Educational Services

Industry Sub-Sector

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Workforce Population
14.6M
2022
Average Employee Age
43.1
2022
Estimated Job Growth
3.42%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$55,433
2022
Average Male Salary
$65,557
2022
Average Female Salary
$50,663
2022

About

The top three occupations in the Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector are elementary & middle school teachers, postsecondary teachers, and teaching assistants. On average, full-time employees in the Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector work 42.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $66,417. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $19,777.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector are Tompkins County PUMA, NY, Washtenaw County (East Central)--Ann Arbor City Area PUMA, MI, and Centre County PUMA, PA.

The workforce of Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector in 2022 was 14,570,096 people, with 68% woman, and 32% men.

In 2022, 72.1% of the workforce in the Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector was White (10,500,543 people), of which 68.8% were women and 31.2% men.

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector.

The workforce in Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector was 14,570,096 people and is concentrated in California (1,568,229 workers). The average annual salary was $55,433, being $9,250 less than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

Start Year
Y-Axis
3.51%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4M people employed in the Educational Services industry. This represents a 3.51% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were California (1.57M), Texas (1.29M), and New York (1.09M).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector.

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector had an average annual wage of $55,433, $9,250 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

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Wage Distribution

0.415
WAGE GINI

Educational Services has a wage GINI of 0.415, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Educational Services (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector.

Elementary & middle school teachers are the most common position with 3,150,063 workers, but the Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector employs a relatively high number of Postsecondary teachers and Teaching assistants.

The highest average salary in Educational Services goes to Surgeons.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were elementary & middle school teachers (3,150,063 people), postsecondary teachers (1,443,366 people), and teaching assistants (1,206,763 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$65,557
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$738
$50,663
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$335

On average, Male workers in the Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector make 1.29 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Educational Services 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 Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector.

The Educational Services 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 Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Educational Services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector is Educational services, health care, and social assistance.

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 Educational Services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

The Educational Services 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 Educational Services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

The Educational services, health care, and social assistance Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Educational Services 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 2016
  1. 176,070
  2. 102,746
  3. 87,970

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Educational Services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Educational Services Industry Sub-Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 68% corresponds to women and 32% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $65,557 and $50,663.

81.4% of workers have a graduate degree, bachelors degree or some college.

Gender and Age

9,903,909
Women
68%
4,666,187
Men
32%

The workforce of Educational Services industry in 2022 was 14,570,096 people, with 68% woman, and 32% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Educational Services industry.

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Races

In 2022, 72.1% of the workforce in the Educational Services industry was White (10,500,543 people), of which 68.8% were women and 31.2% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Educational Services workers in 2022 were graduate degree (5,592,714 people), bachelors degree (4,317,726 people), and some college (1,947,951 people).

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Projections

Growth projections of the Educational Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 3.42% in the next ten years. The Educational Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 3.42%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (14.4%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (14.4%).

Job Growth

3.42%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
3.42%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Educational Services. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 3.42%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

14.4%
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10-year Projection

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