Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

Industry Sub-Sector

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Workforce

2.43M

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

38.2

Estimated Job Growth

9.62%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$35,944

Average Male Salary

$41,489

Average Female Salary

$40,159

About

The top three occupations in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Group are Other entertainment attendants and related workers, Other managers, Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors, Landscaping and groundskeeping workers, and Lifeguards & other recreational, & all other protective service workers. On average, full-time employees in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector work 43.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $50,806. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $13,563.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector are Disney-International Drive Region PUMA, FL, West Hollywood & Beverly Hills Cities PUMA, CA, and Spring Valley & Summerlin South PUMA, NV. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Arts, Entertainment & Recreation.

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Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector. Other entertainment attendants and related workers are the most common position, but the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector employs a relatively high number of Gaming services workers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

59.4%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 1.91M people employed in the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation industry. This represents a 59.4% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Occupations

Occupations by Share

2.43M

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 3.04M

−1.29%

1 Year Growth

± 1.99%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 2.43M people employed in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector has been declining at a rate of −1.29%, , from 3.08M people in 2019 to 3.04M people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Other entertainment attendants and related workers represent the largest share of positions held in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation at 5.72%, followed by Other managers with 5.64% and Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors with 5.14%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector, by number of employees, are Other entertainment attendants and related workers, Other managers, Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors, Landscaping and groundskeeping workers, and Lifeguards & other recreational, & all other protective service workers.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Sub-Sectors, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation employs an unusually high number of Gaming services workers, Disc jockeys, except radio, and Other entertainment attendants and related workers.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, by average wage, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Physicians, and Architectural & engineering managers.

Wages

Average Salary

$35,944

AVERAGE WAGE

± $717

On average, employees in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector make $35,944 per year. This number makes Arts, Entertainment & Recreation the 19 highest paying Industry Sub-Sector in the United States out of a total of 21 Industry Sub-Sectors.

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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector.

Wage Distribution

0.534

WAGE GINI

Arts, Entertainment & Recreation has a wage GINI of 0.534, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation (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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector.

These are locations that employ more people in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $41,489 and $40,159. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

1.42M

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±29.1k

1.63M

MALE WORKFORCE

±31.1k

53.4% of workers in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$41,489

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,131

$40,159

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,108

On average, Male workers in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector make 1.03 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Asian
White
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

On average, Asian employees in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector earn 1.13 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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 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. Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Arts, Entertainment & Recreation is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Arts, Entertainment & Recreation is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Arts, Entertainment & Recreation 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 Arts, Entertainment & Recreation is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Projections

Growth projections of the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 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 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation industry has a higher projected workforce growth at 9.62%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (24.4%) is higher 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 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation.

9.62%

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 Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation. This industry is expected to grow more than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.

Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation.

24.4%

Estimate Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation industry.

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