Cleaners of vehicles & equipment

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Total Workforce

379k

Average Age

36.1

Average Salary

$23,892

Average Male Salary

$24,479

Average Female Salary

$21,281

About

Cleaners of vehicles & equipment are most often employed by the Car washes industry. The average yearly wage for Cleaners of vehicles & equipment was $23,892 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Cleaners of vehicles & equipment by wage are Manicurists and pedicurists, Models, demonstrators, & product promoters, and Packers & packagers, hand.

Cleaners of vehicles & equipment are part of the Material Moving Occupations, along with Industrial truck & tractor operators, Cleaners of vehicles & equipment, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, Machine feeders & offbearers, Packers & packagers, hand, and 5 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Cleaners of vehicles & equipment are Hawthorne City PUMA, CA, San Diego City (Central/Mid-City) PUMA, CA, and Northeast Nebraska PUMA, NE. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Cleaners of vehicles & equipment are Hawthorne City PUMA, CA, Tucson City (Northwest) PUMA, AZ, and Modesto City (West) PUMA, CA.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Cleaners of vehicles & equipment and on wages and locations for those in the field. Car washes is the industry that employs the most Cleaners of vehicles & equipment, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Cleaners of vehicles & equipment, by average wage, is Couriers & messengers. Cleaners of vehicles & equipment are paid most in Venango, Jefferson, Clarion & Forest Counties PUMA, PA but are relatively concentrated in Hawthorne City PUMA, CA.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$23,892

AVERAGE SALARY

± $900

In 2019, Cleaners of vehicles & equipment earned an average of $23,892, $31,632 less than than the average national salary of $55,524.

Packers & packagers, hand make somewhat more than Cleaners of vehicles & equipment while Manicurists and pedicurists make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Cleaners of vehicles & equipment as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.399

WAGE GINI

In 2019, Cleaners of vehicles & equipment had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.399, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Cleaners of vehicles & equipment (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Cleaners of vehicles & equipment.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Cleaners of vehicles & equipment

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Cleaners of vehicles & equipment.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Cleaners of vehicles & equipment, by number of employees, are Car washes, Car Dealers, and Automotive equipment rental & leasing.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Cleaners of vehicles & equipment, by average wage, are Couriers & messengers, Rail transportation, Petroleum refining, Iron & steel mills & steel product manufacturing, Structural metals, & boiler, tank, & shipping container manufacturing , and Animal food, grain & oilseed milling.

Industries by Share

379k

2019 Workforce

± 15,097

8.65%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 5.3%

The number of people employed as Cleaners of vehicles & equipment has been growing at a rate of 8.65%, from 348,892 people in 2018 to 379,061 people in 2019.

This graphic shows the share of Cleaners of vehicles & equipment employed by various industries. Car washes employs the largest share of Cleaners of vehicles & equipment at 27.3%, followed by Car Dealers with 20.6% and Automotive equipment rental & leasing with 4.65%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Cleaners of vehicles & equipment in the US. The average age of male Cleaners of vehicles & equipment in the workforce is 35.4 and of female Cleaners of vehicles & equipment is 38.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Cleaners of vehicles & equipment is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

309k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 13,644

69.6k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 6,475

81.6% of Cleaners of vehicles & equipment are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Cleaners of vehicles & equipment.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Cleaners of vehicles & equipment

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

43.3% of Cleaners of vehicles & equipment are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 21.1% of Cleaners of vehicles & equipment, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Cleaners of vehicles & equipment.

Age by Gender

35.4

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.679

38.8

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.43

The median age of Cleaners of vehicles & equipment is 36.1, and Male employees are generally 3.41 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Cleaners of vehicles & equipment from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Cleaners of vehicles & equipment is Business but a relatively high number of Cleaners of vehicles & equipment hold a major in Theology.

Majors

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Cleaners of vehicles & equipment from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Cleaners of vehicles & equipment need many skills, but most especially Operation and Control, Operation Monitoring, and Quality Control Analysis. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Cleaners of vehicles & equipment need more than the average amount of Operation and Control, Equipment Selection, and Repairing.