Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance

Industry Sector

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Workforce Population
35.6M
2021
Average Employee Age
42.9
2021
Estimated Job Growth
14.7%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$56,568
2021
Average Male Salary
$77,563
2021
Average Female Salary
$49,129
2021

About

The top three occupations in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector are elementary & middle school teachers, registered nurses, and postsecondary teachers. On average, full-time employees in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector work 42.7 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $66,011. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $24,777.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector are Ann Arbor City Area PUMA, MI, Rochester City PUMA, MN, and Tompkins County PUMA, NY.

The workforce of Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector in 2021 was 35,646,911 people, with 73.8% woman, and 26.2% men.

In 2021, 69% of the workforce in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector was White (24,608,526 people), of which 74.2% were women and 25.8% men.

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A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector.

The workforce in Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector was 35,646,911 people and is concentrated in California (3,834,437 workers). The average annual salary was $56,568, being $3,027 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

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4.16%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 25.2M people employed in the Education and Health Services industry. This represents a 4.16% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (3.83M), Texas (2.85M), and New York (2.69M).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector had an average annual wage of $56,568, $3,027 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

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Wage Distribution

0.457
WAGE GINI

Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance has a wage GINI of 0.457, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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A review of jobs and wages in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector.

Elementary & middle school teachers are the most common position with 3,264,576 workers, but the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector employs a relatively high number of Registered nurses and Postsecondary teachers.

The highest average salary in Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance goes to Surgeons.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were elementary & middle school teachers (3,264,576 people), registered nurses (3,085,396 people), and postsecondary teachers (1,452,614 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$77,563
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$780
$49,129
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$231

On average, Male workers in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector make 1.58 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector.

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Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector. 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 Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector.

The Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector 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 Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector.

Industrial Flow

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector is Educational services, health care, and social assistance.

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 Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector 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 Educational services, health care, and social assistance Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016
  1. 871,384
  2. 523,964
  3. 482,158

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Median Earnings

States with the highest median earnings in 2021
  1. $55,569
  2. $51,644
  3. $50,847

The charts shows the median earnings of the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance industry by state and the annual evolution of the median earnings of the industry compared to the national level.

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Demographic information on the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 73.8% corresponds to women and 26.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $77,563 and $49,129.

70.5% of workers have a graduate degree, bachelors degree or some college.

Gender and Age

26,320,886
Women
73.8%
9,326,025
Men
26.2%

The workforce of Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance industry in 2021 was 35,646,911 people, with 73.8% woman, and 26.2% men.

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Races

In 2021, 69% of the workforce in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance industry was White (24,608,526 people), of which 74.2% were women and 25.8% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Asian.

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance workers in 2021 were graduate degree (9,451,997 people), bachelors degree (9,272,816 people), and some college (6,417,799 people).

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timeline-line-chartProjections

Growth projections of the Educational Services and Health Care and Social Assistance industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Educational Services and Health Care and Social Assistance industry has a higher projected workforce growth at 14.7%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (31.6%) is higher than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Educational Services and Health Care and Social Assistance.
14.7%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
7.66%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Educational Services and Health Care and Social Assistance. This industry is expected to grow more than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Educational Services and Health Care and Social Assistance.
31.6%
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10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Educational Services and Health Care and Social Assistance industry.

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