Active Duty Military

Industry Sector

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Workforce Population

1.27M

2022

Average Employee Age

29.6

2022

Average Salary

$57,625

2022

Average Male Salary

$58,518

2022

Average Female Salary

$52,823

2022

About

The top three occupations in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector are military, rank not specified, military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members, and military officer special & tactical operations leaders. On average, full-time employees in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector work 49 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $59,080. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19 hours and earn an average annual salary of $31,211.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector are Onslow County (South)--Jacksonville City PUMA, NC, Cumberland County (East)--Hope Mills & Spring Lake Towns PUMA, NC, and El Paso Teller PUMA, CO.

The workforce of Active Duty Military Industry Sector in 2022 was 1,266,106 people, with 15.7% woman, and 84.3% men.

In 2022, 65.7% of the workforce in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector was White (832,280 people), of which 13% were women and 87% men.

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Active Duty Military

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector.

The workforce in Active Duty Military Industry Sector was 1,266,106 people and is concentrated in California (161,917 workers). The average annual salary was $57,625, being $7,058 less than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

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Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 23.1M people employed in the Government industry. This represents a 2% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were California (162k), Virginia (132k), and Texas (112k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Active Duty Military Industry Sector.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Active Duty Military Industry Sector had an average annual wage of $57,625, $7,058 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

The graph shows the position of Active Duty Military Industry Sector in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.361

WAGE GINI

Active Duty Military has a wage GINI of 0.361, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Active Duty Military (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 Active Duty Military Industry Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector.

Military, rank not specified are the most common position with 323,740 workers, but the Active Duty Military Industry Sector employs a relatively high number of Military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members and Military officer special & tactical operations leaders.

The highest average salary in Active Duty Military goes to Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were military, rank not specified (323,740 people), military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members (179,301 people), and military officer special & tactical operations leaders (66,189 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$58,518

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,037

$52,823

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,123

On average, Male workers in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector make 1.11 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Active Duty Military 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 Active Duty Military Industry Sector.

The Active Duty Military Industry Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

Industrial Flow

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Active Duty Military Industry Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Active Duty Military Industry Sector is Wholesale trade.

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.

Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Active Duty Military Industry Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Wholesale trade Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Active Duty Military Industry Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Active Duty Military Industry Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Active Duty Military Industry Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 15.7% corresponds to women and 84.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $58,518 and $52,823.

77.4% of workers have a some college, high school or equivalent or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

198,637

Women

15.7%

1,067,469

Men

84.3%

The workforce of Active Duty Military industry in 2022 was 1,266,106 people, with 15.7% woman, and 84.3% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Active Duty Military industry.

Races

In 2022, 65.7% of the workforce in the Active Duty Military industry was White (832,280 people), of which 13% were women and 87% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Active Duty Military workers in 2022 were some college (401,629 people), high school or equivalent (348,416 people), and bachelors degree (229,877 people).

The chart shows the Active Duty Military workforce by gender and educational level.

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