Warehousing & storage

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

872k

2021

Average Employee Age

38.2

2021

Estimated Job Growth

6.32%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$36,950

2021

Average Male Salary

$40,051

2021

Average Female Salary

$30,848

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Warehousing & storage Industry Group are laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, industrial truck & tractor operators, and packers & packagers, hand. On average, full-time employees in the Warehousing & storage Industry Group work 42.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $39,349. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $18,024.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Warehousing & storage Industry Group are Fontana City (East) PUMA, CA, Memphis City (Southeast) PUMA, TN, and San Bernardino City (West) PUMA, CA.

The workforce of Warehousing & storage Industry Group in 2021 was 872,060 people, with 33.7% woman, and 66.3% men.

In 2021, 50.6% of the workforce in the Warehousing & storage Industry Group was White (441,066 people), of which 32.1% were women and 67.9% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Warehousing & storage Industry Group.

The workforce in Warehousing & storage Industry Group was 872,060 people and is concentrated in California (158,089 workers). The average annual salary was $36,950, being $22,645 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

−2.74%

Year-over-year decline

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.32M people employed in the Warehousing and Storage industry. This represents a −2.74% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Warehousing and Storage over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (158k), Texas (76k), and Pennsylvania (49.2k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Warehousing & storage Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Warehousing & storage Industry Group had an average annual wage of $36,950, $22,645 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Warehousing & storage Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.362

WAGE GINI

Warehousing & storage has a wage GINI of 0.362, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Warehousing & storage (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 Warehousing & storage Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Warehousing & storage Industry Group.

Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand are the most common position with 206,489 workers, but the Warehousing & storage Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Industrial truck & tractor operators and Packers & packagers, hand.

The highest average salary in Warehousing & storage goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Warehousing & storage Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand (206,489 people), industrial truck & tractor operators (97,829 people), and packers & packagers, hand (77,460 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$40,051

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,248

$30,848

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,199

On average, Male workers in the Warehousing & storage Industry Group make 1.3 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Warehousing & storage Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Warehousing & storage 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 Warehousing & storage Industry Group.

The Warehousing & storage Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry.

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Warehousing & storage Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Warehousing & storage is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

Transportation and warehousing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Warehousing & storage Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Warehousing & storage 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 Warehousing & storage is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Warehousing & storage Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Warehousing & storage is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
3,938
Texas
2,852
Illinois
1,412

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Warehousing & storage industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Warehousing & storage Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 33.7% corresponds to women and 66.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $40,051 and $30,848.

78.7% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

293,822

Women

33.7%

578,238

Men

66.3%

The workforce of Warehousing & storage industry in 2021 was 872,060 people, with 33.7% woman, and 66.3% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Warehousing & storage industry.

Races

In 2021, 50.6% of the workforce in the Warehousing & storage industry was White (441,066 people), of which 32.1% were women and 67.9% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Warehousing & storage workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (389,208 people), some college (209,322 people), and secondary education (87,506 people).

The chart shows the Warehousing & storage workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Warehousing and storage 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 Warehousing and storage industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 6.32%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (16.7%) 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 Warehousing and storage.

6.32%

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 Warehousing and storage. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.