Car Dealers

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

1.26M

2020

Average Employee Age

41.7

2020

Average Salary

$55,868

2020

Average Male Salary

$59,932

2020

Average Female Salary

$41,411

2020

About

The top three occupations in the Car Dealers Industry Group are retail salespersons, automotive service technicians & mechanics, and firstline supervisors of retail sales workers. On average, full-time employees in the Car Dealers Industry Group work 46.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $60,417. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.5 hours and earn an average annual salary of $18,579.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Car Dealers Industry Group are Cedar Hill & Duncanville Cities PUMA, TX, Wood, Pleasants & Wirt Counties PUMA, WV, and Parker County PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Car Dealers Industry Group in 2020 was 1,257,601 people, with 21.9% woman, and 78.1% men.

In 2020, 78.5% of the workforce in the Car Dealers Industry Group was White (987,739 people), of which 22.4% were women and 77.6% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Car Dealers Industry Group.

The workforce in Car Dealers Industry Group was 1,257,601 people and is concentrated in California (126,539 workers). The average annual salary was $55,868, being $86 less than the national average salary, which was $55,954.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

1.52%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 561k people employed in the Automobile Dealers industry. This represents a 1.52% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Automobile Dealers over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2020 were California (127k), Texas (118k), and Florida (94.4k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Car Dealers Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2020, Car Dealers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $55,868, $86 less than the average national salary of $55,954.

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

Wage Distribution

0.437

WAGE GINI

Car Dealers has a wage GINI of 0.437, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Car Dealers (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 Car Dealers Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Car Dealers Industry Group.

Retail salespersons are the most common position with 270,799 workers, but the Car Dealers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Automotive service technicians & mechanics and Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers.

The highest average salary in Car Dealers goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Car Dealers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2020, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were retail salespersons (270,799 people), automotive service technicians & mechanics (198,061 people), and firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (147,964 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$59,932

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,560

$41,411

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,846

On average, Male workers in the Car Dealers Industry Group make 1.45 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Car Dealers Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Car Dealers 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 Car Dealers Industry Group.

The Car Dealers 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 Car Dealers is from Retail Trade.

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Car Dealers 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 Car Dealers is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Car Dealers Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 21.9% corresponds to women and 78.1% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $59,932 and $41,411.

78.9% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

275,929

Women

21.9%

981,672

Men

78.1%

The workforce of Car Dealers industry in 2020 was 1,257,601 people, with 21.9% woman, and 78.1% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Car Dealers industry.

Races

In 2020, 78.5% of the workforce in the Car Dealers industry was White (987,739 people), of which 22.4% were women and 77.6% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Car Dealers workers in 2020 were high school or equivalent (447,962 people), some college (383,495 people), and bachelors degree (161,003 people).

The chart shows the Car Dealers workforce by gender and educational level.