Business, professional, political, & similar organizations

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Workforce Population

175k

2021

Average Employee Age

45.3

2021

Average Salary

$81,014

2021

Average Male Salary

$99,810

2021

Average Female Salary

$69,661

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group are social & community service managers, other managers, and chief executives & legislators. On average, full-time employees in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group work 43.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $91,778. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $22,351.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group are District of Columbia (Northeast) PUMA, DC, District of Columbia (West) PUMA, DC, and District of Columbia (Central) PUMA, DC.

The workforce of Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group in 2021 was 174,548 people, with 62.3% woman, and 37.7% men.

In 2021, 79.2% of the workforce in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group was White (138,217 people), of which 62.3% were women and 37.7% men.

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Other Services, Except Public Administration

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group.

The workforce in Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group was 174,548 people and is concentrated in California (14,470 workers). The average annual salary was $81,014, being $21,418 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Other Services industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

3.81%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 5.79M people employed in the Other Services industry. This represents a 3.81% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Other Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (14.5k), Virginia (14.1k), and Illinois (12.3k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group had an average annual wage of $81,014, $21,418 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.439

WAGE GINI

Business, professional, political, & similar organizations has a wage GINI of 0.439, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Business, professional, political, & similar organizations (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 Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group.

Social & community service managers are the most common position with 28,076 workers, but the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other managers and Chief executives & legislators.

The highest average salary in Business, professional, political, & similar organizations goes to Ship & boat captains & operators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were social & community service managers (28,076 people), other managers (11,337 people), and chief executives & legislators (9,607 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$99,810

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$9,651

$69,661

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$4,960

On average, Male workers in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group make 1.43 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations 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 Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group.

The Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

New York and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Business, professional, political, & similar organizations is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations 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 Business, professional, political, & similar organizations is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Business, professional, political, & similar organizations is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

New York
14,800
California
10,058
Florida
9,100

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 62.3% corresponds to women and 37.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $99,810 and $69,661.

80.9% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

Gender and Age

108,825

Women

62.3%

65,723

Men

37.7%

The workforce of Business, professional, political, & similar organizations industry in 2021 was 174,548 people, with 62.3% woman, and 37.7% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Business, professional, political, & similar organizations industry.

Races

In 2021, 79.2% of the workforce in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations industry was White (138,217 people), of which 62.3% were women and 37.7% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations workers in 2021 were bachelors degree (71,526 people), graduate degree (43,313 people), and some college (26,406 people).

The chart shows the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations workforce by gender and educational level.