Data processing, hosting & related services

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Workforce
145k
2019 ACS Estimate
Average Employee Age
40.8
Average Salary
$90,719
Average Male Salary
$108,158
Average Female Salary
$105,549
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Workforce
Diversity
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About

The top three occupations in the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group are Software developers, Data entry keyers, Computer & information systems managers, Computer systems analysts, and Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel. On average, full-time employees in the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group work 43.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $94,623. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $25,634.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group are Austin City (Northwest) PUMA, TX, Cumberland Valley Area Development District (North) PUMA, KY, and Sunnyvale & San Jose (North) Cities PUMA, CA. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Data processing, hosting & related services.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group. Software developers are the most common position, but the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Data entry keyers, compared to other industries. 

The highest average salary in Data processing, hosting & related services goes to Architectural & engineering managers.

Monthly Employment

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Start Year
Y-Axis
3.88%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 2.73M people employed in the Information industry. This represents a 3.88% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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Occupations

Occupations by Share

145k
Workforce (ACS Estimate)
± 9.34k
−8.38%
1 Year Growth
± 9.74%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −8.38%, , from 158k people in 2018 to 145k people in 2019.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Data processing, hosting & related services by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Software developers represent the largest share of positions held in Data processing, hosting & related services at 10.9%, followed by Data entry keyers with 8.22% and Computer & information systems managers with 7.49%.

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Most Common

The most common occupations in the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group, by number of employees, are Software developers, Data entry keyers, Computer & information systems managers, Computer systems analysts, and Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel.

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Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Data processing, hosting & related services employs an unusually high number of Data entry keyers, Office machine operators, except computer, and Television, video, & motion picture camera operators & editors.

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Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Data processing, hosting & related services, by average wage, are Architectural & engineering managers, Electrical & electronics engineers, and Financial managers.

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Wages

Average Salary

$90,719
AVERAGE WAGE
± $5,866

On average, employees in the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group make $90,719 per year. This number makes Data processing, hosting & related services the 22 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

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Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA
HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS
  1. Redwood City, San Carlos & Belmont Cities PUMA, CA
  2. Redwood City, San Carlos & Belmont Cities PUMA, CA
  3. Redwood City, San Carlos & Belmont Cities PUMA, CA

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group.

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Wage Distribution

0.437
WAGE GINI

Data processing, hosting & related services has a wage GINI of 0.437, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Data processing, hosting & related services (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA
  1. Austin City (Northwest) PUMA, TX
  2. Cumberland Valley Area Development District (North) PUMA, KY
  3. Sunnyvale & San Jose (North) Cities PUMA, CA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $108,158 and $105,549. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

64.1k
FEMALE WORKFORCE
±6.22k
80.7k
MALE WORKFORCE
±6.97k

55.7% of workers in the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group.

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$108,158
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$9,164
$105,549
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$8,174

On average, Male workers in the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group make 1.02 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group.

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Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY
  1. Asian
  2. White
  3. Two or More Races

On average, Asian employees in the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group earn 1.46 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 Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group.

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Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Data processing, hosting & related services 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. Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group is Information.

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

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Data processing, hosting & related services is from Information.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Information
  3. Manufacturing

The Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group 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

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LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Information
  2. Professional and business services
  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Information Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Data processing, hosting & related services Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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