Electric & gas, and other combinations

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Workforce

555k

2018 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

45.5

Estimated Job Growth

-0.3%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$90,483

Average Male Salary

$96,329

Average Female Salary

$74,631

About

The top three occupations in the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group are Other managers, Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Customer service representatives, Electrical powerline installers & repairers, and Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers. On average, full-time employees in the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group work 44.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $91,904. Part-time employees in the same industry work 25.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $36,680.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group are Oroville City & Paradise Town PUMA, CA, Castro Valley, San Lorenzo & Ashland PUMA, CA, and Coastal Region PUMA, CA. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Electric & gas, and other combinations.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group. Other managers are the most common position, but the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Control & valve installers & repairers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Electric & gas, and other combinations goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

555k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 88.8k

-0.861%

1 Year Growth

± 11.7%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 555k people employed in the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group in 2018.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group has been declining at a rate of -0.861%, , from 89.6k people in 2017 to 88.8k people in 2018.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Electric & gas, and other combinations by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Other managers represent the largest share of positions held in Electric & gas, and other combinations at 7.63%, followed by Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers with 5.46% and Customer service representatives with 4.69%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group, by number of employees, are Other managers, Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, Customer service representatives, Electrical powerline installers & repairers, and Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Electric & gas, and other combinations employs an unusually high number of Control & valve installers & repairers, Meter readers, utilities, and Power plant operators, distributors, & dispatchers.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Electric & gas, and other combinations, by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, Human resources managers, and Computer & information systems managers.

Wages

Average Salary

$90,483

AVERAGE WAGE

± $4,649

On average, employees in the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group make $90,483 per year. This number makes Electric & gas, and other combinations the 18 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 Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.308

WAGE GINI

Electric & gas, and other combinations has a wage GINI of 0.308, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Electric & gas, and other combinations (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 Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $96,329 and $74,631. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

23.9k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±3.8k

64.9k

MALE WORKFORCE

±6.25k

73.1% of workers in the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$96,329

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$5,642

$74,631

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$7,421

On average, Male workers in the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group make 1.29 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Other
White
Two or More Races

On average, Other employees in the Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group earn 1.06 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 Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Electric & gas, and other combinations 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 Electric & gas, and other combinations Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Electric & gas, and other combinations 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 Electric & gas, and other combinations is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Electric & gas, and other combinations is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Electric & gas, and other combinations 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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Electric & gas, and other combinations is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Projections

Growth projections of the utilities industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 6.89% in the next ten years. The utilities industry has a lower projected workforce growth at -0.3%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (1.2%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (22.9%).