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Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores: NAICS 451

About the Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores subsector

The sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores subsector is part of the retail trade sector.

Industries in the Sporting Goods, Hobby, Book, and Music Stores subsector are engaged in retailing and providing expertise on use of sporting equipment or other specific leisure activities, such as needlework and musical instruments. Book stores are also included in this subsector.

North American Industry Classification System

The sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores subsector consists of these industry groups:

  • Sporting Goods, Hobby, and Musical Instrument Stores: NAICS 4511
  • Book, Periodical, and Music Stores: NAICS 4512

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in sporting goods, hobby, book, and music 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

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Jun.
2024
Jul.
2024
Aug.
2024
Sep.
2024

Employment (in thousands)

Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)

1,539.3 1,538.9 (p)1,538.0 (p)1,538.2

Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees

1,243.3 1,252.6 (p)1,243.2  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series Employment,
2023

Cashiers

141,540

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers

115,560

Retail salespersons

585,510

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks

34,240

Stock clerks and order fillers

56,940

(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 sporting goods, hobby, book, and music 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 sporting goods, hobby, book, and music stores.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

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May
2024
Jun.
2024
Jul.
2024
Aug.
2024

Average hourly earnings

$23.45 $23.50 $23.43 (p)$23.40

Average weekly hours

27.8 28.2 27.9 (p)28.1

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

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May
2024
Jun.
2024
Jul.
2024
Aug.
2024

Average hourly earnings

$20.62 $20.56 $20.68 (p)$20.68

Average weekly hours

26.6 27.0 27.0 (p)27.2

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series Wages, 2023
Hourly Annual
Median Mean Median Mean

Cashiers

14.38 14.56 29,900 30,280

First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers

21.29 22.53 44,280 46,860

Retail salespersons

14.88 15.85 30,940 32,960

Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks

17.07 17.79 35,500 37,000

Stock clerks and order fillers

16.25   33,810 34,130

(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 sporting goods, hobby, book, and music 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

6 4 8 12

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

2.2

Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer

1.5

Cases involving days away from work

0.8

Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction

0.7

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.

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Jun.
2024
Jul.
2024
Aug.
2024
Sep.
2024

Producer price index

(p)128.570 (p)132.504 (p)135.997 (p)129.408

Percent change from previous month

  (p)-4.1% (p)3.1% (p)2.6% (p)-4.8%

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in sporting goods, hobby, book, and music 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

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1st quarter
2021
2nd quarter
2021
3rd quarter
2021
4th quarter
2021

Number of establishments

Private industry

47,525 47,799 47,823 48,131

Local government

4 4 4 4

State government

2 1 1 1

Federal government

45 51 51 51

(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.

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2020 2021 2022 2023

Labor productivity, output per hour

23.3 7.6 -6.6 1.4

Hours worked

-13.4 10.0 1.9 -2.4

Output

6.7 18.3 -4.8 -1.0

Unit labor costs

-8.4 -2.8 10.0 5.3

(Source: Productivity)

 

Data extracted on: October 31, 2024