Textile Product Mills: NAICS 314

About the Textile Product Mills subsector

The textile product mills subsector is part of the manufacturing sector.

The textile product mills subsector consists of these industry groups:

• Textile Furnishings Mills: NAICS 3141
• Other Textile Product Mills: NAICS 3149

NOTE: There was a change in the definition of this subsector between NAICS 2002 and NAICS 2007. Some of the data below reflect the 2002 definition and some reflect the 2007 definition. See the BLS implementation schedule for NAICS 2007 to find out which BLS programs have already implemented NAICS 2007.

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in textile product mills. 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)		114.8	115.2	(P) 114.4	(P) 114.1
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees (seasonally adjusted)		86.1	85.8	(P) 85.2	(P) 83.2
Layoffs
Mass layoff events		(1) -	4	8
Initial claimants for unemployment benefits		(1) -	362	1,312
Footnotes (1) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. (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		3	3	(P) 3	(P) 3
Separations		201	201	(P) 368	(P) 577
Initial claimants		818	402	(P) 441	(P) 608
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2010
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	5,520
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	2,750
Sewing machine operators	30,540
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders	3,920
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	4,560
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	6,770

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

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

(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 textile product mills.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011	Jan. 2012
Average hourly earnings		$16.16	$15.89	(P) $15.95	(P) $16.16
Average weekly hours		37.5	37.7	(P) 38.9	(P) 39.4
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		$12.36	$12.29	(P) $12.40	(P) $12.41
Average weekly hours		39.7	39.9	(P) 40.9	(P) 40.3
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2010
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	$20.66	$22.06	$42,980	$45,890
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	$12.59	$13.05	$26,180	$27,150
Sewing machine operators	$10.34	$11.14	$21,510	$23,170
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders	$11.15	$11.81	$23,190	$24,560
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	$12.76	$12.72	$26,530	$26,460
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	$12.93	$12.96	$26,900	$26,950

(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 textile product mills. 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		4
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	4.2	4.1	(1) 3.7	(1) 3.1
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	2.4	2.3	(1) 1.9	(1) 1.9
Cases involving days away from work	0.9	0.9	(1) 0.8	(1) 0.9
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	1.6	1.3	(1) 1.1	(1) 1.0
Footnotes (1) Industry scope changed in 2009

(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.

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Producer price index		(P) 125.1	(P) 125.7	(P) 124.7	(P) 124.8
Percent change from previous month		(P) 0.2%	(P) 0.5%	(P) -0.8%	(P) 0.1%
Import index		(R) 118.6	(R) 118.7	(R) 118.6	119.2
Percent change from previous month		(R) 0.6%	(R) 0.1%	(R) -0.1%	(R) 0.5%
Footnotes (R) Revised (P) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes, International Price Program)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in textile product mills. 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		7,523	7,448	(P) 7,358	(P) 7,365
Local government
State government
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		111.232	99.626	98.456	87.120
Percent change from previous year		-8.3	-10.4	-1.2	-11.5
Labor index, total labor hours		86.117	79.600	75.064	63.886
Percent change from previous year		0.3	-7.6	-5.7	-14.9
Output index		95.790	79.302	73.905	55.657
Percent change from previous year		-8.0	-17.2	-6.8	-24.7
Unit labor costs index		98.651	119.140	120.304	130.986
Percent change from previous year		6.1	20.8	1.0	8.9

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Other BLS Resources

Career Guide to Industries

See textile, textile product, and apparel manufacturing in the Career Guide to Industries.

 

Data extracted on: February 10, 2012