Amusement & Recreation

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

2.03M

2020

Average Employee Age

37.3

2020

Estimated Job Growth

10.1%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$31,141

2020

Average Male Salary

$35,936

2020

Average Female Salary

$25,791

2020

About

The top three occupations in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group are exercise trainers and group fitness instructors, other entertainment attendants and related workers, and other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group work 42.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $45,134. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.5 hours and earn an average annual salary of $12,075.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group are Disney-International Drive Region PUMA, FL, Polk County (Northeast) PUMA, FL, and New London County (North) PUMA, CT.

The workforce of Amusement & Recreation Industry Group in 2020 was 2,031,566 people, with 47.3% woman, and 52.7% men.

In 2020, 73.1% of the workforce in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group was White (1,485,021 people), of which 47.4% were women and 52.6% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group.

The workforce in Amusement & Recreation Industry Group was 2,031,566 people and is concentrated in California (275,798 workers). The average annual salary was $31,141, being $24,813 less than the national average salary, which was $55,954.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Leisure and Hospitality industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

6.53%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 15.9M people employed in the Leisure and Hospitality industry. This represents a 6.53% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Leisure and Hospitality over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2020 were California (276k), Florida (207k), and Texas (119k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Amusement & Recreation Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2020, Amusement & Recreation Industry Group had an average annual wage of $31,141, $24,813 less than the average national salary of $55,954.

The graph shows the position of Amusement & Recreation Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.52

WAGE GINI

Amusement & Recreation has a wage GINI of 0.52, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Amusement & Recreation (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Amusement & Recreation Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group.

Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors are the most common position with 152,796 workers, but the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other entertainment attendants and related workers and Other managers.

The highest average salary in Amusement & Recreation goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group according to occupations. In 2020, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were exercise trainers and group fitness instructors (152,796 people), other entertainment attendants and related workers (150,516 people), and other managers (122,997 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$35,936

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,139

$25,791

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$814

On average, Male workers in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group make 1.39 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group.

The Amusement & Recreation Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and New York stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Amusement & Recreation is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group is Professional and business services.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Amusement & Recreation is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Amusement & Recreation Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Amusement & Recreation is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
14,692
New York
10,476
Texas
9,798

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Amusement & Recreation industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 47.3% corresponds to women and 52.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $35,936 and $25,791.

73.4% of workers have a some college, high school or equivalent or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

960,192

Women

47.3%

1,071,374

Men

52.7%

The workforce of Amusement & Recreation industry in 2020 was 2,031,566 people, with 47.3% woman, and 52.7% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Amusement & Recreation industry.

Races

In 2020, 73.1% of the workforce in the Amusement & Recreation industry was White (1,485,021 people), of which 47.4% were women and 52.6% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Asian.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Amusement & Recreation workers in 2020 were some college (576,382 people), high school or equivalent (496,395 people), and bachelors degree (419,368 people).

The chart shows the Amusement & Recreation workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Amusements, gambling, and recreation industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Amusements, gambling, and recreation industry has a higher projected workforce growth at 10.1%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (25.1%) is higher than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Amusements, gambling, and recreation.

10.1%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Amusements, gambling, and recreation. This industry is expected to grow more than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.