Work and Jobs in Shaler Township, Pennsylvania (PA) Detailed Stats
Occupations, Industries, Unemployment, Workers, Commute
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The most common industries in Shaler Township are: Health care (15.2% of civilian employees), Finance & insurance (8.5% of civilian employees), Professional, scientific, technical services (7.2% of civilian employees). 71.4% of workers are employees of private companies, which is 2.3% greater than the rate of 69.7% across the entire state of Pennsylvania.
Most common industries
Most common industries | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Industry | All | Males | Females |
| Health care | 15.2% (2,244) | 7.9% (599) | 23.1% (1,645) |
| Finance and insurance | 8.5% (1,244) | 6.0% (459) | 11.0% (785) |
| Professional, scientific, and technical services | 7.2% (1,053) | 7.8% (590) | 6.5% (463) |
| Educational services | 6.7% (988) | 4.9% (370) | 8.7% (618) |
| Construction | 5.8% (851) | 10.0% (764) | 1.2% (87) |
| Accommodation and food services | 5.6% (831) | 4.3% (326) | 7.1% (505) |
| Department and other general merchandise stores | 2.7% (395) | 2.2% (166) | 3.2% (229) |
| Administrative and support and waste management services | 2.7% (393) | 2.9% (224) | 2.4% (169) |
| Food and beverage stores | 2.5% (365) | 1.6% (121) | 3.4% (244) |
| Public administration | 2.4% (353) | 3.0% (231) | 1.7% (122) |
| Personal and laundry services | 2.3% (335) | 1.4% (110) | 3.2% (225) |
| Motor vehicle and parts dealers | 1.9% (281) | 3.1% (235) | 0.6% (46) |
| Religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations | 1.8% (264) | 1.0% (73) | 2.7% (191) |
| U. S. Postal service | 1.8% (260) | 2.4% (185) | 1.1% (75) |
| Utilities | 1.4% (212) | 2.2% (165) | 0.7% (47) |
| Metal and metal products | 1.4% (210) | 2.3% (178) | 0.5% (32) |
| Repair and maintenance | 1.3% (192) | 2.4% (182) | 0.1% (10) |
| Other transportation, and support activities, and couriers | 1.3% (190) | 1.7% (130) | 0.8% (60) |
| Social assistance | 1.3% (186) | 0.7% (53) | 1.9% (133) |
| Miscellaneous manufacturing | 1.2% (178) | 1.3% (97) | 1.1% (81) |
| Arts, entertainment, and recreation | 1.2% (177) | 1.7% (133) | 0.6% (44) |
| Broadcasting and telecommunications | 1.0% (154) | 1.5% (116) | 0.5% (38) |
| Real estate and rental and leasing | 1.0% (153) | 0.9% (70) | 1.2% (83) |
| Pharmacies and drug stores | 1.0% (153) | 0.9% (65) | 1.2% (88) |
| Food | 1.0% (151) | 1.5% (116) | 0.5% (35) |
| Radio, TV, and computer stores | 1.0% (144) | 1.5% (112) | 0.5% (32) |
| Printing and related support activities | 1.0% (141) | 1.4% (103) | 0.5% (38) |
| Clothing and accessories, including shoe, stores | 0.9% (137) | 0.1% (6) | 1.8% (131) |
| Groceries and related products merchant wholesalers | 0.9% (129) | 1.1% (84) | 0.6% (45) |
| Nonmetallic mineral products | 0.8% (123) | 1.4% (107) | 0.2% (16) |
| Machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.8% (121) | 1.4% (103) | 0.3% (18) |
| Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers | 0.8% (116) | 1.0% (75) | 0.6% (41) |
| Computer and electronic products | 0.7% (98) | 1.0% (75) | 0.3% (23) |
| Publishing, and motion picture and sound recording industries | 0.7% (98) | 1.1% (86) | 0.2% (12) |
| Data processing, libraries, and other information services | 0.6% (94) | 0.5% (39) | 0.8% (55) |
| Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.6% (92) | 0.7% (51) | 0.6% (41) |
| Machinery | 0.6% (90) | 1.0% (76) | 0.2% (14) |
| Other direct selling establishments | 0.6% (87) | 0.7% (54) | 0.5% (33) |
| Furniture and home furnishings, and household appliance stores | 0.5% (80) | 0.5% (38) | 0.6% (42) |
| Chemicals | 0.5% (78) | 0.8% (58) | 0.3% (20) |
| Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores | 0.5% (77) | 0.3% (20) | 0.8% (57) |
| Truck transportation | 0.5% (67) | 0.9% (67) | 0.0% (0) |
| Sporting goods, camera, and hobby and toy stores | 0.4% (61) | 0.3% (25) | 0.5% (36) |
| Private households | 0.4% (59) | 0.0% (0) | 0.8% (59) |
| Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (58) | 0.6% (49) | 0.1% (9) |
| Air transportation | 0.4% (54) | 0.5% (39) | 0.2% (15) |
| Management of companies and enterprises | 0.4% (52) | 0.2% (15) | 0.5% (37) |
| Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers | 0.4% (52) | 0.7% (52) | 0.0% (0) |
