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Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers: NAICS 444
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About the Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers subsector
The building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers subsector is part of the retail trade sector.
Industries in the Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers subsector retail new building material and garden equipment and supplies from fixed point-of-sale locations. Establishments in this subsector have display equipment designed to handle lumber and related products and garden equipment and supplies that may be kept either indoors or outdoors under covered areas. The staff is usually knowledgeable in the use of the specific products being retailed in the construction, repair, and maintenance of the home and associated grounds.
North American Industry Classification System
The building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers subsector consists of these industry groups:
- Building Material and Supplies Dealers: NAICS 4441
- Lawn and Garden Equipment and Supplies Stores: NAICS 4442
Workforce Statistics
This section provides information relating to employment in building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers. 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 |
May 2023 |
Jun. 2023 |
Jul. 2023 |
Aug. 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employment (in thousands) |
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Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted) |
|
1,377.0 | 1,365.7 | (p)1,369.2 | (p)1,369.0 |
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1,150.0 | 1,144.8 | (p)1,128.6 | ||
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Employment by Occupation
| Data series | Employment, 2022 |
|---|---|
| 161,770 | |
| 9,080 | |
| 69,040 | |
| 499,740 | |
| 124,860 | |
| 21,230 |
(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 building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers.
(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 building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers.
Earnings and Hours of All Employees
| Data series | Back data |
Apr. 2023 |
May 2023 |
Jun. 2023 |
Jul. 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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$22.21 | $22.18 | $22.14 | (p)$21.58 | |
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29.9 | 30.1 | 30.1 | (p)30.8 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees
| Data series | Back data |
Apr. 2023 |
May 2023 |
Jun. 2023 |
Jul. 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
$24.81 | $24.63 | $24.58 | (p)$24.74 | |
|
|
36.4 | 36.3 | 35.5 | (p)35.7 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Earnings by Occupation
| Data series | Wages, 2022 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly | Annual | |||
| Median | Mean | Median | Mean | |
| 14.32 | 14.57 | 29,780 | 30,310 | |
| 17.70 | 18.91 | 36,810 | 39,340 | |
| 15.26 | 16.17 | 31,750 | 33,640 | |
| 15.36 | 16.81 | 31,940 | 34,970 | |
| 15.18 | 15.82 | 31,570 | 32,910 | |
| 18.67 | 19.50 | 38,830 | 40,570 | |
(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 building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers. 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 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fatalities |
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| 19 | 28 | 24 | 23 | |
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Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
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| Data series | 2021 |
|---|---|
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers |
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| 4.7 | |
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer |
3.2 |
| 1.7 | |
| 1.5 | |
|
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.
| Data series | Back data |
May 2023 |
Jun. 2023 |
Jul. 2023 |
Aug. 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
(p)204.712 | (p)205.552 | (p)209.557 | (p)209.071 | |
Percent change from previous month |
(p)-1.6% | (p)0.4% | (p)1.9% | (p)-0.2% | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Producer Price Indexes)
Workplace Trends
This section presents data on the number of establishments in building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers. 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 |
2nd quarter 2022 |
3rd quarter 2022 |
4th quarter 2022 |
1st quarter 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of establishments |
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71,819 | 72,150 | 72,432 | (p)72,454 | |
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5 | 6 | 5 | (p)6 | |
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1 | 1 | 1 | (p)1 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)
Productivity
| Data series | Back data |
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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126.620 | 132.524 | 134.446 | 132.555 | |
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1.0 | 4.7 | 1.5 | -1.4 | |
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98.320 | 103.534 | 104.733 | 101.770 | |
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0.0 | 5.3 | 1.2 | -2.8 | |
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124.493 | 137.207 | 140.810 | 134.901 | |
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1.0 | 10.2 | 2.6 | -4.2 | |
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101.170 | 104.790 | 110.143 | 115.503 | |
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1.6 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 4.9 |
(Source: Productivity and Costs)
Data extracted on: September 27, 2023