Textile Mills: NAICS 313

About the Textile Mills subsector

The textile mills subsector is part of the manufacturing sector.

The textile mills subsector consists of these industry groups:

• Fiber, Yarn, and Thread Mills: NAICS 3131
• Fabric Mills: NAICS 3132
• Textile and Fabric Finishing and Fabric Coating Mills: NAICS 3133

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in textile mills. These data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment

Data series	Back data	Aug. 2024	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024	Nov. 2024
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		89.0	89.3	(p)89.1	(p)89.2
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees (seasonally adjusted)		71.0	71.4	(p)71.1	(p)71.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2023
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	4,340
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	4,920
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	5,350
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	9,650
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	13,210

(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 textile mills.

(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 textile mills.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Aug. 2024	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024	Nov. 2024
Average hourly earnings		$26.72	$27.39	(p)$27.39	(p)$27.10
Average weekly hours		41.9	41.3	(p)41.1	(p)41.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Aug. 2024	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024	Nov. 2024
Average hourly earnings		$20.10	$20.39	(p)$19.92	(p)$20.06
Average weekly hours		44.3	43.8	(p)43.6	(p)43.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2023
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	29.39	31.32	61,140	65,140
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	17.49	18.27	36,370	38,010
Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and tenders	16.98	17.82	35,310	37,060
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	17.86	18.43	37,150	38,340
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	16.65	17.16	34,630	35,700

(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 textile mills. 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	5		1	4
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Data series	2023
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	3.1
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	1.8
Cases involving days away from work	0.9
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	1.0
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

(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.

Data series	Back data	Aug. 2024	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024	Nov. 2024
Producer price index		(p)167.416	(p)167.727	(p)167.720	(p)167.576
Percent change from previous month		(p)-0.2%	(p)0.2%	(p)0.0%	(p)-0.1%
Import index		103.0	102.6	102.6	102.5
Percent change from previous month		0.1%	-0.4%	0.0%	-0.1%
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes, International Price Program)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in textile mills. 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 2023	4th quarter 2023	1st quarter 2024	2nd quarter 2024
Number of establishments
Private industry		2,796	2,778	(p)2,730	(p)2,741
Local government		1	1	(p)1	(p)1
State government
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

This section presents productivity and related data for the industry, presented as the percent change from the previous year. Measures of labor productivity, or output per hour, compare the growth in output to the growth in hours worked. Growth in unit labor costs represent the annual change in the labor cost of producing one unit of output.

Data series	Back data	2020	2021	2022	2023
Labor productivity, output per hour		3.1	-2.0	-1.4	5.7
Hours worked		-11.6	2.3	-1.2	-11.1
Output		-8.8	0.2	-2.6	-6.1
Unit labor costs		0.2	8.9	6.2	3.7

(Source: Productivity)

 

Data extracted on: December 13, 2024