Animal production & aquaculture

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Workforce

861k

2016 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

41

Estimated Job Growth

-0.3%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$33,970

Average Male Salary

$36,558

Average Female Salary

$25,973

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Input/Output

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The top three occupations in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group are Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders, Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers, Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, and Secretaries & administrative assistants. On average, full-time employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group work 51.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $38,341. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20 hours and earn an average annual salary of $14,752.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group are Elmore, Jerome, Blaine, Minidoka, Gooding, Lincoln & Camas Counties PUMA, ID, Panhandle Regional Planning Commission (Outside Potter & Randall Counties) PUMA, TX, and North Central & Northwest Nebraska PUMA, NE. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Animal production & aquaculture.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group. Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders are the most common position, but the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, compared to other industries. 

The highest average salary in Animal production & aquaculture goes to Chief executives & legislators.

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Occupations by Share

861k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 402k

3.94%

1 Year Growth

± 5.31%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 861k people employed in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group in 2016.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 3.94%, , from 387k people in 2016 to 402k people in 2017.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Animal production & aquaculture by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders represent the largest share of positions held in Animal production & aquaculture at 55.7%, followed by Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers with 24.8% and Firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers with 2.58%.

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Most Common

The most common occupations in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group, by number of employees, are Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders, Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers, Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, and Secretaries & administrative assistants.

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Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Animal production & aquaculture employs an unusually high number of Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders, and Firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers.

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Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Animal production & aquaculture, by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, Marketing & sales managers, and Human resources managers.

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Wages

Average Salary

$33,970

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,567

On average, employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group make $33,970 per year. This number makes Animal production & aquaculture the 224 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 266 Industry Groups.

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Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

  1. Van Zandt, Wood, Camp & Rains Counties PUMA, TX

  2. Northwest Louisiana PUMA, LA

  3. Wayne & Seneca Counties PUMA, NY

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

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Wage Distribution

0.434

WAGE GINI

Animal production & aquaculture has a wage GINI of 0.434, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Animal production & aquaculture (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

  1. Elmore, Jerome, Blaine, Minidoka, Gooding, Lincoln & Camas Counties PUMA, ID

  2. Panhandle Regional Planning Commission (Outside Potter & Randall Counties) PUMA, TX

  3. North Central & Northwest Nebraska PUMA, NE

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $36,558 and $25,973. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

98.2k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±7.69k

304k

MALE WORKFORCE

±13.5k

75.6% of workers in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

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Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$36,558

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,952

$25,973

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,046

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

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Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

  1. Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

  2. Asian

  3. American Indian

On average, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group earn 1.61 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

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Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Animal production & aquaculture 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. Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group is Manufacturing.

In this visualization, click on a category to expand or collapse it. 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Animal production & aquaculture is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

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Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

  1. Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting

  2. Manufacturing

  3. Wholesale trade

The Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

  1. Manufacturing

  2. Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting

  3. Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Projections

Growth projections of the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 8.13% in the next ten years. The Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group has a lower projected workforce growth at -0.3%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (1.5%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.6%).

Job Growth

-0.3%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

8.13%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group, which is lower than the national average of 8.13%.

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Output Growth

1.5%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

24.6%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group, which is lower than the national average of 24.6%

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