Plastics product manufacturing

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    405k
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    44.2
    2024
    Estimated Job Growth
    4.44%
    10-Year Projection
    Average Salary
    $64,974
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $70,604
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $52,154
    2024

    About

    The top three occupations in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group are miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters, miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, and firstline supervisors of production & operating workers. On average, full-time employees in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group work 43.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $66,894. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.5 hours and earn an average annual salary of $29,769.

    The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group are Tuscarawas & Harrison Counties PUMA, OH, St. Joseph & Branch Counties PUMA, MI, and Crawford & Warren Counties PUMA, PA.

    The workforce of Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group in 2024 was 405,471 people, with 30.5% woman, and 69.5% men.

    In 2024, 64.7% of the workforce in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group was White (262,163 people), of which 29% were women and 71% men.

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    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group.

    The workforce in Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group was 405,471 people and is concentrated in Ohio (33,622 workers). The average annual salary was $64,974, being $4,903 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    −1.02%
    Year-over-year decline
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 145k people employed in the Plastics Product Manufacturing industry. This represents a −1.02% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were Ohio (33.6k), Texas (28.9k), and California (26.1k).

    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $64,974, $4,903 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

    The graph shows the position of Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.38
    WAGE GINI

    Plastics product manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.38, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Plastics product manufacturing (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 Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group.

    Miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters are the most common position with 49,755 workers, but the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors and Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers.

    The highest average salary in Plastics product manufacturing goes to Chief executives & legislators.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were miscellaneous metal workers & plastic workers, including multiple machine tool setters (49,755 people), miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors (31,270 people), and firstline supervisors of production & operating workers (23,838 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $70,604
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$3,087
    $52,154
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$3,542

    On average, Male workers in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group make 1.35 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Plastics product manufacturing 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 Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group.

    The Plastics product manufacturing 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 Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group.

    Industrial Flow

    The closest comparable data for Plastics product manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

    Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Plastics product manufacturing 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.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    The closest comparable data for Plastics product manufacturing is from Manufacturing.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Manufacturing
    2. Wholesale trade
    3. Mining

    The Plastics product manufacturing 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.

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    Use of Output by Other Industries

    The closest comparable data for Plastics product manufacturing is from Manufacturing.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Manufacturing
    2. Construction
    3. Professional and business services

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

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    Establishments

    States with more establishments in 2022
    1. California
      987
    2. Texas
      672
    3. Ohio
      638

    The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Plastics product manufacturing industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Plastics product manufacturing Industry Group in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 30.5% corresponds to women and 69.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $70,604 and $52,154.

    75.3% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

    Gender and Age

    123,723
    Women
    30.5%
    281,748
    Men
    69.5%

    The workforce of Plastics product manufacturing industry in 2024 was 405,471 people, with 30.5% woman, and 69.5% men.

    The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Plastics product manufacturing industry.

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    Races

    In 2024, 64.7% of the workforce in the Plastics product manufacturing industry was White (262,163 people), of which 29% were women and 71% men.

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

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Plastics product manufacturing workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (161,090 people), some college (83,886 people), and bachelors degree (60,529 people).

    The chart shows the Plastics product manufacturing workforce by gender and educational level.

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    Projections

    Growth projections of the Plastics Product Manufacturing industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 4.44% in the next ten years. The Plastics Product Manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 4.44%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (11.4%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (11.4%).

    Job Growth

    4.44%
    Estimated Job Growth
    10-year Projection
    4.44%
    National Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Plastics Product Manufacturing. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 4.44%, the average rate of national job growth.

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    Output Growth

    11.4%
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    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Plastics Product Manufacturing industry.

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