Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores: NAICS 442

About the Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores subsector

The furniture and home furnishings stores subsector is part of the retail trade sector.

The furniture and home furnishings stores subsector consists of these industry groups:

• Furniture Stores: NAICS 4421
• Home Furnishings Stores: NAICS 4422

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in furniture and home furnishings 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)		447.0	446.8	(P) 446.2	(P) 447.7
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		381.7	392.6	(P) 396.5
Layoffs
Mass layoff events		(1) -	-	-
Initial claimants for unemployment benefits		(1) -	-	-
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	4th quarter 2010	1st quarter 2011	2nd quarter 2011	3rd quarter 2011
Extended mass layoff events		(1) -	5	(1) (P) -	(1) (P) -
Separations		(1) -	1,358	(1) (P) -	(1) (P) -
Initial claimants		(1) -	705	(1) (P) -	(1) (P) -
Footnotes (1) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. (P) Preliminary

(Source: Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2010
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	28,270
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	24,490
Retail salespersons	191,940
Stock clerks and order fillers	16,610
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	22,510

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

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

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Average hourly earnings		$17.85	$17.87	$17.71	(P) $17.80
Average weekly hours		29.5	29.3	29.0	(P) 29.7
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		$15.11	$15.09	$15.06	(P) $15.06
Average weekly hours		28.9	28.3	28.3	(P) 29.2
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 retail sales workers	$21.32	$23.94	$44,360	$49,800
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	$10.59	$11.23	$22,020	$23,360
Retail salespersons	$12.03	$14.54	$25,020	$30,240
Stock clerks and order fillers	$10.12	$10.87	$21,040	$22,600
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	$11.36	$12.14	$23,630	$25,250

(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 furniture and home furnishings 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	14	12	9	(P) 13
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	4.5	4.1	4.0	4.2
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	2.6	2.3	2.3	2.4
Cases involving days away from work	1.4	1.5	1.4	1.5
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	1.1	0.9	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.

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Producer price index		(P) 127.9	(P) 128.7	(P) 128.5	(P) 126.8
Percent change from previous month		(P) 0.9%	(P) 0.6%	(P) -0.2%	(P) -1.3%
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in furniture and home furnishings 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		52,464	52,225	(P) 51,459	(P) 51,293
Local government
State government
Federal government		51	57	(P) 55	(P) 55
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		123.456	123.754	128.959	135.704
Percent change from previous year		5.1	0.2	4.2	5.2
Labor index, total labor hours		100.518	91.028	76.199	76.758
Percent change from previous year		-4.9	-9.4	-16.3	0.7
Output index		124.095	112.651	98.265	104.165
Percent change from previous year		-0.1	-9.2	-12.8	6.0
Unit labor costs index		93.478	92.508	90.365	85.178
Percent change from previous year		-1.8	-1.0	-2.3	-5.7

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Other BLS Resources

Career Guide to Industries

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Data extracted on: February 07, 2012