Advertising, public relations & related services

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
542k
2022
Average Employee Age
39.8
2022
Estimated Job Growth
8.04%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$99,486
2022
Average Male Salary
$114,493
2022
Average Female Salary
$85,628
2022

About

The top three occupations in the Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group are other managers, advertising sales agents, and advertising & promotions managers. On average, full-time employees in the Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group work 44.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $107,918. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $34,832.

The workforce of Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group in 2022 was 541,942 people, with 52% woman, and 48% men.

In 2022, 76.6% of the workforce in the Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group was White (415,132 people), of which 52.4% were women and 47.6% men.

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group.

The workforce in Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group was 541,942 people and is concentrated in New York (79,168 workers). The average annual salary was $99,486, being $34,803 more than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

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4.09%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 227k people employed in the Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services industry. This represents a 4.09% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were New York (79.2k), California (75k), and Texas (35.9k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $99,486, $34,803 more than the average national salary of $64,683.

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Wage Distribution

0.445
WAGE GINI

Advertising, public relations & related services has a wage GINI of 0.445, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Advertising, public relations & related services (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group.

Other managers are the most common position with 51,086 workers, but the Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Advertising sales agents and Advertising & promotions managers.

The highest average salary in Advertising, public relations & related services goes to Personal financial advisors.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were other managers (51,086 people), advertising sales agents (48,920 people), and advertising & promotions managers (36,801 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$114,493
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$5,751
$85,628
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$3,997

On average, Male workers in the Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group make 1.34 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Advertising, public relations & related 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 Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group.

The Advertising, public relations & related 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 New York stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Advertising, public relations & related services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Advertising, public relations & related 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.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Advertising, public relations & related services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

The Advertising, public relations & related 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.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Advertising, public relations & related services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

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

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016
  1. 10,812
  2. 7,568
  3. 6,094

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Advertising, public relations & related services Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 52% corresponds to women and 48% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $114,493 and $85,628.

84.3% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

Gender and Age

281,753
Women
52%
260,189
Men
48%

The workforce of Advertising, public relations & related services industry in 2022 was 541,942 people, with 52% woman, and 48% men.

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Races

In 2022, 76.6% of the workforce in the Advertising, public relations & related services industry was White (415,132 people), of which 52.4% were women and 47.6% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Advertising, public relations & related services workers in 2022 were bachelors degree (311,052 people), graduate degree (74,719 people), and some college (71,110 people).

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Projections

Growth projections of the Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 8.04% in the next ten years. The Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 8.04%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (31.7%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (31.7%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services.
8.04%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
8.04%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 8.04%, 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 Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services.
31.7%
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10-year Projection

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