Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters

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Total Workforce

18.1k

Average Age

Average Salary

$39,067

Average Male Salary

$40,075

Average Female Salary

$28,634

About

Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters are most often employed by the U. S. Marines industry. The average yearly wage for Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters was $39,067 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters by wage are Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers, Photographers, and Animal control workers.

Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters are part of the Construction & Extraction Occupations, along with Firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers, Boilermakers, Carpenters, Carpet, floor, & tile installers & finishers, Cement masons, concrete finishers, & terrazzo workers, and 28 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters are Craven County PUMA, NC, Norfolk City (Northeast) PUMA, VA, and Jefferson & Lewis Counties PUMA, NY. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters are Craven County PUMA, NC, Jefferson & Lewis Counties PUMA, NY, and Jacksonville City PUMA, NC.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters and on wages and locations for those in the field. U. S. Marines is the industry that employs the most Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters, by average wage, is National security & international affairs. Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters are paid most in Virginia Beach City (South) PUMA, VA but are relatively concentrated in Craven County PUMA, NC.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$39,067

AVERAGE SALARY

± $4,629

In 2017, Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters earned an average of $39,067, $14,822 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers make somewhat more than Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters while Animal control workers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.305

WAGE GINI

In 2017, Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.305, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters (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 Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters, by number of employees, are U. S. Marines, U. S. Army, and U. S. Navy.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters, by average wage, are National security & international affairs, Construction, and Support activities for mining.

Industries by Share

18.1k

2017 Workforce

± 3,300

-8.99%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 27.7%

The number of people employed as Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters has been declining at a rate of -8.99%, from 19,851 people in 2016 to 18,066 people in 2017.

This graphic shows the share of Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters employed by various industries. U. S. Marines employs the largest share of Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters at 14.2%, followed by U. S. Army with 13.5% and U. S. Navy with 12.3%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters in the US. The average age of male Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters in the workforce is 32.9 and of female Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters is 23, and the most common race/ethnicity for Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

16.5k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 3,151

1.59k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 980

91.2% of Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters

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

77.5% of Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 15.3% of Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters.

Age by Gender

32.9

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 2.37

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 3.18

The median age of Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters is 32, and Male employees are generally 9.89 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters is false but a relatively high number of Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters hold a major in Business.

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

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MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters need many skills, but most especially Monitoring, Active Listening, and Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters need more than the average amount of Installation, Equipment Selection, and Equipment Maintenance.