry in 2021 was 455,324 people, with 31% woman, and 69% men.

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

Races

In 2021, 72.1% of the workforce in the Plastics product manufacturing industry was White (328,327 people), of which 29.7% were women and 70.3% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Plastics product manufacturing workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (179,908 people), some college (97,313 people), and bachelors degree (66,888 people).

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

Projections

Growth projections of the Plastics product manufacturing industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Plastics product manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −8.31%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (14.6%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

−8.31%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Plastics product manufacturing. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.