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Average Wage

$121,427

growing 2.65%

People in Workforce

4.28M

growing 2.26%

Average Employee Age

43.3

growing 0.0797%

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Social Sciences graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.

The average salary for Social Sciences majors is $121,427 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Other managers, and Chief executives & legislators.

The industry that employs the most Social Sciences majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Prefabricated wood buildings & mobile homes.

Yearly Income for Common Jobs

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Social Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Social Sciences.

$121,427

Average Wage in Workforce

± $1,581

2.65%

1 Year Growth

± 1.81%

This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Social Sciences majors.

Most Common

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Social Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Social Sciences.

The most common occupations for Social Sciences majors, by number of employees, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Other managers, and Chief executives & legislators.

Most Specialized

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Social Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Social Sciences.

Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Social Sciences majors working as N/A.

Highest Paid

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Social Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Social Sciences.

The highest paid occupations by median income for Social Sciences majors are N/A.

Occupations by Share

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Social Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Social Sciences.

4.28M

2024 Workforce

± 50,076

2.26%

1 Year Growth

± 1.63%

The number of Social Sciences graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.26%, from 4.18M in 2023 to 4.28M in 2024.

The largest single share of Social Sciences graduates go on to work as Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (7.92%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Social Sciences by share of the total number of graduates.

Most Common

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Social Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Social Sciences.

The most common industries that employ Social Sciences majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Legal services, and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges.

Highest Paid

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Social Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Social Sciences.

The highest paying industries of Social Sciences majors, by average wage, are Prefabricated wood buildings & mobile homes, Metal ore mining, and Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.

Industries by Share

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Social Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Social Sciences.

4.28M

2024 Workforce

± 50,076

2.26%

1 Year Growth

± 1.63%

The number of Social Sciences graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 2.26%, from 4.18M in 2023 to 4.28M in 2024.

The industry which employs the most Social Sciences graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Legal services. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Social Sciences.

Specialty Locations

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Social Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Social Sciences.

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Social Sciences majors.

Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Social Sciences majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.

Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Social Sciences in the United States.

The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Social Sciences is 43.3.

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Workforce Age

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course Other Social Sciences is from the 2 Digit Course Social Sciences.

43.3

Average Age in 2024

± 0.157 Years

0.0797%

1 Year Change

± 0.517%

This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Social Sciences. The most common ages of employees with this major are N/A and N/A years old, which represent N/A% and N/A% of the population, respectively.

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Other Social Sciences field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Other Social Sciences majors need many skills, but most especially Writing. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Other Social Sciences majors need more than the average amount of Operations Analysis, Systems Analysis, and Systems Evaluation.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Other Social Sciences majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Operations Analysis is very distinctive for majors, but the Writing, Reading Comprehension, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.