Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers

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2021 Workforce

18.6k

Average Age

43.4

Average Salary

$41,539

Average Male Salary

$41,777

Average Female Salary

$41,201

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 $41,539 in 2021.

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 2021 was 18,563 people, of which 41.3% were women and 58.7% were men. Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers are paid most in Monterey Park & Rosemead Cities PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Whitfield County PUMA, GA.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

10,888

Male Workforce

± 2.56k

7,675

Female Workforce

± 2.15k

The Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers workforce in 2021 was 18,563 people (41.3% women and 58.7% men). This implies an average annual growth of −9.54% between 2014 (20,521) and 2021 (18,563).

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 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were New York ($87,320), Pennsylvania ($64,837), and Connecticut ($61,595).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$41,539

AVERAGE WAGE

#365 in the ranking (2021)

$59,596

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers earned an average of $41,539, $18,056 less than the average national salary of $59,596

The graph shows the ranking of Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2021.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.383

WAGE GINI

In 2021, Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.383, 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 Motor vehicles & motor vehicle equipment manufacturing ($101,303).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

18.6k

2021 Workforce

± 3,345

−1.19%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 25.7%

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 37.5%, followed by Fabric mills, except knitting mills with 37.4% and Textile product mills, except carpets & rugs with 25.1%.

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 2021 was 18,563 people, with 41.3% woman, and 58.7% men. The average age of male Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers in the workforce is 42.1 and of female Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers is 45.2, 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 2021 was 18,563 people, with 41.3% woman, and 58.7% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 40 to 44 years (2,196 people), 30 to 34 years (2,130 people), and 45 to 49 years (2,022 people). Among them they concentrated 34.9% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2021, 28.3% of Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers workers were Hispanic and 71.7% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (86.9%), Salvadoran (7.18)%, and Puerto Rican (5.93)%

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Races

In 2021, 59.4% of the Miscellaneous textile, apparel, & furnishings workers except upholsterers workforce were White, of which 40.5% were women and 59.5% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (17.9%) and Other (9.79%).

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 2021 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 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (717 people), Business (449 people), and Social Sciences (154 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 (6,878 people), Some college (3,780 people), and Secondary Education (2,798 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.