Industries at a Glance

Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing: NAICS 316

About the Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing subsector

The leather and allied product manufacturing subsector is part of the manufacturing sector.

Establishments in the Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing subsector transform hides into leather by tanning or curing and fabricating the leather into products for final consumption. It also includes the manufacture of similar products from other materials, including products (except apparel) made from "leather substitutes," such as rubber, plastics, or textiles. Rubber footwear, textile luggage, and plastics purses or wallets are examples of "leather substitute" products included in this group. The products made from leather substitutes are included in this subsector because they are made in similar ways leather products are made (e.g., luggage). They are made in the same establishments, so it is not practical to separate them.

North American Industry Classification System

The leather and allied product manufacturing subsector consists of these industry groups:

Leather and Hide Tanning and Finishing: NAICS 3161
Footwear Manufacturing: NAICS 3162
Other Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing: NAICS 3169

Workforce Statistics

This section presents an overview of the leather and allied product manufacturing industry, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment by Occupation


Data series	Employment, 2018
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	930
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	510
Sewing machine operators	2,790
Shoe and leather workers and repairers	3,710
Team assemblers

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for leather and allied 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, 2018
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	24.93	26.28	51,860	54,650
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	13.56	15.71	28,200	32,670
Sewing machine operators	12.09	12.48	25,150	25,970
Shoe and leather workers and repairers	13.27	13.72	27,610	28,540
Team assemblers

(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 leather and allied 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	2012	2013	2014	2015
Fatalities
Number of fatalities				1
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.


Data series	2018
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	4.3
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	2.9
Cases involving days away from work	1.1
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	1.8
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	Sep. 2019	Oct. 2019	Nov. 2019	Dec. 2019
Producer price index	(p)175.3	(p)175.1	(p)175.1	(p)175.2
Percent change from previous month	(p)0.2%	(p)-0.1%	(p)0.0%	(p)0.1%
Import index	(r)123.0	(r)123.2	(r)123.6	123.3
Percent change from previous month	(r)-0.2%	(r)0.2%	(r)0.3%	(r)-0.2%
Footnotes (p) Preliminary (r) Revised

(Source: Producer Price Indexes, International Price Program)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in leather and allied 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


Data series	3rd quarter 2018	4th quarter 2018	1st quarter 2019	2nd quarter 2019
Number of establishments
Private industry	1,373	1,379	(p)1,372	(p)1,384
Local government
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity


Data series	2015	2016	2017	2018
Labor productivity index, output per hour	91.865	94.999	96.788	96.996
Percent change from previous year	-6.2	3.4	1.9	0.2
Labor index, total labor hours	86.215	83.027	81.616	78.482
Percent change from previous year	3.3	-3.7	-1.7	-3.8
Output index	79.201	78.875	78.994	76.125
Percent change from previous year	-3.1	-0.4	0.2	-3.6
Unit labor costs index	109.664	113.816	117.339	119.518
Percent change from previous year	5.8	3.8	3.1	1.9

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Data extracted on: January 24, 2020