Food and Beverage Stores: NAICS 445

About the Food and Beverage Stores subsector

The food and beverage stores subsector is part of the retail trade sector.

The food and beverage stores subsector consists of these industry groups:

• Grocery Stores: NAICS 4451
• Specialty Food Stores: NAICS 4452
• Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores: NAICS 4453

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in food and beverage 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	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		2,841.1	2,839.1	(P) 2,844.2	(P) 2,838.9
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		2,527.7	2,542.9	(P) 2,555.7
Layoffs
Mass layoff events		19	16	20
Initial claimants for unemployment benefits		1,705	1,372	1,580
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		15	19	(P) 10	(P) 8
Separations		2,417	3,238	(P) 2,952	(P) 1,416
Initial claimants		3,557	3,719	(P) 2,872	(P) 1,591
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2010
Butchers and meat cutters	102,320
Cashiers	950,420
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	154,510
Food preparation workers	123,310
Stock clerks and order fillers	437,900

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for food and beverage 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 are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in food and beverage stores.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Average hourly earnings		$13.03	$13.09	$13.10	(P) $13.19
Average weekly hours		31.1	31.0	31.1	(P) 31.0
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Average hourly earnings		$12.00	$12.09	$12.14	(P) $12.14
Average weekly hours		29.4	29.2	29.3	(P) 29.2
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2010
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Butchers and meat cutters	$13.80	$14.53	$28,710	$30,220
Cashiers	$9.02	$9.94	$18,770	$20,680
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	$17.64	$18.77	$36,700	$39,040
Food preparation workers	$9.62	$10.52	$20,010	$21,870
Stock clerks and order fillers	$9.85	$11.10	$20,490	$23,090

(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 food and beverage 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	2007	2008	2009	2010
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	90	56	80	(P) 80
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	5.9	5.7	5.2	5.1
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	3.1	3.2	2.8	2.9
Cases involving days away from work	1.7	1.7	1.5	1.5
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.4
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	Sep. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Producer price index		(P) 159.6	(P) 158.4	(P) 158.8	(P) 159.0
Percent change from previous month		(P) -0.2%	(P) -0.8%	(P) 0.3%	(P) 0.1%
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in food and beverage 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	3rd quarter 2010	4th quarter 2010	1st quarter 2011	2nd quarter 2011
Number of establishments
Private industry		141,469	142,237	(P) 141,125	(P) 141,886
Local government		431	433	(P) 434	(P) 434
State government		413	414	(P) 409	(P) 409
Federal government		211	211	(P) 210	(P) 209
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

Data series	Back data	2007	2008	2009	2010
Labor productivity index, output per hour		115.637	112.297	113.755	115.614
Percent change from previous year		2.1	-2.9	1.3	1.6
Labor index, total labor hours		89.829	91.024	88.421	88.125
Percent change from previous year		-1.5	1.3	-2.9	-0.3
Output index		103.875	102.217	100.584	101.885
Percent change from previous year		0.6	-1.6	-1.6	1.3
Unit labor costs index		103.596	110.068	110.312	109.130
Percent change from previous year		3.1	6.2	0.2	-1.1

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Other BLS Resources

Career Guide to Industries

See grocery stores in the Career Guide to Industries.

 

Data extracted on: February 10, 2012