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.

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

Data series	Back data	Oct. 2018	Nov. 2018	Dec. 2018	Jan. 2019
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		561.4	547.0	(p)543.2	(p)560.6
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		468.9	499.0	(p)504.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2017
Cashiers	51,700
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	50,440
Retail salespersons	348,800
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	8,250
Stock clerks and order fillers	23,310

(Source: Occupational Employment 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

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2018	Oct. 2018	Nov. 2018	Dec. 2018
Average hourly earnings		$17.51	$17.22	$16.91	(p)$17.24
Average weekly hours		27.4	26.9	27.7	(p)27.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2018	Oct. 2018	Nov. 2018	Dec. 2018
Average hourly earnings		$14.94	$14.74	$14.60	(p)$14.74
Average weekly hours		25.7	25.2	26.6	(p)26.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2017
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Cashiers	10.11	10.48	21,040	21,790
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	18.20	19.67	37,860	40,920
Retail salespersons	10.68	11.48	22,200	23,870
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	13.30	14.15	27,660	29,430
Stock clerks and order fillers	11.01	11.66	22,910	24,240

(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 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	2014	2015	2016	2017
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	6	6	10	3
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Data series	2017
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	2.5
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	1.3
Cases involving days away from work	0.7
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.

Data series	Back data	Oct. 2018	Nov. 2018	Dec. 2018	Jan. 2019
Producer price index		(p)122.3	(p)119.7	(p)116.6	(p)118.5
Percent change from previous month		(p)3.2%	(p)-2.1%	(p)-2.6%	(p)1.6%
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

Data series	Back data	3rd quarter 2017	4th quarter 2017	1st quarter 2018	2nd quarter 2018
Number of establishments
Private industry		50,812	50,727	(p)50,266	(p)50,222
Local government		2	2	(p)2	(p)2
State government					(p)2
Federal government		37	35	(p)35	(p)35
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

Data series	Back data	2014	2015	2016	2017
Labor productivity index, output per hour		117.275	119.032	122.346	123.864
Percent change from previous year		-1.2	1.5	2.8	1.2
Labor index, total labor hours		91.669	94.412	94.735	92.692
Percent change from previous year		4.2	3.0	0.3	-2.2
Output index		107.504	112.381	115.904	114.812
Percent change from previous year		3.0	4.5	3.1	-0.9
Unit labor costs index		95.036	96.936	91.359	91.447
Percent change from previous year		0.7	2.0	-5.8	0.1

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

 

Data extracted on: February 15, 2019