Miscellaneous plant & system operators

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2021 Workforce

45.9k

Average Age

43.9

Average Salary

$77,778

Average Male Salary

$78,342

Average Female Salary

$70,104

About

Miscellaneous plant & system operators are most often employed by the Petroleum refining industry. The average yearly wage for Miscellaneous plant & system operators was $77,778 in 2021.

The locations that employ the most Miscellaneous plant & system operators are League City & Friendswood City PUMA, TX, Brazoria County (North)Pearland City PUMA, TX, and East of I-45 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Miscellaneous plant & system operators are South Texas Development Council (South) & Coastal Bend COG (West) PUMA, TX, East of I-45 & Inside Loop I-610 PUMA, TX, and Far Southeast New Mexico PUMA, NM.

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Employment and salary information for the Miscellaneous plant & system operators workforce. Miscellaneous plant & system operators workforce in 2021 was 45,943 people, of which 6.85% were women and 93.2% were men. Miscellaneous plant & system operators are paid most in Matanuska-Susitna & Kenai Peninsula Boroughs PUMA, AK but are relatively concentrated in South Texas Development Council (South) & Coastal Bend COG (West) PUMA, TX.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping

42,798

Male Workforce

± 5.08k

3,145

Female Workforce

± 1.38k

The Miscellaneous plant & system operators workforce in 2021 was 45,943 people (6.85% women and 93.2% men). This implies an average annual growth of 16.6% between 2014 (39,404) and 2021 (45,943).

Employment by Location

Level

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Miscellaneous plant & system operators.

During 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($114,373), New Mexico ($110,728), and Minnesota ($98,354).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$77,778

AVERAGE WAGE

#120 in the ranking (2021)

$59,596

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Miscellaneous plant & system operators earned an average of $77,778, $18,183 more than the average national salary of $59,596

The graph shows the ranking of Miscellaneous plant & system operators in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2021.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.287

WAGE GINI

In 2021, Miscellaneous plant & system operators had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.287, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Miscellaneous plant & system operators (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Miscellaneous plant & system operators compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Miscellaneous plant & system operators and on wages for those in the field. Petroleum refining is the industry that employs the most Miscellaneous plant & system operators, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Miscellaneous plant & system operators, by average wage, is Petroleum refining ($98,929).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

45.9k

2021 Workforce

± 5,262

0.233%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 16.2%

This graphic shows the share of Miscellaneous plant & system operators employed by various industries. Petroleum refining employs the largest share of Miscellaneous plant & system operators at 52.3%, followed by Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals with 27.5% and Natural gas distribution with 20.2%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Miscellaneous plant & system operators in the US. The workforce of Miscellaneous plant & system operators in 2021 was 45,943 people, with 6.85% woman, and 93.2% men. The average age of male Miscellaneous plant & system operators in the workforce is 43.9 and of female Miscellaneous plant & system operators is 45.1, and the most common race/ethnicity for Miscellaneous plant & system operators is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Miscellaneous plant & system operators in 2021 was 45,943 people, with 6.85% woman, and 93.2% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 35 to 39 years (6,548 people), 55 to 59 years (6,196 people), and 30 to 34 years (5,765 people). Among them they concentrated 40.6% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2021, 17.3% of Miscellaneous plant & system operators workers were Hispanic and 82.7% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (87.5%), All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (6.31)%, and Puerto Rican (6.18)%

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Races

In 2021, 75.9% of the Miscellaneous plant & system operators workforce were White, of which 5.69% were women and 94.3% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (9.74%) and Two or More Races (6.06%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Miscellaneous plant & system operators from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Miscellaneous plant & system operators is Engineering but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2021 were Agriculture.

Among the necessary skills for Miscellaneous plant & system operators, Operation Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Miscellaneous plant & system operators need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Miscellaneous plant & system operators in 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Engineering (1,337 people), Business (1,257 people), and Agriculture (511 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Miscellaneous plant & system operators workers were High School or Equivalent (16,656 people), Some college (13,451 people), and Associates Degree (5,975 people).

The graphic shows the Miscellaneous plant & system operators workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Miscellaneous plant & system operators from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Miscellaneous plant & system operators need many skills, but most especially Operation Monitoring, Reading Comprehension, Operation and Control.