Textile Product Mills: NAICS 314

About the Textile Product Mills subsector

The textile product mills subsector is part of the manufacturing sector.

Industries in the Textile Product Mills subsector group establishments that make textile products (except apparel). With a few exceptions, processes used in these industries are generally cut and sew (i.e., purchasing fabric and cutting and sewing to make nonapparel textile products, such as sheets and towels).

North American Industry Classification System

The textile product mills subsector consists of these industry groups:

  • Textile Furnishings Mills: NAICS 3141
  • Other Textile Product Mills: NAICS 3149

NOTE: There was a change in the definition of this subsector between NAICS 2002 and NAICS 2007. Some of the data below reflect the 2002 definition and some reflect the 2007 definition. See the BLS implementation schedule for NAICS 2007 to find out which BLS programs have already implemented NAICS 2007.

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in textile product mills. These data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, mass layoffs, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment and Layoffs

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2009

Employment (in thousands)

 

Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)

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141.2 137.4 (P) 134.3 (P) 129.4

Employment, production workers (seasonally adjusted)

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110.7 107.1 (P) 104.6 (P) 100.1

Layoffs

 

Mass layoff events

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7 19 8 6

Initial claimants for unemployment benefits

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672 2,811 769 554

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics)

Extended Mass Layoffs

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2nd quarter
2008
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2008
4th quarter
2008

Extended mass layoff events

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(1) - 6 (P) 5 (P) 12

Separations

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(1) - 728 (P) 779 (P) 1,340

Initial claimants

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(1) - 805 (P) 884 (P) 1,665

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

(Source: Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series Employment,
2008

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers

6,710

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

3,970

Sewing machine operators

39,210

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders

4,930

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders

6,480

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders

8,510

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

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

(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 textile product mills.

Earnings and Hours of Production Workers

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Average hourly earnings

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$11.72 $11.59 (P) $11.53 (P) $11.33

Average weekly hours

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37.1 37.0 (P) 37.0 (P) 37.0

Footnotes
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series Wages, 2008
Hourly Annual
Median Mean Median Mean

First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers

$20.05 $21.33 $41,700 $44,370

Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

$12.17 $12.75 $25,310 $26,510

Sewing machine operators

$9.75 $10.56 $20,290 $21,970

Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders

$11.28 $11.52 $23,460 $23,950

Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders

$13.27 $13.14 $27,600 $27,340

Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders

$12.37 $12.63 $25,740 $26,280

(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 textile product mills. 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

  3 4  

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

 

Total recordable cases

5.4 4.9 4.5 4.2

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

2.9 2.8 2.6 2.4

Cases involving days away from work

1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9

Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction

1.9 1.9 1.7 1.6

(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.

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2008
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2009
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2009

Producer price index

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(P) 114.4 (P) 114.8 (P) 114.2 (P) 114.5

Percent change from previous month

 

(P) -0.1% (P) 0.3% (P) -0.5% (P) 0.3%

Import index

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101.8 (R) 101.2 (R) 101.0 100.9

Percent change from previous month

 

-0.3% (R) -0.6% (R) -0.2% (R) -0.1%

Footnotes
(R) Revised
(P) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes, International Price Program)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in textile product mills. 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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2008
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2008
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2008

Number of establishments

 

Private industry

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8,080 (P) 8,100 (P) 8,065 (P) 8,048

Local government

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1 (P) 1 (P) 1 (P) 1

State government

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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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112.743 123.380 128.038 121.078

Percent change from previous year

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5.1 9.4 3.8 -5.4

Labor index, total labor hours

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83.209 80.136 77.559 75.077

Percent change from previous year

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-5.9 -3.7 -3.2 -3.2

Output index

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93.812 98.872 99.305 90.901

Percent change from previous year

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-1.1 5.4 0.4 -8.5

Unit labor costs index

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97.634 94.617 91.668 96.503

Percent change from previous year

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-1.0 -3.1 -3.1 5.3

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Other BLS Resources

Career Guide to Industries

See textile, textile product, and apparel manufacturing in the Career Guide to Industries.

 

Data extracted on: May 01, 2009