Wood Product Manufacturing: NAICS 321

About the Wood Product Manufacturing subsector

The wood product manufacturing subsector is part of the manufacturing sector.

The wood product manufacturing subsector consists of these industry groups:

• Sawmills and Wood Preservation: NAICS 3211
• Veneer, Plywood, and Engineered Wood Product Manufacturing: NAICS 3212
• Other Wood Product Manufacturing: NAICS 3219

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment and unemployment in wood product manufacturing. While most data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys, information on industry unemployment comes from a national survey of households. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, the unemployment rate of those previously employed in the industry, mass layoffs, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment, Unemployment, and Layoffs

Data series	Back data	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		332.0	331.4	(P) 331.8	(P) 334.9
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees (seasonally adjusted)		264.9	264.7	(P) 264.0	(P) 266.6
Unemployment
Unemployment rate		11.3%	10.6%	9.2%	12.2%
Layoffs
Mass layoff events		15	25	49
Initial claimants for unemployment benefits		1,276	2,410	4,583
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Current Population Survey, Mass Layoff Statistics)

Extended Mass Layoffs

Data series	Back data	1st quarter 2011	2nd quarter 2011	3rd quarter 2011	4th quarter 2011
Extended mass layoff events		14	6	(P) 9	(P) 12
Separations		1,771	619	(P) 1,392	(P) 2,163
Initial claimants		2,357	747	(P) 1,268	(P) 2,118
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2010
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	10,330
Carpenters	9,870
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	13,170
Machine feeders and offbearers	12,160
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood	26,240
Team assemblers	30,510
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	37,270

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for wood product manufacturing.

(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)

Earnings and Hours

This section presents data on employee earnings and weekly hours. The latest industry averages of hourly earnings and weekly hours are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in wood product manufacturing.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012
Average hourly earnings		$17.38	$17.18	(P) $17.34	(P) $17.42
Average weekly hours		39.2	39.4	(P) 40.1	(P) 40.3
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012
Average hourly earnings		$14.74	$14.67	(P) $14.73	(P) $14.74
Average weekly hours		39.5	39.8	(P) 40.5	(P) 41.4
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2010
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Cabinetmakers and bench carpenters	$13.87	$14.74	$28,850	$30,670
Carpenters	$14.45	$16.20	$30,060	$33,690
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	$22.26	$23.76	$46,290	$49,420
Machine feeders and offbearers	$11.84	$12.18	$24,620	$25,330
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood	$12.57	$13.12	$26,140	$27,290
Team assemblers	$12.21	$12.83	$25,390	$26,690
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	$12.67	$13.14	$26,360	$27,340

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses

This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in wood product manufacturing. An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.

Data series	2007	2008	2009	2010
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	40	27	21	(P) 34
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	7.8	7.2	6.5	6.2
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	4.1	3.8	3.3	3.4
Cases involving days away from work	2.1	2.0	1.8	1.9
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	2.0	1.8	1.5	1.5
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Prices

This section provides industry-specific pricing information. The producer price index measures the percentage change in prices that domestic producers receive for goods and services. The prices included in the producer price index are from the first commercial transaction. The import price index reflects the percentage change in prices paid to foreign producers for their goods and services within the U.S., while the export price index measures the percentage change in prices received by U.S. producers for goods and services sold outside the U.S.

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Producer price index		(P) 107.8	(P) 108.2	(P) 108.0	(P) 108.1
Percent change from previous month		(P) -0.2%	(P) 0.4%	(P) -0.2%	(P) 0.1%
Import index		109.3	(R) 107.7	107.1	107.4
Percent change from previous month		0.7%	(R) -1.5%	(R) -0.6%	0.3%
Export index		114.8	114.2	(R) 114.0	113.7
Percent change from previous month		0.9%	-0.5%	(R) -0.2%	(R) -0.3%
Footnotes (R) Revised (P) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes, International Price Program)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in wood product manufacturing. Also included in this section is information on productivity, presented as the rate of change in output per hour of workers in the industry.

Establishments

Data series	Back data	3rd quarter 2010	4th quarter 2010	1st quarter 2011	2nd quarter 2011
Number of establishments
Private industry		15,397	15,298	(P) 15,305	(P) 15,271
Local government		7	7	(P) 7	(P) 7
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

Data series	Back data	2006	2007	2008	2009
Labor productivity index, output per hour		110.870	111.493	109.342	106.638
Percent change from previous year		3.1	0.6	-1.9	-2.5
Labor index, total labor hours		99.429	92.126	80.631	62.950
Percent change from previous year		-2.1	-7.3	-12.5	-21.9
Output index		110.237	102.714	88.163	67.129
Percent change from previous year		0.9	-6.8	-14.2	-23.9
Unit labor costs index		105.357	111.628	115.676	116.290
Percent change from previous year		2.5	6.0	3.6	0.5

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

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Data extracted on: February 10, 2012