Logging

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

68.4k

2021

Average Employee Age

44.2

2021

Estimated Job Growth

−20.2%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$46,143

2021

Average Male Salary

$46,585

2021

Average Female Salary

$40,612

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Logging Industry Group are logging workers, driver/sales workers & truck drivers, and firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers. On average, full-time employees in the Logging Industry Group work 48.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $48,814. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $25,063.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Logging Industry Group are Southeast Arkansas PUMA, AR, Douglas County PUMA, OR, and Southwest Alabama PUMA, AL.

The workforce of Logging Industry Group in 2021 was 68,374 people, with 7.41% woman, and 92.6% men.

In 2021, 84.4% of the workforce in the Logging Industry Group was White (57,708 people), of which 7.75% were women and 92.2% men.

Photo by Rick Payette

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Logging Industry Group.

The workforce in Logging Industry Group was 68,374 people and is concentrated in Oregon (5,835 workers). The average annual salary was $46,143, being $13,453 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

2.56%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 12k people employed in the Logging industry. This represents a 2.56% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Logging over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were Oregon (5.84k), Georgia (5.64k), and North Carolina (3.98k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Logging Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Logging Industry Group had an average annual wage of $46,143, $13,453 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Logging Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.361

WAGE GINI

Logging has a wage GINI of 0.361, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Logging (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Logging Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Logging Industry Group.

Logging workers are the most common position with 26,361 workers, but the Logging Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Driver/sales workers & truck drivers and Firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers.

The highest average salary in Logging goes to Millwrights.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Logging Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were logging workers (26,361 people), driver/sales workers & truck drivers (11,626 people), and firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers (5,723 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$46,585

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$4,226

$40,612

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$12,592

On average, Male workers in the Logging Industry Group make 1.15 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Logging Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Logging Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Logging Industry Group.

The Logging Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry.

Oregon and Alabama stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Logging Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Logging is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Logging Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Logging Industry Group is Manufacturing.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Logging is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Logging Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Logging is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Logging Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Logging Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

Oregon
1,314
Alabama
1,060
Georgia
994

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Logging industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Logging Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 7.41% corresponds to women and 92.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $46,585 and $40,612.

86.2% of workers have a high school or equivalent, secondary education or some college.

Gender and Age

5,066

Women

7.41%

63,308

Men

92.6%

The workforce of Logging industry in 2021 was 68,374 people, with 7.41% woman, and 92.6% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Logging industry.

Races

In 2021, 84.4% of the workforce in the Logging industry was White (57,708 people), of which 7.75% were women and 92.2% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Logging workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (35,415 people), secondary education (13,443 people), and some college (10,048 people).

The chart shows the Logging workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Logging industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Logging industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −20.2%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (12.6%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

−20.2%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Logging. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.