Furniture & related product manufacturing

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

377k

2024

Average Employee Age

43.8

2024

Estimated Job Growth

−5.21%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$56,549

2024

Average Male Salary

$58,959

2024

Average Female Salary

$50,334

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group are cabinetmakers & bench carpenters, other assemblers and fabricators, and miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors. On average, full-time employees in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group work 43 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $59,328. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $28,376.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group are Three Rivers Region--Lee, Pontotoc, Union Counties & Tupelo City PUMA, MS, Caldwell & Alexander Counties PUMA, NC, and Dubois, Knox, Spencer, Perry, Pike & Crawford Counties PUMA, IN.

The workforce of Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group in 2024 was 377,159 people, with 27.9% woman, and 72.1% men.

In 2024, 66.8% of the workforce in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group was White (252,004 people), of which 28% were women and 72% men.

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Manufacturing

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group.

The workforce in Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group was 377,159 people and is concentrated in North Carolina (35,048 workers). The average annual salary was $56,549, being $13,329 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

−2.08%

Year-over-year decline

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 189k people employed in the Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing industry. This represents a −2.08% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were North Carolina (35k), California (31.4k), and Texas (26.3k).

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

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $56,549, $13,329 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

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

Wage Distribution

0.382

WAGE GINI

Furniture & related product manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.382, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Furniture & related 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 Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group.

Cabinetmakers & bench carpenters are the most common position with 36,665 workers, but the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other assemblers and fabricators and Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors.

The highest average salary in Furniture & related product manufacturing goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were cabinetmakers & bench carpenters (36,665 people), other assemblers and fabricators (35,752 people), and miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors (32,342 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$58,959

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,852

$50,334

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,347

On average, Male workers in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group make 1.17 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Furniture & related 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 Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group.

The Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

California and Florida stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Furniture & related product manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

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

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Furniture & related product manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Manufacturing
Wholesale trade
Mining

The Furniture & related 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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Furniture & related product manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

California
1,760
Florida
1,048
Texas
850

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Furniture & related product manufacturing Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 27.9% corresponds to women and 72.1% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $58,959 and $50,334.

71.8% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

105,379

Women

27.9%

271,780

Men

72.1%

The workforce of Furniture & related product manufacturing industry in 2024 was 377,159 people, with 27.9% woman, and 72.1% men.

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

Races

In 2024, 66.8% of the workforce in the Furniture & related product manufacturing industry was White (252,004 people), of which 28% were women and 72% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Furniture & related product manufacturing workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (149,294 people), some college (68,770 people), and bachelors degree (52,878 people).

The chart shows the Furniture & related product manufacturing workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow −5.21% in the next ten years. The Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −5.21%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (10.9%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (10.9%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing.

−5.21%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

−5.21%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than −5.21%, the average rate of national job growth.