Private households

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    333k
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    42.8
    2024
    Estimated Job Growth
    0.4%
    10-Year Projection
    Average Salary
    $27,736
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $37,052
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $26,486
    2024

    About

    The top three occupations in the Private households Industry Group are childcare workers, personal care aides, and maids & housekeeping cleaners. On average, full-time employees in the Private households Industry Group work 43.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $36,976. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $16,466.

    The workforce of Private households Industry Group in 2024 was 332,658 people, with 88.2% woman, and 11.8% men.

    In 2024, 44.6% of the workforce in the Private households Industry Group was White (148,361 people), of which 88.9% were women and 11.1% men.

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    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Private households Industry Group.

    The workforce in Private households Industry Group was 332,658 people and is concentrated in California (58,727 workers). The average annual salary was $27,736, being $42,142 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    Y-Axis
    3.81%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 5.79M people employed in the Other Services industry. This represents a 3.81% 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 (58.7k), Texas (28.9k), and New York (27.5k).

    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Private households Industry Group.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Private households Industry Group had an average annual wage of $27,736, $42,142 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.468
    WAGE GINI

    Private households has a wage GINI of 0.468, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Private households (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 Private households Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Private households Industry Group.

    Childcare workers are the most common position with 116,413 workers, but the Private households Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Personal care aides and Maids & housekeeping cleaners.

    The highest average salary in Private households goes to Facilities managers.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Private households Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were childcare workers (116,413 people), personal care aides (98,960 people), and maids & housekeeping cleaners (78,553 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $37,052
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$5,805
    $26,486
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$1,384

    On average, Male workers in the Private households Industry Group make 1.4 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Private households Industry Group.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Private households 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 Private households Industry Group.

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

    Industrial Flow

    The closest comparable data for Private households is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

    Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Private households Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Private households 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 Private households 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 Private households 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 Private households 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 Private households Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Private households Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Private households Industry Group in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 88.2% corresponds to women and 11.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $37,052 and $26,486.

    68.9% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

    Gender and Age

    293,319
    Women
    88.2%
    39,339
    Men
    11.8%

    The workforce of Private households industry in 2024 was 332,658 people, with 88.2% woman, and 11.8% men.

    The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Private households industry.

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    Races

    In 2024, 44.6% of the workforce in the Private households industry was White (148,361 people), of which 88.9% were women and 11.1% men.

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

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Private households workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (100,836 people), some college (76,945 people), and bachelors degree (51,266 people).

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    Projections

    Growth projections of the Private Households industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 0.4% in the next ten years. The Private Households industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 0.4%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (19.8%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (19.8%).

    Job Growth

    0.4%
    Estimated Job Growth
    10-year Projection
    0.4%
    National Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Private Households. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 0.4%, the average rate of national job growth.

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    Output Growth

    19.8%
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    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Private Households industry.

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