This table displays total labor cost information as a percentage of revenues for sole proprietorships, including net profit (owners compensation), salary-wages, contracts-commissions and the labor portion of cost of goods sold.
Industry |
Labor plus Owner's Compensation: Sales |
| All | 42.4% |
| Total Ag | 32.3% |
| --Animal Production | 13.0% |
| --Forestry and logging | 29.7% |
| --Fishing | 39.1% |
| --Hunting-trapping | 23.2% |
| --Ag-Forestry support | 37.2% |
| Mining | 37.4% |
| --Oil and Gas | 35.8% |
| --Coal | 18.4% |
| --Non-Metallic | 30.8% |
| --Mining support | 48.4% |
| Utilities | 47.7% |
| Construction | 39.0% |
| --Residential Building Contruction | 32.5% |
| --Non-residential building Construction | 32.2% |
| --Heavy Construction-civil Engineering | 30.8% |
| --Speciality contractors | 42.1% |
| Manufacturing | 32.6% |
| --Food processing | 22.1% |
| --Textiles | 33.3% |
| --Apparel | 32.3% |
| --Leather | 29.9% |
| --Wood | 30.2% |
| --Paper | 38.3% |
| --Printing | 31.1% |
| --Petroleum | 26.9% |
| --Chemical | 38.1% |
| --Plastics-rubber-clay-glass | 30.7% |
| --Non-metallic mineral | 33.9% |
| --Primary Metal | 22.9% |
| --Fabricated Metal | 36.2% |
| --Machinery | 45.1% |
| --Computers-Electronic Products | 42.7% |
| --Electrical Equip | 32.3% |
| --Transporation Equipment | 19.4% |
| --Furniture & Related | 36.7% |
| --Medical Equipment | 40.0% |
| --Misc Manufacturing | 29.0% |
| Wholesale | 20.5% |
| --Wholesale Durables | 18.7% |
| --Wholesale Non-Durables | 19.9% |
| --Wholesale Electronics | 29.1% |
| Retail | 17.3% |
| --Vehicle dealers-parts | 11.0% |
| --Furniture-furnishings | 26.4% |
| --Electronic-Appliance | 22.0% |
| --Building-Lawn-garden | 20.4% |
| --Food-beverage | 12.5% |
| --Health-personal care | 20.3% |
| --Gasoline | 5.1% |
| --Clothing-accessories | 22.0% |
| --Sporting goods-book-hobby-music | 21.8% |
| --General merchandise | 13.3% |
| --Misc Retail | 23.7% |
| --Nonstore- retailers | 28.7% |
| Transport-Warehousing | 31.6% |
| --Air and Rail | 28.1% |
| --Water | 56.8% |
| --Local trucking | 32.2% |
| --Long distance trucking | 27.0% |
| --Interurban and rural bus | 45.4% |
| --School-employee-charter bus | 38.4% |
| --Other transit | 46.9% |
| --Pipeline | 38.0% |
| --Scenic and sightseeing transport | 42.1% |
| --Transport support (not towing) | 33.0% |
| --Couriers-messengers | 43.1% |
| --Warehousing-storage | 50.9% |
| Information | 48.4% |
| --Publishing | 46.9% |
| --Motion Picture-Sound | 45.1% |
| --Broadcasting & Telecomm | 40.4% |
| --Internet publishing-broadcasting | 64.5% |
| --Internet service providers-portals-data | 55.2% |
| Finance-Insurance | 53.6% |
| --Credit Intermediation | 48.9% |
| --Securities and Commodites | 42.1% |
| --Investment bankers and securities dealers | 31.4% |
| --Securities brokers | 42.1% |
| --Commodity brokers-dealers | 61.2% |
| --Exchanges | 1.9% |
| --Other-investment advice | 43.6% |
| --Insurance Agents-brokers-related | 62.4% |
| --Insurance agencies-brokers | 62.7% |
| --Other insurance related activity | 60.2% |
| Real Estate Rental & Leasing | 56.3% |
| --Real Estate | 57.1% |
| --Real Estate lessors (including mini-warehouse) | 45.3% |
| --Real Estate Agents-managers-appraisers | 60.3% |
| --Other RE activities | 44.1% |
| --Rental-Leasing Services | 37.4% |
| --Auto leasing | 27.0% |
| --Electronics | 72.4% |
| --Formal Wear-costumes | 12.4% |
| --Video | 32.7% |
| --General rental centers | 34.4% |
| --Commercial-industrial leasing | 43.8% |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 60.1% |
| --Legal | 60.3% |
| --Accountants | 63.5% |
| --Other accounting services | 62.8% |
| --Architectural, engineering, and related services | 56.2% |
| --Architectural | 48.8% |
| --Engineering | 62.6% |
| --Drafting-inspection-geophysical survey | 61.1% |
| --Surveying | 71.0% |
| --Testing Labs | 52.1% |
| --Specialized Design | 41.3% |
| --Computer design systems | 63.9% |
| --Other professional servs | 62.0% |
| --Management-scientific-technical consulting | 70.5% |
| --Scientific research-development | 71.9% |
| --Advertising and related | 40.3% |
| --Market Research-public opinion | 51.2% |
| --Misc services | 53.7% |
| Admin support-Waste Remediation | 51.8% |
| --Admin & Support Services | 52.8% |
| --Waste Remediation Service | 27.8% |
| Educational Services | 54.3% |
| Health Care-Social Assistance | 60.6% |
| --Ambulatory Health Care | 61.5% |
| --Physicians | 64.6% |
| --Physicians-Mental Health Specialists | 66.8% |
| --Dentists | 59.7% |
| --Chiropractors | 52.7% |
| --Optometrists | 46.9% |
| --Mental health practictioners-therapists | 66.8% |
| --Podiatrists | 51.3% |
| --Outpatient clinics and other services | 61.8% |
| --Medical-diagnostic labs | 54.3% |
| --Home health care | 64.6% |
| --Ambulance, blood, organ banks, other | 50.5% |
| --Hospitals | 69.8% |
| --Nursing-residential care | 48.6% |
| --Social Assistance | 58.5% |
| --Child Day Care | 55.7% |
| Arts-Entertainment-Recreation | 52.8% |
| --Performing Arts-Spectator Sports | 56.9% |
| --Historical sites and museums | 71.0% |
| --Amusement-gambling-recreation | 40.2% |
| Accomodation-food services | 28.5% |
| --Lodging | 32.3% |
| --Hotels-motels | 33.0% |
| --RV parks and camps | 29.8% |
| --Rooming-boarding houses | 31.6% |
| --Food services-drinking places | 28.0% |
| Other Services | 41.5% |
| --Auto Repair-maintenance | 30.3% |
| --Auto mechanical repair | 28.7% |
| --Auto body shops | 33.1% |
| --Car Wash-lube- misc | 29.9% |
| --Misc Repairs | 38.0% |
| --Personal & Laundry Services | 50.2% |
| Civic-Religious | 61.9% |
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