Paper Manufacturing: NAICS 322

About the Paper Manufacturing subsector

The paper manufacturing subsector is part of the manufacturing sector.

The paper manufacturing subsector consists of these industry groups:

• Pulp, Paper, and Paperboard Mills: NAICS 3221
• Converted Paper Product Manufacturing: NAICS 3222

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in paper manufacturing. These data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, mass layoffs, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment and Layoffs

Data series	Back data	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		391.4	391.4	(P) 392.3	(P) 391.5
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees (seasonally adjusted)		297.4	296.8	(P) 297.4	(P) 295.0
Layoffs
Mass layoff events		3	12	10
Initial claimants for unemployment benefits		278	851	1,180
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, 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		13	7	(P) 4	(P) 14
Separations		1,541	1,420	(P) 682	(P) 3,004
Initial claimants		1,357	1,077	(P) 518	(P) 1,826
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2010
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders	14,840
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	15,330
Industrial production managers	4,800
Industrial truck and tractor operators	15,160
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders	72,810
Printing machine operators

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

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

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012
Average hourly earnings		$23.85	$23.77	(P) $24.01	(P) $23.87
Average weekly hours		42.3	41.8	(P) 41.9	(P) 41.9
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		$20.39	$20.41	(P) $20.30	(P) $20.49
Average weekly hours		42.8	42.7	(P) 42.0	(P) 42.7
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2010
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders	$16.66	$16.75	$34,650	$34,850
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	$28.26	$29.33	$58,780	$61,000
Industrial production managers	$41.80	$44.37	$86,930	$92,300
Industrial truck and tractor operators	$16.04	$16.38	$33,370	$34,080
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders	$16.79	$17.22	$34,920	$35,820
Printing machine operators

(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 paper 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	16	15	10	(P) 11
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	4.0	3.7	3.2	3.4
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	2.2	2.0	1.8	2.0
Cases involving days away from work	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.0
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	1.1	1.0	0.9	1.0
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) 132.4	(P) 132.1	(P) 132.1	(P) 132.3
Percent change from previous month		(P) 0.2%	(P) -0.2%	(P) 0.0%	(P) 0.2%
Import index		112.3	(R) 112.6	(R) 112.4	111.6
Percent change from previous month		-0.5%	(R) 0.3%	(R) -0.2%	(R) -0.7%
Export index		124.7	123.7	121.6	119.4
Percent change from previous month		-0.8%	-0.8%	-1.7%	-1.8%
Footnotes (R) Revised (P) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes, International Price Program)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in paper 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		5,981	5,975	(P) 5,859	(P) 5,850
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		109.947	114.402	113.733	114.500
Percent change from previous year		1.3	4.1	-0.6	0.7
Labor index, total labor hours		87.767	85.552	82.353	73.053
Percent change from previous year		-2.1	-2.5	-3.7	-11.3
Output index		96.498	97.873	93.662	83.646
Percent change from previous year		-0.9	1.4	-4.3	-10.7
Unit labor costs index		100.976	101.509	104.943	108.270
Percent change from previous year		-0.6	0.5	3.4	3.2

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Other BLS Resources

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Data extracted on: February 10, 2012