Retail florists

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

76.5k

2021

Average Employee Age

46.4

2021

Average Salary

$28,554

2021

Average Male Salary

$37,069

2021

Average Female Salary

$25,041

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Retail florists Industry Group are floral designers, driver/sales workers & truck drivers, and firstline supervisors of retail sales workers. On average, full-time employees in the Retail florists Industry Group work 43.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $39,812. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $13,840.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Retail florists Industry Group are Fayette County PUMA, GA, Pender & New Hanover (North) Counties PUMA, NC, and Vista City PUMA, CA.

The workforce of Retail florists Industry Group in 2021 was 76,533 people, with 70.8% woman, and 29.2% men.

In 2021, 81.9% of the workforce in the Retail florists Industry Group was White (62,718 people), of which 72.3% were women and 27.7% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Retail florists Industry Group.

The workforce in Retail florists Industry Group was 76,533 people and is concentrated in California (8,346 workers). The average annual salary was $28,554, being $31,041 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

0.946%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 28.9M people employed in the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry. This represents a 0.946% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Trade, Transportation, and Utilities over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (8.35k), Texas (5.4k), and Florida (5.05k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Retail florists Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Retail florists Industry Group had an average annual wage of $28,554, $31,041 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

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

Wage Distribution

0.472

WAGE GINI

Retail florists 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 Retail florists (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 Retail florists Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Retail florists Industry Group.

Floral designers are the most common position with 27,964 workers, but the Retail florists Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers and Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers.

The highest average salary in Retail florists goes to Financial managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Retail florists Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were floral designers (27,964 people), driver/sales workers & truck drivers (9,702 people), and firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (8,140 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$37,069

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$8,203

$25,041

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,055

On average, Male workers in the Retail florists Industry Group make 1.48 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Retail florists Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Retail florists 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 Retail florists Industry Group.

The Retail florists Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Retail florists is from Retail Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Retail florists Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Retail florists Industry Group is Construction.

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 Retail florists is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Retail florists Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Retail florists is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Retail florists Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 70.8% corresponds to women and 29.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $37,069 and $25,041.

75.7% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

54,176

Women

70.8%

22,357

Men

29.2%

The workforce of Retail florists industry in 2021 was 76,533 people, with 70.8% woman, and 29.2% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Retail florists industry.

Races

In 2021, 81.9% of the workforce in the Retail florists industry was White (62,718 people), of which 72.3% were women and 27.7% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Retail florists workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (24,174 people), some college (19,230 people), and bachelors degree (14,556 people).

The chart shows the Retail florists workforce by gender and educational level.