Fishing, hunting & trapping

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Workforce Population
31.5k
2024
Average Employee Age
42.5
2024
Estimated Job Growth
−0.478%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$57,915
2024
Average Male Salary
$59,384
2024
Average Female Salary
$49,712
2024

About

The top three occupations in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group are fishing and hunting workers, biological scientists, and other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group work N/A hours per week and have an average annual salary of N/A. Part-time employees in the same industry work N/A hours and earn an average annual salary of N/A.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group are Coastal Maine Region--Hancock, Knox, Waldo & Lincoln Counties PUMA, ME, Matanuska-Susitna & Kenai Peninsula Boroughs PUMA, AK, and Subsistence Alaska PUMA, AK.

The workforce of Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group in 2024 was 31,456 people, with 15.2% woman, and 84.8% men.

In 2024, 75% of the workforce in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group was White (23,586 people), of which 17% were women and 83% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group.

The workforce in Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group was 31,456 people and is concentrated in Florida (4,054 workers). The average annual salary was $57,915, being $11,963 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

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3.88%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 8.27M people employed in the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry. This represents a 3.88% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were Florida (4.05k), Washington (2.73k), and Maine (2.62k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group had an average annual wage of $57,915, $11,963 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

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Wage Distribution

0.444
WAGE GINI

Fishing, hunting & trapping has a wage GINI of 0.444, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Fishing, hunting & trapping (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 Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group.

Fishing and hunting workers are the most common position with 16,149 workers, but the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Biological scientists and Other managers.

The highest average salary in Fishing, hunting & trapping goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were fishing and hunting workers (16,149 people), biological scientists (1,350 people), and other managers (1,283 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$59,384
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$9,436
$49,712
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$22,668

On average, Male workers in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group make 1.19 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Fishing, hunting & trapping 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.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group.

The Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry.

Maine and Alaska stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group is Manufacturing.

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Wholesale trade

The Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Manufacturing
  2. Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
  3. Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services

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

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022
  1. Maine
    503
  2. Alaska
    458
  3. Washington
    434

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Fishing, hunting & trapping industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 15.2% corresponds to women and 84.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $59,384 and $49,712.

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Gender and Age

4,777
Women
15.2%
26,679
Men
84.8%

The workforce of Fishing, hunting & trapping industry in 2024 was 31,456 people, with 15.2% woman, and 84.8% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Fishing, hunting & trapping industry.

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Races

In 2024, 75% of the workforce in the Fishing, hunting & trapping industry was White (23,586 people), of which 17% were women and 83% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Fishing, hunting & trapping workers in N/A were N/A.

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Projections

Growth projections of the Fishing, Hunting and Trapping industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow −0.478% in the next ten years. The Fishing, Hunting and Trapping industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −0.478%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (16.2%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (16.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Fishing, Hunting and Trapping.
−0.478%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
−0.478%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Fishing, Hunting and Trapping. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than −0.478%, 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 Fishing, Hunting and Trapping.
16.2%
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10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Fishing, Hunting and Trapping industry.

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