Political Communication
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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Communications graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Communications majors is $85,910 and the most common occupations are Other managers, Marketing managers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.
The industry that employs the most Communications majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production & processing.
Yearly Income for Common Jobs
The average salary for Communications majors is $85,910 and the most common occupations are Other managers, Marketing managers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Communications majors.
Highest Paying Locations
- $200,248
- $191,423
- $190,936
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Communications majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Communications 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 Communications majors, by number of employees, are Other managers, Marketing managers, and Elementary & middle school teachers.
Most Specialized
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Communications majors working as News analysts, reporters, and journalists, Public relations specialists, and Public relations and fundraising managers.
Highest Paid
The highest paid occupations by median income for Communications majors are Surgeons, Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists, and Physicians.
Occupations by Share
The number of Communications graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.32%, from 2.36M in 2021 to 2.44M in 2022.
The largest single share of Communications graduates go on to work as Other managers (4.97%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Communications by share of the total number of graduates.
Most Common
The most common industries that employ Communications majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Computer Systems Design.
Highest Paid
The highest paying industries of Communications majors, by average wage, are Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production & processing, Footwear manufacturing, and Oil & gas extraction.
Industries by Share
The number of Communications graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.32%, from 2.36M in 2021 to 2.44M in 2022.
The industry which employs the most Communications 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 Communications.
Specialty Locations
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Communications majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Communications 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 Communications in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Communications is 40.5.
Workforce Age
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Communications. The most common ages of employees with this major are 30 and 31 years old, which represent 3.26% and 3.19% of the population, respectively.
Workforce Degrees
The most common degree types held by the working population in Communications are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
Global Diversity
- Mexico17,878 degree recipients
- India14,712 degree recipients
- Philippines14,117 degree recipients
- Antigua & Barbuda6.27 times more than expected
- Australia4.38 times more than expected
- Switzerland4.37 times more than expected
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Antigua & Barbuda that hold Communications degrees (6.27 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 (17,878 degree recipients).
Skills
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Political Communication field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Political Communication majors need many skills, but most especially Speaking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Political Communication majors need more than the average amount of N/A.
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 Political Communication 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 N/A is very distinctive for majors, but the Speaking, Active Listening, and Social Perceptiveness are the three most important skills for people in the field.