Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers: NAICS 444

About the Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers subsector

The building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers subsector is part of the retail trade sector.

The building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers subsector consists of these industry groups:

• Building Material and Supplies Dealers: NAICS 4441
• Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores: NAICS 4442

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers. 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)		1,137.9	1,142.8	(P) 1,141.2	(P) 1,142.6
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		920.3	917.5	(P) 908.9
Layoffs
Mass layoff events		11	11	15
Initial claimants for unemployment benefits		1,008	826	1,797
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2010
Cashiers	127,560
Industrial truck and tractor operators	43,970
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	61,600
Retail salespersons	425,270
Stock clerks and order fillers	40,480
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	34,010

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers.

(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 building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Average hourly earnings		$17.32	$17.39	$17.39	(P) $17.47
Average weekly hours		35.0	35.2	34.7	(P) 34.8
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		$14.32	$14.52	$14.40	(P) $14.37
Average weekly hours		33.6	33.6	33.6	(P) 32.9
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2010
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Cashiers	$9.67	$10.03	$20,120	$20,860
Industrial truck and tractor operators	$11.57	$12.24	$24,060	$25,470
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	$10.88	$11.45	$22,640	$23,820
Retail salespersons	$12.02	$13.24	$24,990	$27,550
Stock clerks and order fillers	$11.57	$11.97	$24,060	$24,900
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	$13.16	$13.50	$27,360	$28,070

(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 building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers. 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	35	37	31	(P) 32
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	6.6	5.8	5.3	5.1
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	4.0	3.5	3.3	3.0
Cases involving days away from work	1.7	1.5	1.5	1.4
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	2.2	2.1	1.8	1.6
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) 120.6	(P) 123.9	(P) 123.4	(P) 124.5
Percent change from previous month		(P) -1.2%	(P) 2.7%	(P) -0.4%	(P) 0.9%
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers. 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		74,329	74,061	(P) 73,336	(P) 73,335
Local government		4	4	(P) 4	(P) 4
Federal government		1	1	(P) 1	(P) 1
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		111.955	111.511	106.571	117.919
Percent change from previous year		0.9	-0.4	-4.4	10.6
Labor index, total labor hours		107.348	101.535	93.302	90.161
Percent change from previous year		-4.8	-5.4	-8.1	-3.4
Output index		120.182	113.223	99.432	106.317
Percent change from previous year		-4.0	-5.8	-12.2	6.9
Unit labor costs index		106.881	110.219	116.180	105.613
Percent change from previous year		3.3	3.1	5.4	-9.1

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Other BLS Resources

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Data extracted on: February 07, 2012