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	Sep. 2019	Oct. 2019	Nov. 2019	Dec. 2019
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		561.0	557.1	(p)551.3	(p)548.4
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		465.8	468.1	(p)499.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2018
Cashiers	48,350
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	50,580
Retail salespersons	346,990
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	7,520
Stock clerks and order fillers	22,500

(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	Aug. 2019	Sep. 2019	Oct. 2019	Nov. 2019
Average hourly earnings		$16.74	$17.18	$16.99	(p)$16.95
Average weekly hours		26.5	26.0	25.5	(p)25.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Aug. 2019	Sep. 2019	Oct. 2019	Nov. 2019
Average hourly earnings		$14.50	$14.76	$14.64	(p)$14.77
Average weekly hours		25.4	24.7	23.6	(p)24.9
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2018
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Cashiers	10.73	11.00	22,310	22,890
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	18.61	20.29	38,700	42,200
Retail salespersons	11.23	11.96	23,350	24,880
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	13.59	14.38	28,260	29,910
Stock clerks and order fillers	11.41	12.09	23,730	25,140

(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	2015	2016	2017	2018
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	6	10	3	3
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Data series	2018
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	1.2
Cases involving days away from work	0.6
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.6
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	Sep. 2019	Oct. 2019	Nov. 2019	Dec. 2019
Producer price index		(p)116.2	(p)118.2	(p)118.4	(p)116.3
Percent change from previous month		(p)-2.4%	(p)1.7%	(p)0.2%	(p)-1.8%
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

Data series	Back data	3rd quarter 2018	4th quarter 2018	1st quarter 2019	2nd quarter 2019
Number of establishments
Private industry		49,822	49,442	(p)48,917	(p)48,910
Local government		2	2	(p)2	(p)2
State government		2	2	(p)2	(p)2
Federal government		34	33	(p)33	(p)33
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

Data series	Back data	2015	2016	2017	2018
Labor productivity index, output per hour		118.956	122.533	125.056	130.143
Percent change from previous year		2.0	3.0	2.1	4.1
Labor index, total labor hours		94.473	94.552	92.917	86.386
Percent change from previous year		2.5	0.1	-1.7	-7.0
Output index		112.381	115.858	116.199	112.425
Percent change from previous year		4.5	3.1	0.3	-3.2
Unit labor costs index		97.792	92.508	91.687	94.632
Percent change from previous year		2.4	-5.4	-0.9	3.2

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

 

Data extracted on: January 17, 2020