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- About 9% of the current jobs in America are in the warehouse and manufacturing industries.
- The massive NASA vehicle assembly building is so big (348,000 sq. feet), it actually has its own weather, even producing its own rain clouds.
- Over the next 10 years, there will be too many jobs to fill in the manufacturing field. Of the roughly 3.5 million new jobs created in the space, nearly 2 million will go unfilled.
- The manufacturing world is a great space for non-college grads. Last year, the income of workers without college degrees was nearly 11% higher than workers in other industries without college degrees.
- Over the last 25 years, there has been a 400% spike in the amount of exported goods manufactured in the United States.
- The biggest wine warehouse in Europe is ‘Constellation Europe’, and it houses 57 million bottles of wine. Stretched end to end, all of its wine bottles would be over 9,000 miles long.
- More than 700 Madison Square Gardens or 10,000 Olympic-size pools could fit into Amazon's biggest warehouses.
- In 2018, the size of the average distribution center in the United States was 672,080 square feet.
- The pay of hourly workers in the warehousing industry is increasing. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, hourly wages for warehouse workers has risen by more than 20% from 2008 to 2017.
- In times of average demand, about 13% of warehouse employees are temporary workers. In times of high demand, particularly around the holidays, more than 19% of warehouse staff are temporary workers.
- The manufacturing and warehouse industry is broad. In the United States, there are currently 6,215,000 people with titles that fall under the hand laborers and material movers category (bls.gov, 2020).
- There are expected to be 406,500 new material moving jobs available by 2030 (bls.gov, 2020).
- The top 10% of hand laborers and material movers earned $47,600 or more in 2021 (bls.gov).
- In 2021, the estimated warehouse industry revenue totaled $50.5 billion. (Statistica Industry Report)
- The warehouse industry has a lot of opportunity for upward mobility. Warehouses have many entry-level jobs where you can gain on-the-job experience that qualifies you for management positions later.
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Citations:
1, 3-5: The Top 10 Facts About Manufacturing And Warehouse Jobs
2 & 6: 10 Little Known Facts About The World Of Warehousing
7-8: Fun Warehouse and Engineering Facts
9-11: 50 Warehouse Automation Stats You Should Know
12-13: bls.gov 2019