Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

1.16M

2020

Average Employee Age

43.6

2020

Estimated Job Growth

0.616%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$144,145

2020

Average Male Salary

$178,416

2020

Average Female Salary

$95,026

2020

About

The top three occupations in the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group are personal financial advisors, securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, and financial managers. On average, full-time employees in the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group work 45.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $151,343. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $59,109.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group are Battery Park City, Greenwich Village & Soho PUMA, NY, Chelsea, Clinton & Midtown Business District PUMA, NY, and Murray Hill, Gramercy & Stuyvesant Town PUMA, NY.

The workforce of Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group in 2020 was 1,156,831 people, with 41.1% woman, and 58.9% men.

In 2020, 78.4% of the workforce in the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group was White (907,173 people), of which 39.8% were women and 60.2% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group.

The workforce in Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group was 1,156,831 people and is concentrated in New York (144,669 workers). The average annual salary was $144,145, being $88,191 more than the national average salary, which was $55,954.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Financial Activities industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

1.64%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.01M people employed in the Financial Activities industry. This represents a 1.64% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2020 were New York (145k), California (125k), and Texas (85.8k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2020, Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group had an average annual wage of $144,145, $88,191 more than the average national salary of $55,954.

The graph shows the position of Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.475

WAGE GINI

Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments has a wage GINI of 0.475, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments (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 Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group.

Personal financial advisors are the most common position with 214,055 workers, but the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents and Financial managers.

The highest average salary in Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments goes to Electrical & electronics engineers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group according to occupations. In 2020, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were personal financial advisors (214,055 people), securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents (121,339 people), and financial managers (71,218 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$178,416

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$5,171

$95,026

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,709

On average, Male workers in the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group make 1.88 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments 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 Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group.

The Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing Industry.

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments is from Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing.

Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group is Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing.

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 Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments is from Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments is from Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
102,550
Texas
81,298
Florida
65,430

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 41.1% corresponds to women and 58.9% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $178,416 and $95,026.

87.7% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

Gender and Age

475,431

Women

41.1%

681,400

Men

58.9%

The workforce of Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments industry in 2020 was 1,156,831 people, with 41.1% woman, and 58.9% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments industry.

Races

In 2020, 78.4% of the workforce in the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments industry was White (907,173 people), of which 39.8% were women and 60.2% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments workers in 2020 were bachelors degree (575,125 people), graduate degree (295,933 people), and some college (143,045 people).

The chart shows the Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Finance and Insurance and Real Estate and Rental and Leasing 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 Finance and Insurance and Real Estate and Rental and Leasing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 0.616%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (17.4%) 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 Finance and Insurance and Real Estate and Rental and Leasing.

0.616%

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 Finance and Insurance and Real Estate and Rental and Leasing. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.

Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Finance and Insurance and Real Estate and Rental and Leasing.

17.4%

Estimate Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Finance and Insurance and Real Estate and Rental and Leasing industry.