Employment services

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
958k
2023
Average Employee Age
41.1
2023
Estimated Job Growth
0.582%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$62,302
2023
Average Male Salary
$69,702
2023
Average Female Salary
$56,842
2023

About

The top three occupations in the Employment services Industry Group are human resources workers, registered nurses, and laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand. On average, full-time employees in the Employment services Industry Group work 42.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $69,681. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $25,934.

The workforce of Employment services Industry Group in 2023 was 957,828 people, with 57.5% woman, and 42.5% men.

In 2023, 53.5% of the workforce in the Employment services Industry Group was White (512,871 people), of which 57.9% were women and 42.1% men.

Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management ServicesAdministrative, support & waste management services

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Employment services Industry Group.

The workforce in Employment services Industry Group was 957,828 people and is concentrated in California (115,606 workers). The average annual salary was $62,302, being $5,425 less than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

Start Year
Y-Axis
−5.02%
Year-over-year decline
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 3.37M people employed in the Employment Services industry. This represents a −5.02% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were California (116k), Texas (85.8k), and Florida (71.8k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Employment services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $62,302, $5,425 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

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Wage Distribution

0.491
WAGE GINI

Employment services has a wage GINI of 0.491, which is more than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Employment 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 Employment services Industry Group.

Human resources workers are the most common position with 147,222 workers, but the Employment services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Registered nurses and Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand.

The highest average salary in Employment services goes to Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Employment services Industry Group according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were human resources workers (147,222 people), registered nurses (55,432 people), and laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand (54,773 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$69,702
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$3,528
$56,842
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$2,055

On average, Male workers in the Employment services Industry Group make 1.23 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Employment services Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Employment 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 Employment services Industry Group.

The Employment 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 Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Employment services Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Employment services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Employment services Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Employment 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 Employment services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Employment 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 Employment services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.
LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
  3. Wholesale trade

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Employment services Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Employment 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 2022
  1. California
    6,387
  2. Texas
    5,001
  3. Florida
    3,915

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Employment services Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 57.5% corresponds to women and 42.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $69,702 and $56,842.

72.3% of workers have a bachelors degree, high school or equivalent or some college.

Gender and Age

551,187
Women
57.5%
406,641
Men
42.5%

The workforce of Employment services industry in 2023 was 957,828 people, with 57.5% woman, and 42.5% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Employment services industry.

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Races

In 2023, 53.5% of the workforce in the Employment services industry was White (512,871 people), of which 57.9% were women and 42.1% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Employment services workers in 2023 were bachelors degree (299,451 people), high school or equivalent (200,093 people), and some college (193,263 people).

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Projections

Growth projections of the Employment Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 0.582% in the next ten years. The Employment Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 0.582%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (27.9%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (27.9%).

Job Growth

0.582%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
0.582%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Employment Services. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 0.582%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

27.9%
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10-year Projection

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