Animal production & aquaculture

Industry Group

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Workforce
750k
2019 BLS Estimate
Average Employee Age
41.3
Estimated Job Growth
−13.8%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$37,143
Average Male Salary
$40,092
Average Female Salary
$38,660

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The top three occupations in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group are Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders, Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers, Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, and Nonfarm animal caretakers. On average, full-time employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group work 51.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $41,676. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $16,057.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group are North Central & Northwest Nebraska PUMA, NE, Panhandle Regional Planning Commission (Outside Potter & Randall Counties) PUMA, TX, and Lakota Region PUMA, SD. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Animal production & aquaculture.

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A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group. Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders are the most common position, but the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, compared to other industries. 

The highest average salary in Animal production & aquaculture goes to Dietitians & nutritionists.

Monthly Employment

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4.73%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 7.99M people employed in the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry. This represents a 4.73% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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Occupations by Share

750k
Workforce (BLS Estimate)
ACS Estimate: 395k
−1.37%
1 Year Growth
± 5.57%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 750k people employed in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −1.37%, , from 400k people in 2019 to 395k people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Animal production & aquaculture by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders represent the largest share of positions held in Animal production & aquaculture at 53.3%, followed by Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers with 25% and Firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers with 2.49%.

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Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Animal production & aquaculture, by average wage, are Dietitians & nutritionists, Veterinarians, and Transportation, storage, & distribution managers.

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Average Salary

$37,143
AVERAGE WAGE
± $1,712

On average, employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group make $37,143 per year. This number makes Animal production & aquaculture the 225 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

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Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

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Wage Distribution

0.443
WAGE GINI

Animal production & aquaculture has a wage GINI of 0.443, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Animal production & aquaculture (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Spatial Concentration

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

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Demographic information on the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $40,092 and $38,660. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

92.9k
FEMALE WORKFORCE
±7.48k
302k
MALE WORKFORCE
±13.5k

76.5% of workers in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$40,092
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$2,068
$38,660
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$2,011

On average, Male workers in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group make 1.04 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

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Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY
  1. Asian
  2. American Indian and Alaska Native tribes specified; or American Indian or Alaska Native, not specified and no other races
  3. White

On average, Asian employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group earn 1.26 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

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Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Animal production & aquaculture 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. Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group is Manufacturing.

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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Animal production & aquaculture is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.
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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Animal production & aquaculture is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

The Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Animal production & aquaculture is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

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

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Growth projections of the Animal production and aquaculture 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 Animal production and aquaculture industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −13.8%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (17.5%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Animal production and aquaculture .
−13.8%
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 Animal production and aquaculture . This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Animal production and aquaculture .
17.5%
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10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Animal production and aquaculture industry.

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