Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores: NAICS 448

About the Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores subsector

The clothing and clothing accessories stores subsector is part of the retail trade sector.

The clothing and clothing accessories stores subsector consists of these industry groups:

• Clothing Stores: NAICS 4481
• Shoe Stores: NAICS 4482
• Jewelry, Luggage, and Leather Goods Stores: NAICS 4483

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in clothing and clothing accessories 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)		1,364.3	1,375.2	(P) 1,381.6	(P) 1,368.0
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		1,139.2	1,238.6	(P) 1,288.4
Layoffs
Mass layoff events		7	4	12
Initial claimants for unemployment benefits		378	183	958
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		28	7	(P) 4	(P) 7
Separations		5,058	1,320	(P) 687	(P) 1,435
Initial claimants		(R) 5,106	1,064	(P) 472	(P) 665
Footnotes (R) Revised (P) Preliminary

(Source: Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2010
Cashiers	100,880
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	148,900
Retail salespersons	939,030
Stock clerks and order fillers	69,520
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers	9,960

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

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

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Average hourly earnings		$14.34	$14.42	$14.28	(P) $14.02
Average weekly hours		24.9	24.8	23.8	(P) 25.5
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		$11.46	$11.44	$11.44	(P) $11.42
Average weekly hours		21.9	21.9	20.9	(P) 23.3
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2010
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Cashiers	$8.80	$9.15	$18,300	$19,040
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	$17.59	$19.34	$36,580	$40,220
Retail salespersons	$9.15	$10.58	$19,030	$22,000
Stock clerks and order fillers	$9.05	$9.75	$18,820	$20,280
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers	$13.71	$14.32	$28,520	$29,780

(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 clothing and clothing accessories 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	15	17	13	(P) 13
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	2.9	2.4	3.0	2.7
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	1.0	0.8	1.1	0.8
Cases involving days away from work	0.7	0.6	0.8	0.6
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.3	0.2		0.2
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) 132.7	(P) 126.3	(P) 135.0	(P) 125.4
Percent change from previous month		(P) 1.8%	(P) -4.8%	(P) 6.9%	(P) -7.1%
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in clothing and clothing accessories 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		129,976	130,268	(P) 128,837	(P) 128,575
Local government		5	5	(P) 4	(P) 4
State government
Federal government		3	3	(P) 2	(P) 2
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		132.235	137.329	134.192	140.734
Percent change from previous year		7.8	3.9	-2.3	4.9
Labor index, total labor hours		100.346	93.922	90.296	90.246
Percent change from previous year		-3.9	-6.4	-3.9	-0.1
Output index		132.692	128.983	121.170	127.007
Percent change from previous year		3.6	-2.8	-6.1	4.8
Unit labor costs index		92.223	93.326	92.322	89.337
Percent change from previous year		0.0	1.2	-1.1	-3.2

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Other BLS Resources

Career Guide to Industries

See clothing, accessory, and general merchandise stores in the Career Guide to Industries.

 

Data extracted on: February 10, 2012