Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

15.1k

2021

Average Employee Age

46.6

2021

Average Salary

$42,079

2021

Average Male Salary

$48,839

2021

Average Female Salary

$37,156

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group are sewing machine operators, textile machine setters, operators, and tenders, and industrial & refractory machinery mechanics. On average, full-time employees in the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group work 41.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $44,683. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $19,295.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group are DeKalb & Jackson Counties PUMA, AL, Randolph County PUMA, NC, and Surry, Wilkes & Alleghany Counties PUMA, NC.

The workforce of Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group in 2021 was 15,084 people, with 57.9% woman, and 42.1% men.

In 2021, 64.4% of the workforce in the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group was White (9,721 people), of which 55.2% were women and 44.8% men.

Manufacturing

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group.

The workforce in Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group was 15,084 people and is concentrated in North Carolina (5,541 workers). The average annual salary was $42,079, being $17,517 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

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Start Year

Y-Axis

1.98%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 12.9M people employed in the Manufacturing industry. This represents a 1.98% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Manufacturing over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were North Carolina (5.54k), California (1.02k), and Alabama (952).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group had an average annual wage of $42,079, $17,517 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.409

WAGE GINI

Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills has a wage GINI of 0.409, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills (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 Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group.

Sewing machine operators are the most common position with 1,886 workers, but the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Textile machine setters, operators, and tenders and Industrial & refractory machinery mechanics.

The highest average salary in Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were sewing machine operators (1,886 people), textile machine setters, operators, and tenders (1,114 people), and industrial & refractory machinery mechanics (912 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$48,839

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$17,921

$37,156

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$9,394

On average, Male workers in the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group make 1.31 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills 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 Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group.

The Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills is from Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group is Manufacturing.

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 Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
76,206
Texas
39,298
New York
31,456

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 57.9% corresponds to women and 42.1% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $48,839 and $37,156.

65.6% of workers have a high school or equivalent, secondary education or some college.

Gender and Age

8,728

Women

57.9%

6,356

Men

42.1%

The workforce of Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills industry in 2021 was 15,084 people, with 57.9% woman, and 42.1% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills industry.

Races

In 2021, 64.4% of the workforce in the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills industry was White (9,721 people), of which 55.2% were women and 44.8% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (5,480 people), secondary education (2,274 people), and some college (2,147 people).

The chart shows the Knitting fabric mills, & apparel knitting mills workforce by gender and educational level.