Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores

Industry Group

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Workforce

2.63M

2020 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

37.3

Average Salary

$27,815

Average Male Salary

$31,234

Average Female Salary

$30,577

About

The top three occupations in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group are Cashiers, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Stockers and order fillers, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, and Customer service representatives. On average, full-time employees in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group work 42.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $39,164. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,944.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group are Polk County (Northwest) PUMA, FL, Polk County (Central) PUMA, FL, and Ames City PUMA, IA. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores.

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group. Cashiers are the most common position, but the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Monthly Employment

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

Start Year

Y-Axis

9.62%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 27.4M people employed in the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry. This represents a 9.62% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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

Occupations by Share

2.63M

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 39.4k

−0.137%

1 Year Growth

± 2.13%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −0.137%, , from 2.63M people in 2019 to 2.63M people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Cashiers represent the largest share of positions held in Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores at 24.4%, followed by Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers with 15.7% and Stockers and order fillers with 12.9%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group, by number of employees, are Cashiers, Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, Stockers and order fillers, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, and Customer service representatives.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores employs an unusually high number of Butchers & other meat, poultry, & fish processing workers, Stockers and order fillers, and Cashiers.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores, by average wage, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Chief executives & legislators, and Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers.

Average Salary

$27,815

AVERAGE WAGE

± $524

On average, employees in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group make $27,815 per year. This number makes Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores the 252 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.468

WAGE GINI

Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores has a wage GINI of 0.468, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $31,234 and $30,577. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

1.26M

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±27.4k

1.37M

MALE WORKFORCE

±28.6k

52.1% of workers in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$31,234

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$803

$30,577

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$795

On average, Male workers in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group make 1.02 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Asian
American Indian and Alaska Native tribes specified; or American Indian or Alaska Native, not specified and no other races
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

On average, Asian employees in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group earn 1.14 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores 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. Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores is from Retail Trade.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores is from Retail Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores 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 Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores is from Retail Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Construction Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.