Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing: NAICS 312

About the Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing subsector

The beverage and tobacco product manufacturing subsector is part of the manufacturing sector.

Industries in the Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing subsector manufacture beverages and tobacco products. The industry group, Beverage Manufacturing, includes three types of establishments: (1) those that manufacture nonalcoholic beverages; (2) those that manufacture alcoholic beverages through the fermentation process; and (3) those that produce distilled alcoholic beverages. Ice manufacturing, while not a beverage, is included with nonalcoholic beverage manufacturing because it uses the same production process as water purification. The industry group, Tobacco Manufacturing, includes two types of establishments: (1) those engaged in redrying and stemming tobacco and, (2) those that manufacture tobacco products, such as cigarettes and cigars.

North American Industry Classification System

The beverage and tobacco product manufacturing subsector consists of these industry groups:

  • Beverage Manufacturing: NAICS 3121
  • Tobacco Manufacturing: NAICS 3122

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment and unemployment in beverage and tobacco product manufacturing. While most data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys, information on industry unemployment comes from a national survey of households. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, the unemployment rate of those previously employed in the industry, mass layoffs, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment, Unemployment, and Layoffs

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2008
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2008
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2008
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2008

Employment (in thousands)

 

Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)

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192.5 192.2 (P) 191.6 (P) 191.0

Employment, production workers (seasonally adjusted)

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109.2 108.3 (P) 108.0 (P) 107.8

Unemployment

 

Unemployment rate

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6.8% 7.8% 5.0% 7.9%

Layoffs

 

Mass layoff events

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(1) - (1) - 8  

Initial claimants for unemployment benefits

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(1) - (1) - 630  

Footnotes
(1) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Current Population Survey, Mass Layoff Statistics)

Extended Mass Layoffs

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4th quarter
2007
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2008
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2008

Extended mass layoff events

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3 5 (P) 8 (P) (1) -

Separations

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259 587 (P) 1,436 (P) (1) -

Initial claimants

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307 648 (P) 2,003 (P) (1) -

Footnotes
(1) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series Employment,
2007

Driver/sales workers

9,190

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers

5,400

Industrial production managers

1,690

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

8,740

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders

21,880

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

10,710

Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders

10,470

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for beverage and tobacco product manufacturing.

(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 for production or nonsupervisory employees are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in beverage and tobacco product manufacturing.

Earnings and Hours of Production Workers

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Average hourly earnings

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$18.57 $18.86 (P) $18.43 (P) $18.85

Average weekly hours

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39.0 38.9 (P) 38.3 (P) 38.3

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series Wages, 2007
Hourly Annual
Median Mean Median Mean

Driver/sales workers

$14.48 $15.40 $30,120 $32,030

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers

$24.01 $25.67 $49,930 $53,380

Industrial production managers

$39.55 $42.43 $82,260 $88,250

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

$11.74 $12.59 $24,420 $26,180

Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders

$13.79 $15.30 $28,670 $31,810

Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

$22.08 $25.14 $45,920 $52,300

Separating, filtering, clarifying, precipitating, and still machine setters, operators, and tenders

$19.45 $20.21 $40,450 $42,040

(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 beverage and tobacco product manufacturing. 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 2004 2005 2006 2007

Fatalities

 

Number of fatalities

8 5 15 (P) 4

Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers

 

Total recordable cases

8.7 8.1 8.1  

Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer

5.8 5.4 5.5  

Cases involving days away from work

2.9 2.5 2.3  

Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction

2.9 2.9 3.2  

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(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. The import price index reflects the percentage change in prices paid to foreign producers for their goods and services within the U.S., while the export price index measures the percentage change in prices received by U.S. producers for goods and services sold outside the U.S.

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2008
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2008
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2008

Producer price index

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(P) 114.4 (P) 114.2 (P) 115.2 (P) 114.9

Percent change from previous month

 

(P) 1.3% (P) -0.2% (P) 0.9% (P) -0.3%

Import index

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105.6 105.9 (R) 106.4 106.6

Percent change from previous month

 

0.4% 0.3% (R) 0.5% (R) 0.2%

Export index

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(R) 106.6 106.8 (R) 106.6 107.0

Percent change from previous month

 

(R) 0.1% (R) 0.2% (R) -0.2% (R) 0.4%

Footnotes
(R) Revised
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes, International Price Program)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in beverage and tobacco product manufacturing. 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

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2007
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2007

Number of establishments

 

Private industry

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(P) 4,650 (P) 4,694 (P) 4,769 (P) 4,812

Local government

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(P) 2 (P) 2 (P) 2 (P) 2

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

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Labor productivity index, output per hour

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90.927 94.691 100.470 94.015

Percent change from previous year

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10.1 4.1 6.1 -6.4

Labor index, total labor hours

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92.977 91.788 91.220 95.653

Percent change from previous year

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-4.6 -1.3 -0.6 4.9

Output index

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84.542 86.915 91.648 89.928

Percent change from previous year

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5.0 2.8 5.4 -1.9

Unit labor costs index

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123.505 121.645 120.237 125.994

Percent change from previous year

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-4.0 -1.5 -1.2 4.8

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Other BLS Resources

Career Guide to Industries

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Data extracted on: October 08, 2008