Administrative, support & waste management services

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The top three occupations in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector are landscaping and groundskeeping workers, janitors & building cleaners, and security guards & gaming surveillance officers. On average, full-time employees in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector work 43 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $54,670. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $19,545.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector are Houston City (West)--Westpark Tollway, Between Loop I-610 & Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX, Houston (Southwest) & Bellaire (Southeast) Cities--Between Loop I-610 & Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX, and Palm Beach County (East Central)--Lake Worth City, Lantana Town & Atlantis City PUMA, FL.

The workforce of Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector in 2022 was 5,857,031 people, with 40% woman, and 60% men.

In 2022, 58.3% of the workforce in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector was White (3,417,174 people), of which 38.7% were women and 61.3% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector.

The workforce in Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector was 5,857,031 people and is concentrated in California (720,527 workers). The average annual salary was $47,857, being $16,826 less than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

−0.496%

Year-over-year decline

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.31M people employed in the Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services industry. This represents a −0.496% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were California (721k), Texas (529k), and Florida (517k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector had an average annual wage of $47,857, $16,826 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

The graph shows the position of Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.461

WAGE GINI

Administrative, support & waste management services has a wage GINI of 0.461, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Administrative, support & waste management services (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 Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector.

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers are the most common position with 634,303 workers, but the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector employs a relatively high number of Janitors & building cleaners and Security guards & gaming surveillance officers.

The highest average salary in Administrative, support & waste management services goes to Cardiovascular technologists and technicians.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were landscaping and groundskeeping workers (634,303 people), janitors & building cleaners (618,831 people), and security guards & gaming surveillance officers (528,273 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$52,100

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$808

$41,483

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$776

On average, Male workers in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector make 1.26 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-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 Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector.

The Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and Florida stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Administrative, support & waste management services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector 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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Administrative, support & waste management services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Administrative, support & waste management services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
174,488
Florida
149,362
New York
111,580

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Administrative, support & waste management services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 40% corresponds to women and 60% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $52,100 and $41,483.

71.4% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

2,340,802

Women

40%

3,516,229

Men

60%

The workforce of Administrative, support & waste management services industry in 2022 was 5,857,031 people, with 40% woman, and 60% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Administrative, support & waste management services industry.

Races

In 2022, 58.3% of the workforce in the Administrative, support & waste management services industry was White (3,417,174 people), of which 38.7% were women and 61.3% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Administrative, support & waste management services workers in 2022 were high school or equivalent (1,862,952 people), some college (1,320,987 people), and bachelors degree (998,499 people).

The chart shows the Administrative, support & waste management services workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 2.29% in the next ten years. The Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 2.29%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (26.3%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (26.3%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services.

2.29%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

2.29%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 2.29%, the average rate of national job growth.

Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services.

26.3%

Estimate Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services industry.

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