Sewage treatment facilities

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

124k

2024

Average Employee Age

46.3

2024

Estimated Job Growth

−0.161%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$73,836

2024

Average Male Salary

$74,366

2024

Average Female Salary

$71,471

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group are water & wastewater treatment plant & system operators, firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, and other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group work 42.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $76,401. Part-time employees in the same industry work 18.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $26,874.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group are Jackson County (East) PUMA, MO, Palm Beach County (West)--Glades & Western Communities PUMA, FL, and Cumberland County (South)--Vineland & Millville Cities PUMA, NJ.

The workforce of Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group in 2024 was 123,744 people, with 18.3% woman, and 81.7% men.

In 2024, 72.7% of the workforce in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group was White (90,016 people), of which 17.9% were women and 82.1% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group.

The workforce in Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group was 123,744 people and is concentrated in California (10,849 workers). The average annual salary was $73,836, being $3,959 more than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

3.88%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 8.27M people employed in the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry. This represents a 3.88% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Mining, Logging, and Construction over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (10.8k), Florida (9.03k), and Texas (7.91k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group had an average annual wage of $73,836, $3,959 more than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.297

WAGE GINI

Sewage treatment facilities has a wage GINI of 0.297, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Sewage treatment facilities (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 Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group.

Water & wastewater treatment plant & system operators are the most common position with 38,237 workers, but the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers and Other managers.

The highest average salary in Sewage treatment facilities goes to Electrical & electronics engineers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were water & wastewater treatment plant & system operators (38,237 people), firstline supervisors of production & operating workers (6,935 people), and other managers (6,476 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$74,366

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,699

$71,471

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$6,708

On average, Male workers in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group make 1.04 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Sewage treatment facilities 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 Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group.

The Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Utilities Industry.

Texas and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Sewage treatment facilities is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

Utilities has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group is Manufacturing.

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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Sewage treatment facilities is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Utilities
Professional and business services
Transportation and warehousing

The Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Utilities Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Sewage treatment facilities is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Sewage treatment facilities industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 18.3% corresponds to women and 81.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $74,366 and $71,471.

77.5% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

22,654

Women

18.3%

101,090

Men

81.7%

The workforce of Sewage treatment facilities industry in 2024 was 123,744 people, with 18.3% woman, and 81.7% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Sewage treatment facilities industry.

Races

In 2024, 72.7% of the workforce in the Sewage treatment facilities industry was White (90,016 people), of which 17.9% were women and 82.1% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Sewage treatment facilities workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (42,188 people), some college (30,644 people), and bachelors degree (23,116 people).

The chart shows the Sewage treatment facilities workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Water, Sewage and Other Systems industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow −0.161% in the next ten years. The Water, Sewage and Other Systems industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −0.161%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (4.49%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (4.49%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Water, Sewage and Other Systems.

−0.161%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

−0.161%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Water, Sewage and Other Systems. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than −0.161%, the average rate of national job growth.