| Hardware, plumbing and heating equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (49) | 0.5% (41) | 0.1% (8) |
| Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (48) | 0.3% (22) | 0.4% (26) |
| Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (48) | 0.4% (32) | 0.2% (16) |
| Electronic shopping and mail-order houses | 0.3% (47) | 0.0% (0) | 0.7% (47) |
| Drugs, sundries, and chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers | 0.3% (46) | 0.4% (32) | 0.2% (14) |
| Electrical equipment, appliances, and components | 0.3% (43) | 0.6% (43) | 0.0% (0) |
| Gasoline stations | 0.3% (37) | 0.2% (16) | 0.3% (21) |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting | 0.2% (35) | 0.5% (35) | 0.0% (0) |
| Retail florists | 0.2% (34) | 0.2% (16) | 0.3% (18) |
| Beverage and tobacco products | 0.2% (33) | 0.4% (33) | 0.0% (0) |
| Music stores | 0.2% (32) | 0.4% (32) | 0.0% (0) |
| Transportation equipment | 0.2% (30) | 0.4% (30) | 0.0% (0) |
| Motor vehicles, parts and supplies merchant wholesalers | 0.2% (27) | 0.2% (12) | 0.2% (15) |
| Paper | 0.2% (27) | 0.4% (27) | 0.0% (0) |
| Health and personal care, except drug, stores | 0.2% (26) | 0.3% (20) | 0.1% (6) |
| Office supplies and stationery stores | 0.2% (23) | 0.2% (15) | 0.1% (8) |
| Rail transportation | 0.1% (22) | 0.1% (9) | 0.2% (13) |
| Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (21) | 0.1% (11) | 0.1% (10) |
| Warehousing and storage | 0.1% (21) | 0.2% (14) | 0.1% (7) |
| Furniture and related product manufacturing | 0.1% (19) | 0.2% (19) | 0.0% (0) |
| Apparel | 0.1% (17) | 0.0% (0) | 0.2% (17) |
| Paper and paper products merchant wholesalers | 0.1% (15) | 0.2% (15) | 0.0% (0) |
| Wood products | 0.1% (15) | 0.2% (15) | 0.0% (0) |
Unemployment in Shaler Township
- Unemployment by race in 2000
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 4.9%Males
- 3.7%Females
- Unemployment rate for Black residents
- 12.5%Females
- Unemployment rate for Asian residents
- 10.7%Females
- Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
- 10.5%Males
Time leaving home to go to work
<5am:
| Shaler Township: | 1.5% (220) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.1% (172,304) |
5:30am:
| Shaler Township: | 1.8% (258) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.7% (150,168) |
6am:
| Shaler Township: | 3.1% (452) |
| Pennsylvania: | 4.4% (245,004) |
6:30am:
| Shaler Township: | 9.3% (1,356) |
| Pennsylvania: | 8.6% (478,636) |
7am:
| Shaler Township: | 12.1% (1,760) |
| Pennsylvania: | 10.8% (599,808) |
7:30am:
| Shaler Township: | 16.8% (2,438) |
| Pennsylvania: | 13.7% (759,372) |
8am:
| Shaler Township: | 15.5% (2,254) |
| Pennsylvania: | 14.9% (826,968) |
8:30am:
| Shaler Township: | 12.6% (1,824) |
| Pennsylvania: | 10.6% (588,440) |
9am:
| Shaler Township: | 6.3% (908) |
| Pennsylvania: | 5.5% (304,765) |
10am:
| Shaler Township: | 4.5% (651) |
| Pennsylvania: | 5.1% (280,812) |
11am:
| Shaler Township: | 1.9% (282) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.1% (114,676) |
12pm:
| Shaler Township: | 0.6% (82) |
| Pennsylvania: | 1.0% (57,867) |
4pm:
| Shaler Township: | 5.2% (753) |
| Pennsylvania: | 7.3% (404,775) |
>4pm:
| Shaler Township: | 6.7% (977) |
| Pennsylvania: | 7.3% (408,070) |
Travel time to work
Daytime population change due to commuting: -8,209 (-27.6%)
Workers who live and work in this place: 1,822 (12.5%)
Workers who live and work in this place: 1,822 (12.5%)
Less than 5 minutes:
| Shaler Township: | 1.9% (280) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.5% (196,492) |
5 to 9 minutes:
| Shaler Township: | 6.9% (999) |
| Pennsylvania: | 11.1% (615,919) |
10 to 14 minutes:
| Shaler Township: | 12.6% (1,826) |
| Pennsylvania: | 14.9% (825,199) |
15 to 19 minutes:
| Shaler Township: | 17.2% (2,505) |
| Pennsylvania: | 15.0% (836,006) |
20 to 24 minutes:
| Shaler Township: | 21.5% (3,126) |
| Pennsylvania: | 14.1% (782,790) |
25 to 29 minutes:
| Shaler Township: | 7.7% (1,117) |
| Pennsylvania: | 5.9% (327,459) |
30 to 34 minutes:
| Shaler Township: | 14.8% (2,147) |
| Pennsylvania: | 11.8% (655,811) |
35 to 39 minutes:
| Shaler Township: | 2.4% (355) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.7% (148,906) |
40 to 44 minutes:
| Shaler Township: | 3.7% (539) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.4% (187,483) |
