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The textile product mills subsector is part of the manufacturing sector.
Industries in the Textile Product Mills subsector group establishments that make textile products (except apparel). With a few exceptions, processes used in these industries are generally cut and sew (i.e., purchasing fabric and cutting and sewing to make nonapparel textile products, such as sheets and towels).
North American Industry Classification System
The textile product mills subsector consists of these industry groups:
This section provides information relating to employment in textile product 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.
Data series | Back data |
May 2023 |
Jun. 2023 |
Jul. 2023 |
Aug. 2023 |
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Employment (in thousands) |
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Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted) |
100.6 | 99.6 | (p)99.0 | (p)99.7 | |
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees (seasonally adjusted) |
74.2 | 72.7 | (p)72.2 | (p)72.9 | |
Footnotes |
(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Data series | Employment, 2022 |
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First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
4,890 |
2,570 | |
27,090 | |
2,770 | |
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders |
3,550 |
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders |
6,580 |
(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)
For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for textile product mills.
(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)
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 product mills.
Data series | Back data |
May 2023 |
Jun. 2023 |
Jul. 2023 |
Aug. 2023 |
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$22.52 | $23.47 | (p)$23.61 | (p)$23.46 | ||
35.7 | 35.7 | (p)37.2 | (p)36.5 | ||
Footnotes |
(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Data series | Back data |
May 2023 |
Jun. 2023 |
Jul. 2023 |
Aug. 2023 |
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$19.19 | $19.34 | (p)$19.67 | (p)$20.21 | ||
36.2 | 36.1 | (p)38.3 | (p)37.3 | ||
Footnotes |
(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Data series | Wages, 2022 | |||
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Hourly | Annual | |||
Median | Mean | Median | Mean | |
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers |
25.56 | 26.76 | 53,170 | 55,650 |
16.37 | 16.94 | 34,040 | 35,230 | |
15.24 | 15.87 | 31,700 | 33,000 | |
16.27 | 16.04 | 33,830 | 33,360 | |
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders |
17.90 | 17.63 | 37,230 | 36,660 |
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders |
16.43 | 17.02 | 34,170 | 35,400 |
(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)
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 product 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 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
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Fatalities |
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3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | |
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
Data series | 2021 |
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Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers |
|
2.4 | |
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer |
1.4 |
0.6 | |
0.8 | |
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)
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 |
May 2023 |
Jun. 2023 |
Jul. 2023 |
Aug. 2023 |
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(p)158.415 | (p)158.217 | (p)158.478 | (p)158.555 | ||
Percent change from previous month |
(p)-0.1% | (p)-0.1% | (p)0.2% | (p)0.0% | |
Percent change from previous month |
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Footnotes |
(Source: Producer Price Indexes, International Price Program)
This section presents data on the number of establishments in textile product 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.
Data series | Back data |
2nd quarter 2022 |
3rd quarter 2022 |
4th quarter 2022 |
1st quarter 2023 |
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Number of establishments |
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6,426 | 6,417 | 6,430 | (p)6,400 | ||
Footnotes |
(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)
Data series | Back data |
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
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95.553 | 97.332 | 106.342 | 95.669 | ||
3.7 | 1.9 | 9.3 | -10.0 | ||
96.703 | 87.712 | 88.269 | 91.817 | ||
-5.1 | -9.3 | 0.6 | 4.0 | ||
92.402 | 85.372 | 93.867 | 87.841 | ||
-1.6 | -7.6 | 10.0 | -6.4 | ||
118.869 | 123.457 | 122.330 | 142.122 | ||
2.1 | 3.9 | -0.9 | 16.2 |
(Source: Productivity and Costs)
Data extracted on: September 21, 2023