Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores: NAICS 448

About the Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores subsector

The clothing and clothing accessories stores subsector is part of the retail trade sector.

The clothing and clothing accessories stores subsector consists of these industry groups:

• Clothing Stores: NAICS 4481
• Shoe Stores: NAICS 4482
• Jewelry, Luggage, and Leather Goods Stores: NAICS 4483

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in clothing and clothing accessories 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	Aug. 2024	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024	Nov. 2024
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		1,128.7	1,126.4	(p)1,117.2	(p)1,114.0
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		914.4	889.8	(p)906.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2023
Cashiers	83,480
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	117,590
Retail salespersons	680,710
Stock clerks and order fillers	31,140
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers	4,490

(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 clothing and clothing accessories 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 clothing and clothing accessories stores.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Jul. 2024	Aug. 2024	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024
Average hourly earnings		$25.09	$24.95	$25.64	(p)$25.14
Average weekly hours		24.7	25.2	24.8	(p)24.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Jul. 2024	Aug. 2024	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024
Average hourly earnings		$21.22	$21.40	$21.62	(p)$21.07
Average weekly hours		21.7	22.2	21.6	(p)21.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2023
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Cashiers	14.88	14.51	30,950	30,170
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	21.11	22.62	43,910	47,050
Retail salespersons	14.48	15.27	30,110	31,770
Stock clerks and order fillers	16.01	16.21	33,300	33,720
Tailors, dressmakers, and custom sewers	17.82	18.79	37,060	39,080

(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 clothing and clothing accessories 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	2019	2020	2021	2022
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	4	11	9	6
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	1.4
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	0.8
Cases involving days away from work
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.2
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	Aug. 2024	Sep. 2024	Oct. 2024	Nov. 2024
Producer price index		(p)147.914	(p)156.537	(p)155.645	(p)154.747
Percent change from previous month		(p)6.8%	(p)5.8%	(p)-0.6%	(p)-0.6%
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in clothing and clothing accessories 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		112,576	111,613	112,183	112,860
Local government		5	5	5	5
State government
Federal government		3	3	3	3

(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		1.3	28.1	1.3	2.1
Hours worked		-21.9	10.1	-2.4	-1.8
Output		-20.9	41.1	-1.2	0.2
Unit labor costs		3.9	-16.1	6.5	3.3

(Source: Productivity)

 

Data extracted on: December 12, 2024