Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores: NAICS 442

About the Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores subsector

The furniture and home furnishings stores subsector is part of the retail trade sector.

The furniture and home furnishings stores subsector consists of these industry groups:

• Furniture Stores: NAICS 4421
• Home Furnishings Stores: NAICS 4422

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in furniture and home furnishings stores. 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

Data series	Back data	May 2012	Jun. 2012	Jul. 2012	Aug. 2012
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		450.6	451.2	(P) 450.8	(P) 455.2
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		375.0	374.8	(P) 376.6
Layoffs
Mass layoff events		(1) -	(1) -	(1) -	3
Initial claimants for unemployment benefits		(1) -	(1) -	(1) -	165
Footnotes (1) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Mass Layoff Statistics)

Extended Mass Layoffs

Data series	Back data	3rd quarter 2011	4th quarter 2011	1st quarter 2012	2nd quarter 2012
Extended mass layoff events		(1) -	(1) -	(1) (P) -	(1) (P) -
Separations		(1) -	(1) -	(1) (P) -	(1) (P) -
Initial claimants		(1) -	(1) -	(1) (P) -	(1) (P) -
Footnotes (1) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards. (P) Preliminary

(Source: Mass Layoff Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2011
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	28,400
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	24,710
Retail salespersons	195,530
Stock clerks and order fillers	16,980
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	20,600

(Source: Occupational Employment Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for furniture and home furnishings 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 furniture and home furnishings stores.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

Data series	Back data	Apr. 2012	May 2012	Jun. 2012	Jul. 2012
Average hourly earnings		$17.91	$17.42	$17.66	(P) $17.66
Average weekly hours		30.2	29.9	29.9	(P) 30.7
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Apr. 2012	May 2012	Jun. 2012	Jul. 2012
Average hourly earnings		$15.16	$14.88	$15.29	(P) $15.09
Average weekly hours		29.3	29.0	28.8	(P) 29.5
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2011
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	$21.20	$23.73	$44,100	$49,360
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	$10.79	$11.47	$22,440	$23,850
Retail salespersons	$11.72	$14.31	$24,380	$29,760
Stock clerks and order fillers	$10.25	$10.98	$21,310	$22,840
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	$11.35	$12.08	$23,610	$25,120

(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 furniture and home furnishings 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.

Data series	2008	2009	2010	2011
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	12	9	13	(P) 17
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	4.1	4.0	4.2
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	2.3	2.3	2.4
Cases involving days away from work	1.5	1.4	1.5
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.9	0.9	1.0
Footnotes (P) Preliminary
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

(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 2012	Jun. 2012	Jul. 2012	Aug. 2012
Producer price index		(P) 124.3	(P) 127.2	(P) 125.6	(P) 126.4
Percent change from previous month		(P) -2.4%	(P) 2.3%	(P) -1.3%	(P) 0.6%
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Producer Price Indexes)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in furniture and home furnishings 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	2nd quarter 2011	3rd quarter 2011	4th quarter 2011	1st quarter 2012
Number of establishments
Private industry		51,089	50,906	50,513	(P) 50,336
Local government
State government
Federal government		55	55	57	(P) 60
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity

Data series	Back data	2008	2009	2010	2011
Labor productivity index, output per hour		123.551	128.389	134.044	141.931
Percent change from previous year		0.1	3.9	4.4	5.9
Labor index, total labor hours		91.028	76.199	76.964	75.004
Percent change from previous year		-9.4	-16.3	1.0	-2.5
Output index		112.466	97.831	103.166	106.455
Percent change from previous year		-9.4	-13.0	5.5	3.2
Unit labor costs index		92.660	90.767	85.939	83.288
Percent change from previous year		-0.9	-2.0	-5.3	-3.1

(Source: Productivity and Costs)

Other BLS Resources

Career Guide to Industries

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Data extracted on: September 27, 2012