Animal production & aquaculture

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Workforce

750k

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

41.5

Estimated Job Growth

−13.8%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$36,287

Average Male Salary

$39,295

Average Female Salary

$38,995

About

The top three occupations in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group are Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders, Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, Nonfarm animal caretakers, Firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers, and Driver/sales workers & truck drivers. On average, full-time employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group work 51.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $40,749. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $16,239.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group are Eastern Plains Region PUMA, CO, Panhandle Regional Planning Commission (Outside Potter & Randall Counties) PUMA, TX, and Northwest Kansas PUMA, KS. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Animal production & aquaculture.

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Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining

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 Financial managers.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

4.73%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 7.99M people employed in the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry. This represents a 4.73% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Mining, Logging, and Construction over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Occupations

Occupations by Share

750k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 387k

−4.74%

1 Year Growth

± 5.78%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 750k people employed in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −4.74%, , from 407k people in 2018 to 387k people in 2019.

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 51.2%, followed by Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers with 25.8% and Nonfarm animal caretakers with 3.45%.

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, Nonfarm animal caretakers, Firstline supervisors of farming, fishing, & forestry workers, and Driver/sales workers & truck drivers.

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.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Animal production & aquaculture, by average wage, are Financial managers, Chief executives & legislators, and Veterinarians.

Wages

Average Salary

$36,287

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,638

On average, employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group make $36,287 per year. This number makes Animal production & aquaculture the 228 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

0.429

WAGE GINI

Animal production & aquaculture has a wage GINI of 0.429, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. 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 $39,295 and $38,995. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

99k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±7.72k

288k

MALE WORKFORCE

±13.2k

74.4% 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

$39,295

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,018

$38,995

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,123

On average, Male workers in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group make 1.01 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

Asian
White
Other

On average, Asian employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group earn 1.39 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 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.

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 7.66% in the next ten years. The Animal production and aquaculture industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −13.8%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (17.5%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Animal production and aquaculture .

−13.8%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Animal production and aquaculture . This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.