Performing arts companies

Industry Group

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Workforce

132k

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

39.8

Estimated Job Growth

−14.8%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$49,947

Average Male Salary

$58,922

Average Female Salary

$58,879

About

The top three occupations in the Performing arts companies Industry Group are Musicians and singers, Other managers, Artists & related workers, Actors, and Producers & directors. On average, full-time employees in the Performing arts companies Industry Group work 45.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $66,199. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $22,867.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Performing arts companies Industry Group are Upper West Side & West Side PUMA, NY, LA City (East Central/Hollywood) PUMA, CA, and Washington Heights, Inwood & Marble Hill PUMA, NY. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Performing arts companies.

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Performing arts companies Industry Group. Musicians and singers are the most common position, but the Performing arts companies Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Musicians and singers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Performing arts companies goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

−7.87%

Year-over-year decline

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 8.2k people employed in the Performing Arts Companies industry. This represents a −7.87% decrease in employment when compared to May 2020.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Performing Arts Companies over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Occupations by Share

132k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 127k

2.06%

1 Year Growth

± 9.61%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 132k people employed in the Performing arts companies Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Performing arts companies Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 2.06%, , from 124k people in 2019 to 127k people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Performing arts companies by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Musicians and singers represent the largest share of positions held in Performing arts companies at 13.3%, followed by Other managers with 9.47% and Artists & related workers with 4.55%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Performing arts companies Industry Group, by number of employees, are Musicians and singers, Other managers, Artists & related workers, Actors, and Producers & directors.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Performing arts companies employs an unusually high number of Musicians and singers, Dancers & choreographers, and Music directors and composers.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Performing arts companies, by average wage, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Chief executives & legislators, and Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel.

Average Salary

$49,947

AVERAGE WAGE

± $4,932

On average, employees in the Performing arts companies Industry Group make $49,947 per year. This number makes Performing arts companies the 171 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Performing arts companies Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.543

WAGE GINI

Performing arts companies has a wage GINI of 0.543, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Performing arts companies (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Performing arts companies Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Performing arts companies Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Performing arts companies Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Performing arts companies Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $58,922 and $58,879. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

59.7k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±6k

67k

MALE WORKFORCE

±6.35k

52.9% of workers in the Performing arts companies Industry Group are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Performing arts companies Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$58,922

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$7,975

$58,879

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$8,060

On average, Male workers in the Performing arts companies Industry Group make 1 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Performing arts companies Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

White
Asian
Black

On average, White employees in the Performing arts companies Industry Group earn 1.05 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 Performing arts companies Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Performing arts companies 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. Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Performing arts companies Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Performing arts companies 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.

Industrial Flow

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

Intermediate Inputs

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Performing arts companies 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 Performing arts companies 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 Performing arts companies Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Performing arts companies Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Projections

Growth projections of the Performing arts companies 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 Performing arts companies industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −14.8%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (21.9%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

−14.8%

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 Performing arts companies. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.