Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations

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2020 Workforce

2.62M

Average Age

40.2

Average Salary

$57,403

Average Male Salary

$65,160

Average Female Salary

$49,295

About

Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations are most often employed by the Specialized design services industry. The average yearly wage for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations was $57,403 in 2020.

The locations that employ the most Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations are LA City (East Central/Hollywood) PUMA, CA, LA City (Central/Pacific Palisades) PUMA, CA, and Greenpoint & Williamsburg PUMA, NY. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations are West Hollywood & Beverly Hills Cities PUMA, CA, LA City (Central/Pacific Palisades) PUMA, CA, and Park Slope, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook PUMA, NY.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workforce. Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workforce in 2020 was 2,619,321 people, of which 48.9% were women and 51.1% were men. Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations are paid most in North Hempstead Town (North) PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in West Hollywood & Beverly Hills Cities PUMA, CA.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

1,338,577

Male Workforce

± 28.3k

1,280,744

Female Workforce

± 27.7k

The Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workforce in 2020 was 2,619,321 people (48.9% women and 51.1% men). This implies an average annual growth of 17% between 2014 (2,237,823) and 2020 (2,619,321).

Employment by Location

Level

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations.

During 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($89,728), California ($74,843), and New York ($73,921).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$57,403

AVERAGE WAGE

#8 in the ranking (2020)

$55,954

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2020, Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations earned an average of $57,403, $1,449 more than the average national salary of $55,954

The graph shows the ranking of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations in relation to all Broad Occupation in 2020.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.475

WAGE GINI

In 2020, Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.475, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations and on wages for those in the field. Specialized design services is the industry that employs the most Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations, by average wage, is Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing ($127,018).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

2.62M

2020 Workforce

± 39,382

1.51%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 2.1%

This graphic shows the share of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations employed by various industries. Specialized design services employs the largest share of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations at 36.4%, followed by Motion pictures & video industries with 32.9% and Broadcasting (except internet) with 30.7%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations in the US. The workforce of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations in 2020 was 2,619,321 people, with 48.9% woman, and 51.1% men. The average age of male Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations in the workforce is 40.8 and of female Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations is 39.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations in 2020 was 2,619,321 people, with 48.9% woman, and 51.1% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (395,322 people), 30 to 34 years (361,499 people), and 35 to 39 years (300,030 people). Among them they concentrated 40.4% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2020, 11.7% of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workers were Hispanic and 88.3% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (74.4%), Puerto Rican (16.1)%, and Cuban (9.54)%

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Races

In 2020, 78.7% of the Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workforce were White, of which 49.3% were women and 50.7% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (7.08%) and Asian (6.35%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations is Visual & Performing Arts but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2020 were Communication Technologies.

Among the necessary skills for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations, Active Listening stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations need more than the average amount of Persuasion.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations in 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (412,561 people), Communications (266,697 people), and Business (149,623 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workers were Bachelors Degree (1,193,581 people), Some college (467,698 people), and Graduate Degree (411,634 people).

The graphic shows the Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking.