Religious organizations

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

1.12M

2021

Average Employee Age

2021

Estimated Job Growth

0.168%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$37,096

2021

Average Male Salary

$46,334

2021

Average Female Salary

$27,343

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Religious organizations Industry Group are clergy, secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive, and religious workers, all other. On average, full-time employees in the Religious organizations Industry Group work 44.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $52,039. Part-time employees in the same industry work 17.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $15,558.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Religious organizations Industry Group are Spring Valley, Suffern Villages & Monsey PUMA, NY, Cape Girardeau, Scott & Bollinger Counties PUMA, MO, and Alamo Area COG (Northwest) & Blanco County PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Religious organizations Industry Group in 2021 was 1,123,916 people, with 48.6% woman, and 51.4% men.

In 2021, 78.7% of the workforce in the Religious organizations Industry Group was White (884,699 people), of which 50.5% were women and 49.5% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Religious organizations Industry Group.

The workforce in Religious organizations Industry Group was 1,123,916 people and is concentrated in Texas (109,770 workers). The average annual salary was $37,096, being $22,500 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

1.19%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 102k people employed in the Religious Organizations industry. This represents a 1.19% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were Texas (110k), California (97.7k), and Florida (67.6k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Religious organizations Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Religious organizations Industry Group had an average annual wage of $37,096, $22,500 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

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

Wage Distribution

0.444

WAGE GINI

Religious organizations has a wage GINI of 0.444, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Religious 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 Religious organizations Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Religious organizations Industry Group.

Clergy are the most common position with 416,548 workers, but the Religious organizations Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive and Religious workers, all other.

The highest average salary in Religious organizations goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Religious organizations Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were clergy (416,548 people), secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive (107,946 people), and religious workers, all other (75,165 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$46,334

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,264

$27,343

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$974

On average, Male workers in the Religious organizations Industry Group make 1.69 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Religious organizations Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Religious 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 Religious organizations Industry Group.

The Religious organizations Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Religious organizations is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Religious organizations Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 48.6% corresponds to women and 51.4% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $46,334 and $27,343.

74.1% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

Gender and Age

546,715

Women

48.6%

577,201

Men

51.4%

The workforce of Religious organizations industry in 2021 was 1,123,916 people, with 48.6% woman, and 51.4% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Religious organizations industry.

Races

In 2021, 78.7% of the workforce in the Religious organizations industry was White (884,699 people), of which 50.5% were women and 49.5% 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 Religious organizations workers in 2021 were bachelors degree (316,311 people), graduate degree (307,068 people), and some college (209,635 people).

The chart shows the Religious organizations workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Religious organizations 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 Religious organizations industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 0.168%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (13.9%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

0.168%

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 Religious organizations. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.