Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers

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The top three occupations in the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group are driver/sales workers & truck drivers, sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing, and firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers. On average, full-time employees in the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group work 44.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $71,354. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $27,108.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group are Los Angeles County (Central)--Huntington Park City, Florence-Graham & Walnut Park PUMA, CA, Yakima County (Central)--Greater Yakima City PUMA, WA, and Los Angeles County (Central)--Bell Gardens, Bell, Maywood, Cudahy & Commerce Cities PUMA, CA.

The workforce of Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group in 2024 was 768,758 people, with 27.8% woman, and 72.2% men.

In 2024, 54% of the workforce in the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group was White (415,039 people), of which 26.7% were women and 73.3% men.

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Wholesale Trade

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

The workforce in Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group was 768,758 people and is concentrated in California (108,356 workers). The average annual salary was $67,219, being $2,658 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

1.87%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 359k people employed in the Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers industry. This represents a 1.87% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Grocery and Related Product Merchant Wholesalers over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (108k), Texas (67.7k), and Florida (51k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $67,219, $2,658 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.403

WAGE GINI

Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers has a wage GINI of 0.403, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers (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 Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are the most common position with 111,343 workers, but the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing and Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers.

The highest average salary in Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were driver/sales workers & truck drivers (111,343 people), sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing (103,213 people), and firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers (78,397 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$71,029

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,244

$57,329

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,349

On average, Male workers in the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group make 1.24 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers 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 Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

The Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and New York stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers 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 Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Professional and business services
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
Transportation and warehousing

The Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers is from Wholesale Trade.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

California
5,898
New York
3,668
Florida
2,908

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 27.8% corresponds to women and 72.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $71,029 and $57,329.

73.9% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

213,784

Women

27.8%

554,974

Men

72.2%

The workforce of Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers industry in 2024 was 768,758 people, with 27.8% woman, and 72.2% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers industry.

Races

In 2024, 54% of the workforce in the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers industry was White (415,039 people), of which 26.7% were women and 73.3% 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 Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (259,240 people), some college (167,031 people), and bachelors degree (141,663 people).

The chart shows the Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers workforce by gender and educational level.

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Industry Group

Grocery & related product merchant wholesalers

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