Gasoline Stations: NAICS 447

About the Gasoline Stations subsector

The gasoline stations subsector is part of the retail trade sector.

The gasoline stations subsector consists of a single industry group, Gasoline Stations: NAICS 4471.

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in gasoline stations. 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. 2009	Nov. 2009	Dec. 2009	Jan. 2010
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		827.5	823.5	(P) 823.0	(P) 823.7
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		711.8	707.6	(P) 706.5
Layoffs
Mass layoff events		7	8	5
Initial claimants for unemployment benefits		552	426	330
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2008
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	21,800
Cashiers	554,210
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	27,640
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	78,890
Food preparation workers	9,990
Service station attendants	25,760

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

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

(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 gasoline stations.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2009	Oct. 2009	Nov. 2009	Dec. 2009
Average hourly earnings		$11.80	$11.84	$12.00	(P) $12.04
Average weekly hours		31.4	31.5	31.6	(P) 31.4
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2009	Oct. 2009	Nov. 2009	Dec. 2009
Average hourly earnings		$9.86	$9.83	$9.86	(P) $9.89
Average weekly hours		31.1	30.9	30.8	(P) 30.6
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2008
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	$15.22	$16.65	$31,660	$34,640
Cashiers	$8.16	$8.41	$16,970	$17,500
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	$7.70	$8.03	$16,010	$16,700
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	$14.65	$15.66	$30,470	$32,580
Food preparation workers	$7.93	$8.23	$16,500	$17,110
Service station attendants	$8.84	$9.22	$18,380	$19,190

(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 gasoline stations. 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	2005	2006	2007	2008
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	58	52	43	(P) 37
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	3.5	3.6	3.2	3.4
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	1.7	1.5	1.3	1.5
Cases involving days away from work	1.2	0.9	0.9	0.9
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.6
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. 2009	Oct. 2009	Nov. 2009	Dec. 2009
Producer price index		(P) 64.6	(P) 60.0	(P) 81.9	(P) 79.3
Percent change from previous month		(P) 1.7%	(P) -7.1%	(P) 36.5%	(P) -3.2%
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in gasoline stations. 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 2008	4th quarter 2008	1st quarter 2009	2nd quarter 2009
Number of establishments
Private industry		105,131	105,079	(P) 104,647	(P) 104,616
Local government		54	55	(P) 65	(P) 65
State government		1	1	(P) 1	(P) 1
Federal government		21	20	(P) 24	(P) 24
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

Data series	Back data	2005	2006	2007	2008
Labor productivity index, output per hour		99.420	98.927	101.403	100.776
Percent change from previous year		1.8	-0.5	2.5	-0.6
Labor index, total labor hours		101.564	102.913	99.426	95.603
Percent change from previous year		-2.2	1.3	-3.4	-3.8
Output index		100.974	101.808	100.820	96.345
Percent change from previous year		-0.5	0.8	-1.0	-4.4
Unit labor costs index		103.382	103.469	107.645	111.825
Percent change from previous year		2.2	0.1	4.0	3.9

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

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Data extracted on: February 09, 2010