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 2023	Jun. 2023	Jul. 2023	Aug. 2023
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		1,537.2	1,534.1	(p)1,533.9	(p)1,534.9
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		1,215.6	1,218.4	(p)1,226.0
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

(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. 2023	May 2023	Jun. 2023	Jul. 2023
Average hourly earnings		$23.13	$22.87	$22.97	(p)$23.07
Average weekly hours		28.0	27.8	28.0	(p)28.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Apr. 2023	May 2023	Jun. 2023	Jul. 2023
Average hourly earnings		$19.81	$19.66	$19.84	(p)$19.94
Average weekly hours		26.8	26.7	26.9	(p)27.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

(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.

(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 2023	Jun. 2023	Jul. 2023	Aug. 2023
Producer price index		(p)130.716	(p)124.849	(p)132.023	(p)131.398
Percent change from previous month		(p)4.3%	(p)-4.5%	(p)5.7%	(p)-0.5%
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	2019	2020	2021	2022
Labor productivity index, output per hour		116.729	144.093	154.503	144.008
Percent change from previous year		8.1	23.4	7.2	-6.8
Labor index, total labor hours		95.032	82.350	90.355	92.227
Percent change from previous year		-6.9	-13.3	9.7	2.1
Output index		110.930	118.660	139.600	132.814
Percent change from previous year		0.6	7.0	17.6	-4.9
Unit labor costs index		101.276	92.953	91.082	104.189
Percent change from previous year		0.2	-8.2	-2.0	14.4

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Data extracted on: October 03, 2023