Electric power generation, transmission & distribution

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

691k

2020

Average Employee Age

44.2

2020

Estimated Job Growth

−8.69%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$92,860

2020

Average Male Salary

$97,524

2020

Average Female Salary

$76,972

2020

About

The top three occupations in the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group are electrical powerline installers & repairers, other managers, and power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers. On average, full-time employees in the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group work 44.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $94,735. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20 hours and earn an average annual salary of $35,628.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group are Oswego County PUMA, NY, Soddy-Daisy City PUMA, TN, and Bismarck City PUMA, ND.

The workforce of Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group in 2020 was 690,918 people, with 22.7% woman, and 77.3% men.

In 2020, 81% of the workforce in the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group was White (559,800 people), of which 21% were women and 79% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group.

The workforce in Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group was 690,918 people and is concentrated in Texas (61,382 workers). The average annual salary was $92,860, being $36,906 more than the national average salary, which was $55,954.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

3.88%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 8.27M people employed in the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry. This represents a 3.88% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Mining, Logging, and Construction over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2020 were Texas (61.4k), California (45.1k), and Florida (41k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2020, Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group had an average annual wage of $92,860, $36,906 more than the average national salary of $55,954.

The graph shows the position of Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.321

WAGE GINI

Electric power generation, transmission & distribution has a wage GINI of 0.321, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Electric power generation, transmission & distribution (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 Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group.

Electrical powerline installers & repairers are the most common position with 86,847 workers, but the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other managers and Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers.

The highest average salary in Electric power generation, transmission & distribution goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group according to occupations. In 2020, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were electrical powerline installers & repairers (86,847 people), other managers (40,634 people), and power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers (39,436 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$97,524

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,179

$76,972

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,527

On average, Male workers in the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group make 1.27 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution 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 Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group.

The Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Texas and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Electric power generation, transmission & distribution is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution 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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Electric power generation, transmission & distribution is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Electric power generation, transmission & distribution is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

Texas
1,972
California
1,110
Georgia
998

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 22.7% corresponds to women and 77.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $97,524 and $76,972.

72.6% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or high school or equivalent.

Gender and Age

156,805

Women

22.7%

534,113

Men

77.3%

The workforce of Electric power generation, transmission & distribution industry in 2020 was 690,918 people, with 22.7% woman, and 77.3% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Electric power generation, transmission & distribution industry.

Races

In 2020, 81% of the workforce in the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution industry was White (559,800 people), of which 21% were women and 79% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution workers in 2020 were bachelors degree (177,601 people), some college (164,500 people), and high school or equivalent (159,487 people).

The chart shows the Electric power generation, transmission & distribution workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Power generation and supply 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 Power generation and supply industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −8.69%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (18.3%) is lower 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 Power generation and supply.

−8.69%

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 Power generation and supply. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.