Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers

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2020 Workforce

18.8k

Average Age

Average Salary

$38,326

Average Male Salary

$37,740

Average Female Salary

$39,168

About

Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers are most often employed by the Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing industry. The average yearly wage for Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers was $38,326 in 2020.

The locations that employ the most Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers are Whitfield County PUMA, GA, Northwest Georgia Regional Commission (Northeast) PUMA, GA, and DeKalb & Jackson Counties PUMA, AL. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers are Whitfield County PUMA, GA, Northwest Georgia Regional Commission (Northeast) PUMA, GA, and DeKalb & Jackson Counties PUMA, AL.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers workforce. Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers workforce in 2020 was 18,787 people, of which 41% were women and 59% were men. Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers are paid most in Burlington City PUMA, NC but are relatively concentrated in Whitfield County PUMA, GA.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

11,076

Male Workforce

± 2.58k

7,711

Female Workforce

± 2.16k

The Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers workforce in 2020 was 18,787 people (41% women and 59% men). This implies an average annual growth of −8.45% between 2014 (20,521) and 2020 (18,787).

Employment by Location

Level

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers.

During 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were New York ($83,152), Connecticut ($63,171), and Pennsylvania ($59,191).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$38,326

AVERAGE WAGE

#379 in the ranking (2020)

$55,954

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2020, Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers earned an average of $38,326, $17,628 less than the average national salary of $55,954

The graph shows the ranking of Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2020.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.389

WAGE GINI

In 2020, Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.389, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers and on wages for those in the field. Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing is the industry that employs the most Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers, by average wage, is Medical equipment & supplies manufacturing ($61,965).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

18.8k

2020 Workforce

± 3,365

−0.0106%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 25.3%

This graphic shows the share of Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers employed by various industries. Cut and sew, and apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing employs the largest share of Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers at 40.4%, followed by Fabric mills, except knitting mills with 33.2% and Carpet & rug mills with 26.4%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers in the US. The workforce of Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers in 2020 was 18,787 people, with 41% woman, and 59% men. The average age of male Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers in the workforce is 41.5 and of female Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers is 45.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers in 2020 was 18,787 people, with 41% woman, and 59% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (2,167 people), 45 to 49 years (2,009 people), and 40 to 44 years (2,000 people). Among them they concentrated 34.1% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2020, 27.6% of Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers workers were Hispanic and 72.4% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (90.8%), Salvadoran (4.77)%, and Puerto Rican (4.42)%

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Races

In 2020, 60.1% of the Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers workforce were White, of which 41.3% were women and 58.7% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (18.9%) and Other (8.83%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers is Visual & Performing Arts but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2020 were Visual & Performing Arts.

Among the necessary skills for Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers, Operation Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers need more than the average amount of Repairing.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers in 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (651 people), Business (304 people), and Engineering (176 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers workers were High School or Equivalent (6,866 people), Some college (3,905 people), and Secondary Education (3,185 people).

The graphic shows the Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers need many skills, but most especially Operation Monitoring, Operation and Control, Monitoring.