Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing: NAICS 312
About the Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing subsector
The beverage and tobacco product manufacturing subsector is part of the manufacturing sector.
Industries in the Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing subsector manufacture beverages and tobacco products. The industry group, Beverage Manufacturing, includes three types of establishments: (1) those that manufacture nonalcoholic beverages; (2) those that manufacture alcoholic beverages through the fermentation process; and (3) those that produce distilled alcoholic beverages. Ice manufacturing, while not a beverage, is included with nonalcoholic beverage manufacturing because it uses the same production process as water purification. The industry group, Tobacco Manufacturing, includes two types of establishments: (1) those engaged in redrying and stemming tobacco and, (2) those that manufacture tobacco products, such as cigarettes and cigars.
North American Industry Classification System
The beverage and tobacco product manufacturing subsector consists of these industry groups:
- Beverage Manufacturing: NAICS 3121
- Tobacco Manufacturing: NAICS 3122
Workforce Statistics
This section presents an overview of the beverage and tobacco product manufacturing industry, including the unemployment rate of those previously employed in the industry, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change
Unemployment
| Data series |
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Sep.
2021 |
Oct.
2021 |
Nov.
2021 |
Dec.
2021 |
Unemployment |
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Unemployment rate |
|
3.6% |
8.3% |
3.9% |
1.5% |
(Source: Current Population Survey
Employment by Occupation
| Data series |
Employment,
2020 |
Driver/sales workers |
7,320 |
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
6,170 |
Industrial production managers |
2,010 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
10,420 |
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
29,230 |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
13,670 |
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
19,720 |
(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)
Projections
For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for beverage and tobacco product manufacturing.
(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)
Wages
This section presents data on recent hourly and annual wages for occupations commonly found in beverage and tobbaco product manufacturing.
Wages by Occupation
| Data series |
Wages, 2020 |
| Hourly |
Annual |
| Median |
Mean |
Median |
Mean |
Driver/sales workers |
17.73 |
18.73 |
36,870 |
38,970 |
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
29.28 |
30.41 |
60,910 |
63,260 |
Industrial production managers |
52.84 |
56.30 |
109,910 |
117,100 |
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand |
17.66 |
17.88 |
36,730 |
37,190 |
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders |
18.10 |
19.76 |
37,640 |
41,100 |
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products |
27.50 |
31.88 |
57,190 |
66,310 |
Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders |
21.09 |
23.44 |
43,860 |
48,750 |
(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage 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 beverage and tobacco product manufacturing. 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 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Fatalities |
|
Number of fatalities |
6 |
3 |
8 |
9 |
|
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
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(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. The import price index reflects the percentage change in prices paid to foreign producers for their goods and services within the U.S., while the export price index measures the percentage change in prices received by U.S. producers for goods and services sold outside the U.S.
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Sep.
2021 |
Oct.
2021 |
Nov.
2021 |
Dec.
2021 |
Producer price index |
|
169.521 |
171.217 |
171.895 |
172.053 |
Percent change from previous month |
|
1.3% |
1.0% |
0.4% |
0.1% |
Import index |
|
132.7 |
132.8 |
132.9 |
132.7 |
Percent change from previous month |
|
0.2% |
0.1% |
0.1% |
-0.2% |
Export index |
|
133.9 |
133.1 |
135.2 |
137.3 |
Percent change from previous month |
|
-1.3% |
-0.6% |
1.6% |
1.6% |
(Source: Producer Price Indexes, International Price Program)
Workplace Trends
This section presents data on the number of establishments in beverage and tobacco product manufacturing. 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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3rd quarter
2020 |
4th quarter
2020 |
1st quarter
2021 |
2nd quarter
2021 |
Number of establishments |
|
Private industry |
|
13,925 |
14,128 |
14,365 |
14,676 |
Local government |
|
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)
Productivity
(Source: Productivity and Costs)
Data extracted on:
January 14, 2022
United States Department of Labor
