Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores: NAICS 451

About the Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores subsector

The sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores subsector is part of the retail trade sector.

The sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores subsector consists of these industry groups:

• Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Stores: NAICS 4511
• Book, Periodical, and Music Stores: NAICS 4512

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in sporting goods, hobby, book, and music 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)		571.6	565.1	(P) 556.7	(P) 554.2
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		492.8	519.3	(P) 524.9
Layoffs
Mass layoff events		(1) -	(1) -	8
Initial claimants for unemployment benefits		(1) -	(1) -	556
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) -	10	(P) 13	(P) 13
Separations		(1) -	1,110	(P) 2,290	(P) 5,582
Initial claimants		(1) -	1,706	(P) 2,231	(P) 2,517
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
Cashiers	86,840
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	54,730
Retail salespersons	337,130
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	9,440
Stock clerks and order fillers	20,250

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for sporting goods, hobby, book, and music 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 sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Average hourly earnings		$13.65	$13.69	$13.62	(P) $13.52
Average weekly hours		25.7	25.6	24.4	(P) 25.4
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		$11.40	$11.33	$11.32	(P) $11.30
Average weekly hours		23.8	23.8	23.0	(P) 24.1
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2010
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Cashiers	$8.83	$9.12	$18,360	$18,960
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	$16.73	$18.10	$34,790	$37,640
Retail salespersons	$9.22	$10.32	$19,170	$21,460
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	$11.23	$11.84	$23,360	$24,620
Stock clerks and order fillers	$9.32	$9.92	$19,380	$20,640

(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 sporting goods, hobby, book, and music 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	12	7	6	(P) 12
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	3.6	3.4	3.0	3.2
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	1.2	1.2	1.0	1.3
Cases involving days away from work	0.8	0.6	0.6	0.7
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.4	0.5	0.5	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. 2011	Oct. 2011	Nov. 2011	Dec. 2011
Producer price index		(P) 113.1	(P) 112.1	(P) 112.7	(P) 112.1
Percent change from previous month		(P) 0.2%	(P) -0.9%	(P) 0.5%	(P) -0.5%
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in sporting goods, hobby, book, and music 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		57,882	58,079	(P) 54,275	(P) 54,174
Local government		2	2	(P) 2	(P) 2
State government
Federal government		42	44	(P) 44	(P) 44
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		128.089	128.973	137.589	150.400
Percent change from previous year		-2.7	0.7	6.7	9.3
Labor index, total labor hours		92.405	90.622	81.471	78.722
Percent change from previous year		6.0	-1.9	-10.1	-3.4
Output index		118.361	116.877	112.095	118.399
Percent change from previous year		3.1	-1.3	-4.1	5.6
Unit labor costs index		90.592	89.241	87.097	84.806
Percent change from previous year		1.1	-1.5	-2.4	-2.6

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Other BLS Resources

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Data extracted on: February 07, 2012