Animal production & aquaculture

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Workforce

794k

2018 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

41.6

Estimated Job Growth

-0.3%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$36,056

Average Male Salary

$38,995

Average Female Salary

$26,389

About

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 Nonfarm animal caretakers. On average, full-time employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group work 50.7 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $40,566. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $14,235.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group are Eastern Plains New Mexico PUMA, NM, East Montana (Outside Billings City) PUMA, MT, 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.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

794k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 407k

1.2%

1 Year Growth

± 5.39%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 794k people employed in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group in 2018.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 1.2%, , from 402k people in 2017 to 407k people in 2018.

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 53.2%, followed by Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers with 22.7% and Firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers with 3.51%.

Wages

Average Salary

$36,056

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,742

On average, employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group make $36,056 per year. This number makes Animal production & aquaculture the 223 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

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

Wage Distribution

0.447

WAGE GINI

Animal production & aquaculture has a wage GINI of 0.447, 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).

Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

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.

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 $38,995 and $26,389. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

94.8k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±7.56k

312k

MALE WORKFORCE

±13.7k

76.7% 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.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$38,995

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,123

$26,389

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,514

On average, Male workers in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group make 1.48 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.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

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White

On average, American Indian and Alaska Native tribes specified; or American Indian or Alaska Native, not specified and no other races employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group earn 3.47 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.

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.

Intermediate Inputs

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

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

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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.

Projections

Growth projections of the animal production and aquaculture industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 6.89% in the next ten years. The animal production and aquaculture industry has a lower projected workforce growth at -0.3%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (2.3%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (22.9%).