Amusement & Recreation

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
2.01M
2024
Average Employee Age
37.6
2024
Estimated Job Growth
4.84%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$39,621
2024
Average Male Salary
$45,558
2024
Average Female Salary
$32,394
2024

About

The top three occupations in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group are exercise trainers and group fitness instructors, other entertainment attendants and related workers, and other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group work 42.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $58,047. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $14,779.

The workforce of Amusement & Recreation Industry Group in 2024 was 2,009,254 people, with 45.1% woman, and 54.9% men.

In 2024, 64.9% of the workforce in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group was White (1,303,864 people), of which 44.9% were women and 55.1% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group.

The workforce in Amusement & Recreation Industry Group was 2,009,254 people and is concentrated in California (265,675 workers). The average annual salary was $39,621, being $30,257 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

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6.53%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 15.9M people employed in the Leisure and Hospitality industry. This represents a 6.53% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (266k), Florida (224k), and Texas (122k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Amusement & Recreation Industry Group had an average annual wage of $39,621, $30,257 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

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Wage Distribution

0.533
WAGE GINI

Amusement & Recreation has a wage GINI of 0.533, which is more than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Amusement & Recreation (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 Amusement & Recreation Industry Group.

Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors are the most common position with 178,821 workers, but the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other entertainment attendants and related workers and Other managers.

The highest average salary in Amusement & Recreation goes to Economists.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were exercise trainers and group fitness instructors (178,821 people), other entertainment attendants and related workers (168,527 people), and other managers (124,779 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$45,558
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$1,441
$32,394
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$1,059

On average, Male workers in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group make 1.41 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Amusement & Recreation 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 Amusement & Recreation Industry Group.

The Amusement & Recreation 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 Amusement & Recreation Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Amusement & Recreation is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group 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 closest comparable data for Amusement & Recreation is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Amusement & Recreation 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 Amusement & Recreation is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.
LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Educational services, health care, and social assistance
  2. Professional and business services
  3. Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services

The Educational services, health care, and social assistance Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Amusement & Recreation 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
    8,910
  2. Texas
    6,223
  3. Florida
    5,797

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Amusement & Recreation industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Amusement & Recreation Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 45.1% corresponds to women and 54.9% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $45,558 and $32,394.

72.2% of workers have a some college, high school or equivalent or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

906,282
Women
45.1%
1,102,972
Men
54.9%

The workforce of Amusement & Recreation industry in 2024 was 2,009,254 people, with 45.1% woman, and 54.9% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Amusement & Recreation industry.

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Races

In 2024, 64.9% of the workforce in the Amusement & Recreation industry was White (1,303,864 people), of which 44.9% were women and 55.1% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Amusement & Recreation workers in 2024 were some college (514,454 people), high school or equivalent (496,465 people), and bachelors degree (440,444 people).

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Projections

Growth projections of the Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 4.84% in the next ten years. The Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 4.84%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (23%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (23%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries.
4.84%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
4.84%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 4.84%, 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 Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries.
23%
Estimate Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries industry.

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