Electronics and Appliance Stores: NAICS 443

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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

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2011		 Nov.
2011		 Dec.
2011		 Jan.
2012

Employment (in thousands)

  

Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)
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 516.6 515.8 (P) 514.2 (P) 511.9

Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees
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 419.9 435.5 (P) 438.6  

Layoffs

  

Mass layoff events

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 5 - 5  

Initial claimants for unemployment benefits

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 343 - 372  

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics)

Extended Mass Layoffs

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data		 4th quarter
2010		 1st quarter
2011		 2nd quarter
2011		 3rd quarter
2011

Extended mass layoff events
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 (1) - 5 (P) 3 (1) (P) -

Separations
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 (1) - 686 (P) 508 (1) (P) -

Initial claimants
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 (1) - 733 (P) 571 (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

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers

 16,150

Customer service representatives

 19,510

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers

 37,100

Retail salespersons

 209,840

Stock clerks and order fillers

 18,290

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

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

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2011		 Oct.
2011		 Nov.
2011		 Dec.
2011

Average hourly earnings
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 $21.07 $22.47 $22.69 (P) $22.56

Average weekly hours
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 35.4 36.2 35.3 (P) 35.9

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

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2011		 Oct.
2011		 Nov.
2011		 Dec.
2011

Average hourly earnings
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 $18.62 $20.54 $20.45 (P) $20.50

Average weekly hours
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 33.7 35.2 33.6 (P) 34.5

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series Wages, 2010
Hourly Annual
Median Mean Median Mean

Computer, automated teller, and office machine repairers

 $14.82 $16.25 $30,820 $33,800

Customer service representatives

 $13.07 $13.72 $27,190 $28,550

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers

 $19.72 $22.13 $41,020 $46,030

Retail salespersons

 $11.18 $13.54 $23,250 $28,160

Stock clerks and order fillers

 $10.18 $10.85 $21,170 $22,570

(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 2007 2008 2009 2010

Fatalities

  

Number of fatalities

 8 5 6 (P) 3

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

  

Total recordable cases

 2.6 2.0 1.8 1.6

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

 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.7

Cases involving days away from work

   0.7 0.5 0.4

Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction

 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3

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.

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2011		 Oct.
2011		 Nov.
2011		 Dec.
2011

Producer price index
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 (P) 88.2 (P) 82.6 (P) 88.1 (P) 86.5

Percent change from previous month

   (P) -0.1% (P) -6.3% (P) 6.7% (P) -1.8%

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

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2010		 4th quarter
2010		 1st quarter
2011		 2nd quarter
2011

Number of establishments

  

Private industry
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 49,722 50,510 (P) 53,309 (P) 53,586

Local government
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 2 2 (P) 2 (P) 2

Federal government
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 1 1 (P) 1 (P) 1

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

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data		 2007 2008 2009 2010

Labor productivity index, output per hour
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 200.251 232.506 258.630 273.477

Percent change from previous year
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 13.1 16.1 11.2 5.7

Labor index, total labor hours
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 107.100 98.124 87.389 92.258

Percent change from previous year
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 -0.5 -8.4 -10.9 5.6

Output index
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 214.469 228.145 226.014 252.305

Percent change from previous year
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 12.6 6.4 -0.9 11.6

Unit labor costs index
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 52.066 48.989 44.103 42.270

Percent change from previous year
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 -6.1 -5.9 -10.0 -4.2

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Other BLS Resources

Career Guide to Industries

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Data extracted on: February 07, 2012