45 to 59 minutes:
| Shaler Township: | 5.8% (841) |
| Pennsylvania: | 7.3% (407,516) |
60 to 89 minutes:
| Shaler Township: | 2.3% (334) |
| Pennsylvania: | 4.8% (265,759) |
90 or more minutes:
| Shaler Township: | 1.0% (146) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.6% (142,325) |
Means of transportation to work
Drove car alone:
| Shaler Township: | 84.2% (12,235) |
| Pennsylvania: | 76.5% (4,247,836) |
Carpooled:
| Shaler Township: | 8.1% (1,177) |
| Pennsylvania: | 10.4% (577,364) |
Bus or trolley bus:
| Shaler Township: | 3.9% (568) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.6% (198,036) |
Bicycle:
| Shaler Township: | 0.2% (25) |
| Pennsylvania: | 0.3% (14,001) |
Walked:
| Shaler Township: | 0.9% (132) |
| Pennsylvania: | 4.1% (229,725) |
Other means:
| Shaler Township: | 0.5% (78) |
| Pennsylvania: | 0.5% (29,805) |
Private vehicle occupancy
Drove alone:
| Shaler Township: | 91.2% (12,235) |
| Pennsylvania: | 88.0% (4,247,836) |
In 2 person carpool:
| Shaler Township: | 7.8% (1,041) |
| Pennsylvania: | 9.7% (470,174) |
In 3 person carpool:
| Shaler Township: | 0.8% (101) |
| Pennsylvania: | 1.4% (67,610) |
In 4 person carpool:
| Shaler Township: | 0.1% (18) |
| Pennsylvania: | 0.5% (22,718) |
In 5-6 person carpool:
| Shaler Township: | 0.1% (12) |
| Pennsylvania: | 0.2% (9,833) |
In 7+ person carpool:
| Shaler Township: | 0.0% (5) |
| Pennsylvania: | 0.1% (7,029) |
Class of workers
Employee of private company:
| Shaler Township: | 71.4% (10,504) |
| Pennsylvania: | 69.7% (3,942,119) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business:
| Shaler Township: | 2.4% (348) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.4% (134,871) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers:
| Shaler Township: | 12.2% (1,803) |
| Pennsylvania: | 10.3% (580,382) |
Local government workers:
| Shaler Township: | 5.3% (786) |
| Pennsylvania: | 5.8% (326,222) |
State government workers:
| Shaler Township: | 1.0% (146) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.2% (182,232) |
Federal government workers:
| Shaler Township: | 3.0% (438) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.3% (130,634) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business:
| Shaler Township: | 4.5% (669) |
| Pennsylvania: | 6.0% (339,631) |
Unpaid family workers:
| Shaler Township: | 0.2% (26) |
| Pennsylvania: | 0.3% (17,409) |
Employee of private company - Males:
| Shaler Township: | 73.5% (5,595) |
| Pennsylvania: | 72.1% (2,157,103) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Males:
| Shaler Township: | 3.1% (235) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.4% (103,200) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Males:
| Shaler Township: | 7.7% (588) |
| Pennsylvania: | 6.3% (187,590) |
Local government workers - Males:
| Shaler Township: | 4.4% (334) |
| Pennsylvania: | 4.8% (143,607) |
State government workers - Males:
| Shaler Township: | 1.3% (98) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.1% (91,922) |
Federal government workers - Males:
| Shaler Township: | 3.9% (295) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.5% (73,391) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Males:
| Shaler Township: | 5.9% (446) |
| Pennsylvania: | 7.6% (228,618) |
Unpaid family workers - Males:
| Shaler Township: | 0.2% (18) |
| Pennsylvania: | 0.2% (7,349) |
Employee of private company - Females:
| Shaler Township: | 69.0% (4,909) |
| Pennsylvania: | 67.1% (1,785,016) |
Self-employed in own incorporated business - Females:
| Shaler Township: | 1.6% (113) |
| Pennsylvania: | 1.2% (31,671) |
Private not-for-profit wage and salary workers - Females:
| Shaler Township: | 17.1% (1,215) |
| Pennsylvania: | 14.8% (392,792) |
Local government workers - Females:
| Shaler Township: | 6.4% (452) |
| Pennsylvania: | 6.9% (182,615) |
State government workers - Females:
| Shaler Township: | 0.7% (48) |
| Pennsylvania: | 3.4% (90,310) |
Federal government workers - Females:
| Shaler Township: | 2.0% (143) |
| Pennsylvania: | 2.2% (57,243) |
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business - Females:
| Shaler Township: | 3.1% (223) |
| Pennsylvania: | 4.2% (111,013) |
Unpaid family workers - Females:
| Shaler Township: | 0.1% (8) |
| Pennsylvania: | 0.4% (10,060) |