Business, professional, political, & similar organizations

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    172k
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    45
    2024
    Estimated Job Growth
    1.57%
    10-Year Projection
    Average Salary
    $89,325
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $106,646
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $79,020
    2024

    About

    The top three occupations in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group are social & community service managers, other managers, and chief executives & legislators. On average, full-time employees in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group work 43.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $100,285. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $25,763.

    The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group are District of Columbia (Northeast) PUMA, DC, District of Columbia (South Central) PUMA, DC, and Arlington County (North) PUMA, VA.

    The workforce of Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group in 2024 was 171,877 people, with 62.7% woman, and 37.3% men.

    In N/A, N/A% of the workforce in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group was N/A (N/A people), of which N/A% were women and N/A% men.

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    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group.

    The workforce in Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group was 171,877 people and is concentrated in California (14,138 workers). The average annual salary was $89,325, being $19,448 more than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

    Showing data for the Other Services industry sector.
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    3.81%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 5.79M people employed in the Other Services industry. This represents a 3.81% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (14.1k), Virginia (13.7k), and Illinois (11.8k).

    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group had an average annual wage of $89,325, $19,448 more than the average national salary of $69,878.

    The graph shows the position of Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.438
    WAGE GINI

    Business, professional, political, & similar organizations has a wage GINI of 0.438, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Business, professional, political, & similar 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 Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group.

    Social & community service managers are the most common position with 25,365 workers, but the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other managers and Chief executives & legislators.

    The highest average salary in Business, professional, political, & similar organizations goes to Physicians.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were social & community service managers (25,365 people), other managers (11,902 people), and chief executives & legislators (10,084 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $106,646
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$10,471
    $79,020
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$5,671

    On average, Male workers in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group make 1.35 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Business, professional, political, & similar 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 Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group.

    The Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

    New York and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group.

    Industrial Flow

    The closest comparable data for Business, professional, political, & similar organizations is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

    Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Business, professional, political, & similar 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.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    The closest comparable data for Business, professional, political, & similar organizations is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Professional and business services
    2. Manufacturing
    3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

    The Business, professional, political, & similar 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.

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    Use of Output by Other Industries

    The closest comparable data for Business, professional, political, & similar organizations is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Professional and business services
    2. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
    3. Educational services, health care, and social assistance

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

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    Establishments

    States with more establishments in 2022
    1. New York
      8,698
    2. California
      6,941
    3. Florida
      5,153

    The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations Industry Group in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 62.7% corresponds to women and 37.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $106,646 and $79,020.

    80.8% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

    Gender and Age

    107,760
    Women
    62.7%
    64,117
    Men
    37.3%

    The workforce of Business, professional, political, & similar organizations industry in 2024 was 171,877 people, with 62.7% woman, and 37.3% men.

    The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Business, professional, political, & similar organizations industry.

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    Races

    In N/A, N/A% of the workforce in the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations industry was N/A (N/A people), of which N/A% were women and N/A% men.

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations workers in 2024 were bachelors degree (70,654 people), graduate degree (41,870 people), and some college (26,334 people).

    The chart shows the Business, professional, political, & similar organizations workforce by gender and educational level.

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    Projections

    Growth projections of the Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 1.57% in the next ten years. The Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 1.57%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (22.4%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (22.4%).

    Job Growth

    For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations.
    1.57%
    Estimated Job Growth
    10-year Projection
    1.57%
    National Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 1.57%, the average rate of national job growth.

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    Output Growth

    For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations.
    22.4%
    Estimate Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations industry.

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