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Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores: NAICS 442

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About the Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores subsector

The furniture and home furnishings stores subsector is part of the retail trade sector.

Industries in the Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores subsector retail new furniture and home furnishings from fixed point-of-sale locations. Establishments in this subsector usually operate from showrooms and have substantial areas for the presentation of their products. Many offer interior decorating services in addition to the sale of products.

North American Industry Classification System

The furniture and home furnishings stores subsector consists of these industry groups:

  • Furniture Stores: NAICS 4421
  • Home Furnishings Stores: NAICS 4422

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in furniture and home furnishings stores. 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		 Jul.
2023		 Aug.
2023		 Sep.
2023		 Oct.
2023

Employment (in thousands)

Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)

 435.2 435.2 (p)436.4 (p)438.3

Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees

 348.5 347.6 (p)346.5  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series Employment,
2022

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers

 53,390

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

 30,410

Retail salespersons

 301,500

Stock clerks and order fillers

 29,650

Truck drivers, light or delivery services

 27,000

(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 furniture and home furnishings 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 furniture and home furnishings stores.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series Back
data		 Jun.
2023		 Jul.
2023		 Aug.
2023		 Sep.
2023

Average hourly earnings

 $26.74 $26.98 $26.95 (p)$27.40

Average weekly hours

 31.2 31.4 31.3 (p)31.6

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series Back
data		 Jun.
2023		 Jul.
2023		 Aug.
2023		 Sep.
2023

Average hourly earnings

 $23.39 $23.86 $23.55 (p)$24.00

Average weekly hours

 30.0 30.5 30.2 (p)30.4

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series Wages, 2022
Hourly Annual
Median Mean Median Mean

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers

 23.94 27.78 49,800 57,780

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

 16.53 16.71 34,390 34,760

Retail salespersons

 16.47 18.30 34,260 38,070

Stock clerks and order fillers

 16.44 16.78 34,200 34,900

Truck drivers, light or delivery services

 16.80 17.18 34,950 35,740

(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 furniture and home furnishings 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 2017 2018 2019 2020

Fatalities

Number of fatalities

 8 13 12 6

Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.
Data series 2022

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

 1.5

Cases involving days away from work

 1.0

Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction

 0.5

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.

Data series Back
data		 Jul.
2023		 Aug.
2023		 Sep.
2023		 Oct.
2023

Producer price index

 (p)104.187 (p)103.670 (p)104.076 (p)105.458

Percent change from previous month

   (p)-0.9% (p)-0.5% (p)0.4% (p)1.3%

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in furniture and home furnishings 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		 1st quarter
2021		 2nd quarter
2021		 3rd quarter
2021		 4th quarter
2021

Number of establishments

Private industry

 45,380 45,289 45,375 45,408

Local government

        

State government

        

Federal government

 54 55 57 57

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

Data series Back
data		 2019 2020 2021 2022

Labor productivity index, output per hour

 130.759 135.221 151.379 134.942

Percent change from previous year

 6.2 3.4 11.9 -10.9

Labor index, total labor hours

 107.620 97.962 102.546 104.184

Percent change from previous year

 -5.9 -9.0 4.7 1.6

Output index

 140.722 132.465 155.233 140.588

Percent change from previous year

 0.0 -5.9 17.2 -9.4

Unit labor costs index

 90.762 97.590 95.548 107.728

Percent change from previous year

 -3.6 7.5 -2.1 12.7

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

 

Data extracted on: December 06, 2023