Veterinary services

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The top three occupations in the Veterinary services Industry Group are veterinary technologists and technicians, veterinarians, and veterinary assistants & laboratory animal caretakers. On average, full-time employees in the Veterinary services Industry Group work 42.7 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $54,566. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23 hours and earn an average annual salary of $22,417.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Veterinary services Industry Group are Jefferson (West), Boulder (West), Clear Creek & Gilpin Counties PUMA, CO, Alachua County (Outer) PUMA, FL, and Apache Junction City PUMA, AZ.

The workforce of Veterinary services Industry Group in 2020 was 396,046 people, with 82.5% woman, and 17.5% men.

In 2020, 86.5% of the workforce in the Veterinary services Industry Group was White (342,715 people), of which 83.2% were women and 16.8% men.

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Employment & Salaries

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

The workforce in Veterinary services Industry Group was 396,046 people and is concentrated in California (41,473 workers). The average annual salary was $45,936, being $10,018 less than the national average salary, which was $55,954.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Professional and Business Services industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

2.24%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 22.8M people employed in the Professional and Business Services industry. This represents a 2.24% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2020 were California (41.5k), Texas (29.7k), and Florida (27.8k).

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

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2020, Veterinary services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $45,936, $10,018 less than the average national salary of $55,954.

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

Wage Distribution

0.485

WAGE GINI

Veterinary services has a wage GINI of 0.485, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Veterinary 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 Veterinary services Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

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

Veterinary technologists and technicians are the most common position with 82,591 workers, but the Veterinary services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Veterinarians and Veterinary assistants & laboratory animal caretakers.

The highest average salary in Veterinary services goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Veterinary services Industry Group according to occupations. In 2020, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were veterinary technologists and technicians (82,591 people), veterinarians (75,682 people), and veterinary assistants & laboratory animal caretakers (56,017 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$76,031

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$8,401

$39,550

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,822

On average, Male workers in the Veterinary services Industry Group make 1.92 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Veterinary services Industry Group.

Business

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

The Veterinary 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 Veterinary services Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

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

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

Intermediate Inputs

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Veterinary 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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

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

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
6,074
Texas
4,872
Florida
4,568

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

Diversity

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

Of the total workforce, 82.5% corresponds to women and 17.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $76,031 and $39,550.

64% of workers have a some college, graduate degree or high school or equivalent.

Gender and Age

326,711

Women

82.5%

69,335

Men

17.5%

The workforce of Veterinary services industry in 2020 was 396,046 people, with 82.5% woman, and 17.5% men.

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

Races

In 2020, 86.5% of the workforce in the Veterinary services industry was White (342,715 people), of which 83.2% were women and 16.8% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races and Black.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Veterinary services workers in 2020 were some college (93,777 people), graduate degree (91,139 people), and high school or equivalent (68,415 people).

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

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