Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

Industry Sub-Sector

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Workforce Population
3M
2023
Average Employee Age
38.6
2023
Estimated Job Growth
6.05%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$44,202
2023
Average Male Salary
$50,443
2023
Average Female Salary
$36,665
2023

About

The top three occupations in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector are other entertainment attendants and related workers, exercise trainers and group fitness instructors, and other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector work 43 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $62,205. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $16,544.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector are Orange County (Southwest)--Disney-International Drive Region PUMA, FL, Clark County (Central)--Spring Valley (West) PUMA, NV, and Osceola County (West) PUMA, FL.

The workforce of Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector in 2023 was 2,997,562 people, with 45.3% woman, and 54.7% men.

In 2023, 68.6% of the workforce in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector was White (2,056,448 people), of which 45.4% were women and 54.6% men.

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Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector.

The workforce in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector was 2,997,562 people and is concentrated in California (411,186 workers). The average annual salary was $44,202, being $23,525 less than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

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10.8%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 2.21M people employed in the Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation industry. This represents a 10.8% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were California (411k), Florida (283k), and New York (199k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector had an average annual wage of $44,202, $23,525 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

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Wage Distribution

0.541
WAGE GINI

Arts, Entertainment & Recreation has a wage GINI of 0.541, which is more than than the national average of 0.476. 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).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector.

Other entertainment attendants and related workers are the most common position with 182,917 workers, but the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector employs a relatively high number of Exercise trainers and group fitness instructors and Other managers.

The highest average salary in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation goes to Physicians.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were other entertainment attendants and related workers (182,917 people), exercise trainers and group fitness instructors (181,998 people), and other managers (179,237 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$50,443
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$1,379
$36,665
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$1,061

On average, Male workers in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector make 1.38 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.

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Business

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.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector.

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.

California and New York stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector.

Industrial Flow

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

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.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Arts, Entertainment & Recreation is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

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.

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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
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Educational services, health care, and social assistance
  3. Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services

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.

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022
  1. California
    33,870
  2. New York
    13,939
  3. Florida
    10,786

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation Industry Sub-Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 45.3% corresponds to women and 54.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $50,443 and $36,665.

72.1% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or high school or equivalent.

Gender and Age

1,357,852
Women
45.3%
1,639,710
Men
54.7%

The workforce of Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry in 2023 was 2,997,562 people, with 45.3% woman, and 54.7% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry.

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Races

In 2023, 68.6% of the workforce in the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry was White (2,056,448 people), of which 45.4% were women and 54.6% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races and Black.

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation workers in 2023 were bachelors degree (783,111 people), some college (728,167 people), and high school or equivalent (649,437 people).

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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 6.05% in the next ten years. The Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 6.05%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (23.4%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (23.4%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation.
6.05%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
6.05%
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 approximately the same than 6.05%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation.
23.4%
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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