Ship & boat building

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

182k

2021

Average Employee Age

42.6

2021

Estimated Job Growth

−14.7%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$64,203

2021

Average Male Salary

$65,933

2021

Average Female Salary

$55,533

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Ship & boat building Industry Group are welding, soldering, & brazing workers, other assemblers and fabricators, and firstline supervisors of production & operating workers. On average, full-time employees in the Ship & boat building Industry Group work 43.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $65,558. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $24,909.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Ship & boat building Industry Group are Jackson County PUMA, MS, Bremerton & Port Orchard Cities PUMA, WA, and Newport News City PUMA, VA.

The workforce of Ship & boat building Industry Group in 2021 was 181,584 people, with 16.6% woman, and 83.4% men.

In 2021, 70.8% of the workforce in the Ship & boat building Industry Group was White (128,606 people), of which 15.9% were women and 84.1% men.

Manufacturing

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Ship & boat building Industry Group.

The workforce in Ship & boat building Industry Group was 181,584 people and is concentrated in Virginia (38,507 workers). The average annual salary was $64,203, being $4,608 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

−2.56%

Year-over-year decline

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 26.6k people employed in the Ship and Boat Building industry. This represents a −2.56% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Ship and Boat Building over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were Virginia (38.5k), Washington (16.2k), and Florida (14.4k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Ship & boat building Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Ship & boat building Industry Group had an average annual wage of $64,203, $4,608 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Ship & boat building Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.318

WAGE GINI

Ship & boat building has a wage GINI of 0.318, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Ship & boat building (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 Ship & boat building Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Ship & boat building Industry Group.

Welding, soldering, & brazing workers are the most common position with 16,045 workers, but the Ship & boat building Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other assemblers and fabricators and Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers.

The highest average salary in Ship & boat building goes to Financial managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Ship & boat building Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were welding, soldering, & brazing workers (16,045 people), other assemblers and fabricators (12,828 people), and firstline supervisors of production & operating workers (10,202 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$65,933

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,865

$55,533

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$5,748

On average, Male workers in the Ship & boat building Industry Group make 1.19 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Ship & boat building Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Ship & boat building 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 Ship & boat building Industry Group.

The Ship & boat building Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

Florida and Washington stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Ship & boat building Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Ship & boat building is from Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Ship & boat building Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Ship & boat building 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 Ship & boat building is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Ship & boat building 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 Ship & boat building is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Ship & boat building industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Ship & boat building Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 16.6% corresponds to women and 83.4% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $65,933 and $55,533.

74.7% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

30,203

Women

16.6%

151,381

Men

83.4%

The workforce of Ship & boat building industry in 2021 was 181,584 people, with 16.6% woman, and 83.4% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Ship & boat building industry.

Races

In 2021, 70.8% of the workforce in the Ship & boat building industry was White (128,606 people), of which 15.9% were women and 84.1% 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 Ship & boat building workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (61,443 people), some college (43,753 people), and bachelors degree (30,369 people).

The chart shows the Ship & boat building workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Ship and boat building industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Ship and boat building industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −14.7%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (14.6%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Ship and boat building.

−14.7%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Ship and boat building. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.