U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

Industries at a Glance

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


Data series	Jan. 2013	Feb. 2013	Mar. 2013	Apr. 2013
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)	117.1	116.7	(P) 115.9	(P) 115.2
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees (seasonally adjusted)	85.4	84.6	(P) 83.4	(P) 83.0
Layoffs
Mass layoff events	5	6	(1) -	4
Initial claimants for unemployment benefits	403	470	(1) -	499
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	2nd quarter 2012	3rd quarter 2012	4th quarter 2012	1st quarter 2013
Extended mass layoff events	6	3	(P) 3	(1) (P) -
Separations	947	227	(P) 443	(1) (P) -
Initial claimants	1,062	221	(P) 868	(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, 2012
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	5,080
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	2,820
Sewing machine operators	28,950
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders	3,800
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	4,270
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	5,740

(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 are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in textile product mills.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees


Data series	Jan. 2013	Feb. 2013	Mar. 2013	Apr. 2013
Average hourly earnings	$16.51	$16.35	(P) $16.27	(P) $16.35
Average weekly hours	37.7	37.7	(P) 37.9	(P) 36.9
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees


Data series	Jan. 2013	Feb. 2013	Mar. 2013	Apr. 2013
Average hourly earnings	$13.00	$12.87	(P) $12.84	(P) $12.92
Average weekly hours	37.9	38.3	(P) 38.8	(P) 38.9
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation


Data series	Wages, 2012
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	$21.47	$23.09	$44,660	$48,020
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	$12.77	$13.20	$26,560	$27,460
Sewing machine operators	$10.82	$11.54	$22,520	$24,010
Textile cutting machine setters, operators, and tenders	$12.09	$12.37	$25,140	$25,720
Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators, and tenders	$13.64	$13.48	$28,370	$28,030
Textile winding, twisting, and drawing out machine setters, operators, and tenders	$13.13	$13.21	$27,320	$27,490

(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	2008	2009	2010	2011
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	4
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	4.1	(1) 3.7	(1) 3.1	3.5
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	2.3	(1) 1.9	(1) 1.9	1.9
Cases involving days away from work	0.9	(1) 0.8	(1) 0.9	0.9
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	1.3	(1) 1.1	(1) 1.0	1.0
Footnotes (1) Industry scope changed in 2009
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. The import price index reflects the percentage change in prices paid to foreign producers for their goods and services within the U.S.


Data series	Jan. 2013	Feb. 2013	Mar. 2013	Apr. 2013
Producer price index	(P) 125.5	(P) 125.4	(P) 126.9	(P) 127.1
Percent change from previous month	(P) 0.2%	(P) -0.1%	(P) 1.2%	(P) 0.2%
Import index	115.7	(R) 115.8	(R) 115.3	115.4
Percent change from previous month	-0.2%	(R) 0.1%	(R) -0.4%	(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


Data series	4th quarter 2011	1st quarter 2012	2nd quarter 2012	3rd quarter 2012
Number of establishments
Private industry	7,261	(P) 7,183	(P) 7,146	(P) 7,129
Local government
State government
Footnotes (P) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Productivity


Data series	2008	2009	2010	2011
Labor productivity index, output per hour	98.342	89.386	94.533	100.800
Percent change from previous year	-1.0	-9.1	5.8	6.6
Labor index, total labor hours	75.166	63.947	60.385	57.334
Percent change from previous year	-5.8	-14.9	-5.6	-5.1
Output index	73.919	57.160	57.084	57.793
Percent change from previous year	-6.8	-22.7	-0.1	1.2
Unit labor costs index	120.280	129.348	133.658	132.081
Percent change from previous year	1.0	7.5	3.3	-1.2