Employment services

Industry Group

Add Comparison
Workforce Population
942k
2020
Average Employee Age
40.8
2020
Estimated Job Growth
−0.487%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$47,548
2020
Average Male Salary
$52,323
2020
Average Female Salary
$43,553
2020

About

The top three occupations in the Employment services Industry Group are human resources workers, laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, and other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Employment services Industry Group work 42.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $54,078. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $18,655.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Employment services Industry Group are Milwaukee City (Central) PUMA, WI, New Brunswick City, South River & Highland Park Boroughs PUMA, NJ, and Milwaukee City (South Central) PUMA, WI.

The workforce of Employment services Industry Group in 2020 was 941,940 people, with 54.4% woman, and 45.6% men.

In 2020, 60.4% of the workforce in the Employment services Industry Group was White (569,381 people), of which 55.1% were women and 44.9% men.

Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management ServicesAdministrative, support & waste management services

dollarEmployment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Employment services Industry Group.

The workforce in Employment services Industry Group was 941,940 people and is concentrated in California (116,140 workers). The average annual salary was $47,548, being $8,406 less than the national average salary, which was $55,954.

Monthly Employment

Start Year
Y-Axis
−5.02%
Year-over-year decline
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 3.37M people employed in the Employment Services industry. This represents a −5.02% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2020 were California (116k), Texas (84.9k), and Florida (63.9k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Employment services Industry Group.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2020, Employment services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $47,548, $8,406 less than the average national salary of $55,954.

The graph shows the position of Employment services Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Wage Distribution

0.505
WAGE GINI

Employment services has a wage GINI of 0.505, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Employment services (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 Employment services Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

View Data
Save Image

peopleOccupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Employment services Industry Group.

Human resources workers are the most common position with 128,493 workers, but the Employment services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand and Other managers.

The highest average salary in Employment services goes to Physicians.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Employment services Industry Group according to occupations. In 2020, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were human resources workers (128,493 people), laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand (69,778 people), and other managers (43,454 people)

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$52,323
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$2,671
$43,553
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$1,700

On average, Male workers in the Employment services Industry Group make 1.2 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Employment services Industry Group.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

briefcaseBusiness

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Employment services 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 Employment services Industry Group.

The Employment services 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 Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Employment services Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Employment services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

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

View Data
Save Image

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Employment services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Employment services 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.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Employment services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.
LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Wholesale trade
  3. Information

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

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016
  1. California
    11,824
  2. Texas
    9,176
  3. Florida
    6,658

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Employment services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

View Data
Save Image
View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

geosearchDiversity

Demographic information on the Employment services Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 54.4% corresponds to women and 45.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $52,323 and $43,553.

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

Gender and Age

512,873
Women
54.4%
429,067
Men
45.6%

The workforce of Employment services industry in 2020 was 941,940 people, with 54.4% woman, and 45.6% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Employment services industry.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Races

In 2020, 60.4% of the workforce in the Employment services industry was White (569,381 people), of which 55.1% were women and 44.9% men.

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

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Employment services workers in 2020 were bachelors degree (261,745 people), high school or equivalent (214,934 people), and some college (207,564 people).

The chart shows the Employment services workforce by gender and educational level.

View Data
Save Image
Add Data to Cart

timeline-line-chartProjections

Growth projections of the Employment services 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 Employment services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −0.487%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (27.5%) is higher than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

−0.487%
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 Employment services. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.

View Data
Save Image

Output Growth

27.5%
Estimate Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Employment services industry.

View Data
Save Image