Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

2.66M

2021

Average Employee Age

37.3

2021

Average Salary

$29,352

2021

Average Male Salary

$32,701

2021

Average Female Salary

$25,654

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group are cashiers, firstline supervisors of retail sales workers, and stockers and order fillers. On average, full-time employees in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group work 42 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $41,302. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $12,653.

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 Lake & Mendocino Counties PUMA, CA.

The workforce of Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group in 2021 was 2,657,650 people, with 47.5% woman, and 52.5% men.

In 2021, 68.6% of the workforce in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group was White (1,823,308 people), of which 47.8% were women and 52.2% men.

Retail Trade

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group.

The workforce in Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group was 2,657,650 people and is concentrated in California (296,185 workers). The average annual salary was $29,352, being $30,243 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

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

Start Year

Y-Axis

0.946%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 28.9M people employed in the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry. This represents a 0.946% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (296k), Texas (231k), and Florida (206k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group had an average annual wage of $29,352, $30,243 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.469

WAGE GINI

Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores has a wage GINI of 0.469, 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).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group.

Cashiers are the most common position with 634,485 workers, but the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of retail sales workers and Stockers and order fillers.

The highest average salary in Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were cashiers (634,485 people), firstline supervisors of retail sales workers (410,378 people), and stockers and order fillers (358,619 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$32,701

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$831

$25,654

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$678

On average, Male workers in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group make 1.27 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.

Business

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.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group.

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.

Industrial Flow

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

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.

Intermediate Inputs

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

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.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 47.5% corresponds to women and 52.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $32,701 and $25,654.

77.7% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

1,262,974

Women

47.5%

1,394,676

Men

52.5%

The workforce of Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores industry in 2021 was 2,657,650 people, with 47.5% woman, and 52.5% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores industry.

Races

In 2021, 68.6% of the workforce in the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores industry was White (1,823,308 people), of which 47.8% were women and 52.2% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (1,008,418 people), some college (702,636 people), and secondary education (354,360 people).

The chart shows the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores workforce by gender and educational level.