African-American & Black Studies
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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Cultural & Gender Studies graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Cultural & Gender Studies majors is $92,863 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.
The industry that employs the most Cultural & Gender Studies majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers.
Yearly Income for Common Jobs
The average salary for Cultural & Gender Studies majors is $92,863 and the most common occupations are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Cultural & Gender Studies majors.
Highest Paying Locations
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Cultural & Gender Studies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Cultural & Gender Studies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Most Common
The most common occupations Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by number of employees, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Elementary & middle school teachers, and Postsecondary teachers.
Most Specialized
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Cultural & Gender Studies majors working as Acupuncturists, Fundraisers, and Judicial law clerks.
Highest Paid
The highest paid occupations by median income for Cultural & Gender Studies majors are Media and communication workers, all other, Securities, commodities, & financial services sales agents, and Logisticians.
Occupations by Share
The number of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.92%, from 180,977 in 2021 to 188,067 in 2022.
The largest single share of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates go on to work as Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (5.25%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Cultural & Gender Studies by share of the total number of graduates.
Most Common
The most common industries that employ Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Legal services.
Highest Paid
The highest paying industries of Cultural & Gender Studies majors, by average wage, are Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers, Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, and Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments.
Industries by Share
The number of Cultural & Gender Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.92%, from 180,977 in 2021 to 188,067 in 2022.
The industry which employs the most Cultural & Gender Studies graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Cultural & Gender Studies.
Specialty Locations
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Cultural & Gender Studies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Cultural & Gender Studies 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 Cultural & Gender Studies in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Cultural & Gender Studies is 41.7.
Workforce Age
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Cultural & Gender Studies. The most common ages of employees with this major are 31 and 34 years old, which represent 3.65% and 3.32% of the population, respectively.
Workforce Degrees
The most common degree types held by the working population in Cultural & Gender Studies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
Global Diversity
- Mexico2,165 degree recipients
- Korea1,986 degree recipients
- China1,372 degree recipients
- United Kingdom, not specified6.32 times more than expected
- Japan5.29 times more than expected
- Korea3.8 times more than expected
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in United Kingdom, not specified that hold Cultural & Gender Studies degrees (6.32 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (2,165 degree recipients).
Skills
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the African-American & Black Studies field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. African-American & Black Studies majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that African-American & Black Studies majors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Technology Design, and Operations Analysis.
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 African-American & Black Studies 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 Management of Financial Resources is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Speaking, and Writing are the three most important skills for people in the field.