Electronics and Appliance Stores: NAICS 443

About the Electronics and Appliance Stores subsector

The electronics and appliance stores subsector is part of the retail trade sector.

Industries in the Electronics and Appliance Stores subsector retail new electronics and appliances from point-of-sale locations. Establishments in this subsector often operate from locations that have special provisions for floor displays requiring special electrical capacity to accommodate the proper demonstration of the products. The staff includes sales personnel knowledgeable in the characteristics and warranties of the line of goods retailed and may also include trained repair persons to handle the maintenance and repair of the electronic equipment and appliances. The classifications within this subsector are made principally on the type of product and knowledge required to operate each type of store.

North American Industry Classification System

The electronics and appliance stores subsector consists of a single industry group, Electronics and Appliance Stores: NAICS 4431.

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in electronics and appliance stores. 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
Jul.
2009
Aug.
2009
Sep.
2009
Oct.
2009

Employment (in thousands)

 

Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)

Jump to page with historical data
513.1 513.0 (P) 511.1 (P) 505.9

Employment, nonsupervisory workers

Jump to page with historical data
405.9 406.9 (P) 406.3  

Layoffs

 

Mass layoff events

Jump to page with historical data
5 6 8 4

Initial claimants for unemployment benefits

Jump to page with historical data
308 489 496 189

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics)

Extended Mass Layoffs

Data series Back
data
4th quarter
2008
1st quarter
2009
2nd quarter
2009
3rd quarter
2009

Extended mass layoff events

Jump to page with historical data
12 43 (P) 15 (P) 3

Separations

Jump to page with historical data
6,899 23,750 (P) 4,325 (P) 287

Initial claimants

Jump to page with historical data
3,786 12,917 (P) 2,341 (P) 180

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series Employment,
2008

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers

17,720

Customer service representatives

14,070

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers

41,480

Retail salespersons

233,600

Stock clerks and order fillers

19,460

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

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

(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 for production or nonsupervisory employees are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in electronics and appliance stores.

Earnings and Hours of Production Workers

Data series Back
data
Jun.
2009
Jul.
2009
Aug.
2009
Sep.
2009

Average hourly earnings

Jump to page with historical data
$16.86 $16.82 $17.18 (P) $16.97

Average weekly hours

Jump to page with historical data
30.8 31.3 32.1 (P) 31.9

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series Wages, 2008
Hourly Annual
Median Mean Median Mean

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers

$15.67 $16.75 $32,580 $34,830

Customer service representatives

$12.00 $12.82 $24,960 $26,660

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers

$19.23 $21.53 $40,010 $44,780

Retail salespersons

$10.82 $12.89 $22,510 $26,820

Stock clerks and order fillers

$9.70 $10.58 $20,180 $22,000

(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 electronics and appliance stores. 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 2005 2006 2007 2008

Fatalities

 

Number of fatalities

7 10 8 (P) 5

Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers

 

Total recordable cases

2.4 2.8 2.6 2.0

Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer

1.3 1.2 1.3 1.1

Cases involving days away from work

0.7 0.6   0.7

Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction

0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4

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.

Data series Back
data
Jul.
2009
Aug.
2009
Sep.
2009
Oct.
2009

Producer price index

Jump to page with historical data
(P) 104.3 (P) 105.2 (P) 102.6 (P) 110.0

Percent change from previous month

  (P) -0.5% (P) 0.9% (P) -2.5% (P) 7.2%

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in electronics and appliance stores. 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
2nd quarter
2008
3rd quarter
2008
4th quarter
2008
1st quarter
2009

Number of establishments

 

Private industry

Jump to page with historical data
53,171 53,209 53,162 (P) 51,221

Local government

Jump to page with historical data
    1 (P) 1

Federal government

Jump to page with historical data
1 1 1 (P) 1

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

Data series Back
data
2005 2006 2007 2008

Labor productivity index, output per hour

Jump to page with historical data
369.227 413.993 469.519 543.995

Percent change from previous year

Jump to page with historical data
10.5 12.1 13.4 15.9

Labor index, total labor hours

Jump to page with historical data
106.883 111.601 111.057 103.318

Percent change from previous year

Jump to page with historical data
5.8 4.4 -0.5 -7.0

Output index

Jump to page with historical data
394.639 462.021 521.434 562.047

Percent change from previous year

Jump to page with historical data
16.9 17.1 12.9 7.8

Unit labor costs index

Jump to page with historical data
30.536 27.289 25.573 23.710

Percent change from previous year

Jump to page with historical data
-11.2 -10.6 -6.3 -7.3

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Other BLS Resources

Career Guide to Industries

To learn about careers from an industry perspective, see the Career Guide to Industries.

 

Data extracted on: November 20, 2009