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	May 2022	Jun. 2022	Jul. 2022	Aug. 2022
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		541.2	536.6	(p)535.7	(p)531.8
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		419.5	425.9	(p)431.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2021
Cashiers	44,670
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	40,940
Retail salespersons	280,200
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	11,450
Stock clerks and order fillers	13,170

(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

Data series	Back data	Apr. 2022	May 2022	Jun. 2022	Jul. 2022
Average hourly earnings		$19.86	$20.18	$20.02	(p)$20.60
Average weekly hours		25.3	25.8	25.2	(p)25.6
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Apr. 2022	May 2022	Jun. 2022	Jul. 2022
Average hourly earnings		$18.36	$18.27	$18.46	(p)$19.10
Average weekly hours		24.4	25.2	24.4	(p)24.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2021
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Cashiers	13.49	13.37	28,070	27,810
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	20.01	21.97	41,610	45,700
Retail salespersons	13.74	13.79	28,570	28,680
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	14.06	14.54	29,250	30,250
Stock clerks and order fillers	13.72	13.98	28,550	29,070

(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	2017	2018	2019	2020
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	3	3	6	4
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Data series	2020
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	2.1
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	1.3
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	May 2022	Jun. 2022	Jul. 2022	Aug. 2022
Producer price index		(p)125.868	(p)122.283	(p)124.589	(p)124.500
Percent change from previous month		(p)0.0%	(p)-2.8%	(p)1.9%	(p)-0.1%
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	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

Data series	Back data	2018	2019	2020	2021
Labor productivity index, output per hour		109.353	116.321	134.405	153.567
Percent change from previous year		5.8	6.4	15.5	14.3
Labor index, total labor hours		100.959	95.681	88.482	95.672
Percent change from previous year		-7.4	-5.2	-7.5	8.1
Output index		110.402	111.297	118.924	146.920
Percent change from previous year		-2.0	0.8	6.9	23.5
Unit labor costs index		100.943	100.761	91.737	85.798
Percent change from previous year		1.9	-0.2	-9.0	-6.5

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

 

Data extracted on: September 28, 2022