Religious organizations

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    1.13M
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    50.3
    2024
    Estimated Job Growth
    −2.93%
    10-Year Projection
    Average Salary
    $42,141
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $51,769
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $31,689
    2024

    About

    The top three occupations in the Religious organizations Industry Group are clergy, secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive, and religious workers, all other. On average, full-time employees in the Religious organizations Industry Group work 44.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $58,227. Part-time employees in the same industry work 16.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $18,143.

    The workforce of Religious organizations Industry Group in 2024 was 1,128,122 people, with 47.9% woman, and 52.1% men.

    In 2024, 73.8% of the workforce in the Religious organizations Industry Group was White (832,854 people), of which 49.7% were women and 50.3% men.

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    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Religious organizations Industry Group.

    The workforce in Religious organizations Industry Group was 1,128,122 people and is concentrated in Texas (112,031 workers). The average annual salary was $42,141, being $27,736 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    1.19%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 102k people employed in the Religious Organizations industry. This represents a 1.19% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

    This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Religious Organizations over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were Texas (112k), California (95.2k), and Florida (69.2k).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Religious organizations Industry Group had an average annual wage of $42,141, $27,736 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.438
    WAGE GINI

    Religious organizations has a wage GINI of 0.438, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Religious organizations (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 Religious organizations Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Religious organizations Industry Group.

    Clergy are the most common position with 430,293 workers, but the Religious organizations Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive and Religious workers, all other.

    The highest average salary in Religious organizations goes to Physicians.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Religious organizations Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were clergy (430,293 people), secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive (100,152 people), and religious workers, all other (78,638 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $51,769
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$1,413
    $31,689
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$1,038

    On average, Male workers in the Religious organizations Industry Group make 1.63 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Religious organizations Industry Group.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Religious organizations 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 Religious organizations Industry Group.

    The Religious organizations Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

    Texas and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Religious organizations Industry Group.

    Industrial Flow

    The closest comparable data for Religious organizations is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

    Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Religious organizations Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Religious organizations 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 Religious organizations is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Professional and business services
    2. Manufacturing
    3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

    The Religious organizations 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 Religious organizations is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Professional and business services
    2. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
    3. Educational services, health care, and social assistance

    The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Religious organizations Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Religious organizations 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. Texas
      14,675
    2. California
      12,362
    3. Pennsylvania
      9,335

    The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Religious organizations industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Religious organizations Industry Group in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 47.9% corresponds to women and 52.1% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $51,769 and $31,689.

    74.2% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

    Gender and Age

    540,872
    Women
    47.9%
    587,250
    Men
    52.1%

    The workforce of Religious organizations industry in 2024 was 1,128,122 people, with 47.9% woman, and 52.1% men.

    The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Religious organizations industry.

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    Races

    In 2024, 73.8% of the workforce in the Religious organizations industry was White (832,854 people), of which 49.7% were women and 50.3% 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 Religious organizations workers in 2024 were bachelors degree (323,414 people), graduate degree (316,065 people), and some college (197,935 people).

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    Projections

    Growth projections of the industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow −2.93% in the next ten years. The industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −2.93%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (4.6%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (4.6%).

    Job Growth

    For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is .
    −2.93%
    Estimated Job Growth
    10-year Projection
    −2.93%
    National Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for . This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than −2.93%, 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 .
    4.6%
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    10-year Projection

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