Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals

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Workforce Population
416k
2024
Average Employee Age
44.5
2024
Estimated Job Growth
3.45%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$103,695
2024
Average Male Salary
$107,136
2024
Average Female Salary
$92,496
2024

About

The top three occupations in the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group are miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, chemical engineers, and other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group work 44.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $105,647. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $46,166.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group are Houston-Galveston Area Council--Brazoria County (Southwest), Lake Jackson City PUMA, TX, Capital Region Planning Commission 5--Ascension Parish PUMA, LA, and Bay & Midland Counties PUMA, MI.

The workforce of Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group in 2024 was 416,236 people, with 23.5% woman, and 76.5% men.

In 2024, 71.1% of the workforce in the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group was White (295,836 people), of which 21.8% were women and 78.2% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group.

The workforce in Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group was 416,236 people and is concentrated in Texas (75,137 workers). The average annual salary was $103,695, being $33,818 more than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

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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.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were Texas (75.1k), Louisiana (26.2k), and Ohio (25.1k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group had an average annual wage of $103,695, $33,818 more than the average national salary of $69,878.

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Wage Distribution

0.356
WAGE GINI

Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals has a wage GINI of 0.356, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group.

Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors are the most common position with 36,223 workers, but the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Chemical engineers and Other managers.

The highest average salary in Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors (36,223 people), chemical engineers (26,434 people), and other managers (25,788 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$107,136
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$3,609
$92,496
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$5,897

On average, Male workers in the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group make 1.16 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals 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 Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group.

The Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals 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 Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals is from Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals 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 Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals is from Manufacturing.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Manufacturing
  2. Wholesale trade
  3. Mining

The Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals 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 Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals 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 Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals 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
    1,743
  2. Texas
    1,260
  3. Florida
    709

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 23.5% corresponds to women and 76.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $107,136 and $92,496.

72.5% of workers have a bachelors degree, high school or equivalent or some college.

Gender and Age

97,832
Women
23.5%
318,404
Men
76.5%

The workforce of Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals industry in 2024 was 416,236 people, with 23.5% woman, and 76.5% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals industry.

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Races

In 2024, 71.1% of the workforce in the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals industry was White (295,836 people), of which 21.8% were women and 78.2% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals workers in 2024 were bachelors degree (120,745 people), high school or equivalent (101,387 people), and some college (79,645 people).

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Projections

Growth projections of the Chemical Manufacturing industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 3.45% in the next ten years. The Chemical Manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 3.45%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (18.2%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (18.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Chemical Manufacturing.
3.45%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
3.45%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Chemical Manufacturing. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 3.45%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Chemical Manufacturing.
18.2%
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10-year Projection

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

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