Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing

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Workforce

1.08M

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

44.8

Estimated Job Growth

−1.7%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$87,569

Average Male Salary

$94,596

Average Female Salary

$102,982

About

The top three occupations in the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group are Software developers, Other managers, Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers, Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers, and Electrical & electronics engineers. On average, full-time employees in the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group work 43.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $89,492. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $42,706.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group are Palm Bay City, Grant-Valkaria & Malabar Towns PUMA, FL, San Diego City (Northwest/Del Mar Mesa) PUMA, CA, and Allen, Murphy, Plano (East) & Parker Cities PUMA, TX. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing.

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Manufacturing Manufacturing

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group. Software developers are the most common position, but the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing goes to Computer & information systems managers.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Manufacturing industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

6.34%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 12.3M people employed in the Manufacturing industry. This represents a 6.34% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Manufacturing over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Occupations

Occupations by Share

1.08M

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 126k

−1.33%

1 Year Growth

± 9.88%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 1.08M people employed in the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −1.33%, , from 127k people in 2018 to 126k people in 2019.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Software developers represent the largest share of positions held in Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing at 9.31%, followed by Other managers with 7.25% and Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers with 5.77%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group, by number of employees, are Software developers, Other managers, Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers, Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers, and Electrical & electronics engineers.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing employs an unusually high number of Electrical, electronics, & electromechanical assemblers, Electrical & electronics engineers, and Materials engineers.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing, by average wage, are Computer & information systems managers, Chief executives & legislators, and Management analysts.

Wages

Average Salary

$87,569

AVERAGE WAGE

± $5,428

On average, employees in the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group make $87,569 per year. This number makes Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing the 25 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 Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.409

WAGE GINI

Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.409, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing (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 Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn less than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $94,596 and $102,982. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

32.8k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±4.44k

93k

MALE WORKFORCE

±7.49k

74% of workers in the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$94,596

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$6,554

$102,982

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$6,920

On average, Male workers in the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group make 0.919 times less than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Asian
White
Two or More Races

On average, Asian employees in the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group earn 1.11 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 Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing 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. Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing 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 Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Communications, & audio & video equipment manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Projections

Growth projections of the Computer and electronic product manufacturing 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 Computer and electronic product manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −1.7%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (17.4%) 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 Computer and electronic product manufacturing.

−1.7%

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 Computer and electronic product manufacturing. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.