Performing arts companies

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

134k

2024

Average Employee Age

40.5

2024

Estimated Job Growth

3.59%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$56,601

2024

Average Male Salary

$66,309

2024

Average Female Salary

$47,227

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Performing arts companies Industry Group are musicians and singers, other managers, and other teachers and instructors. On average, full-time employees in the Performing arts companies Industry Group work 43.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $75,635. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $27,161.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Performing arts companies Industry Group are NYC-Manhattan Community District 9--Morningside Heights & Hamilton Heights PUMA, NY, Nashville/Davidson County--Downtown, East & North Nashville PUMA, TN, and NYC-Manhattan Community District 12--Washington Heights & Inwood PUMA, NY.

The workforce of Performing arts companies Industry Group in 2024 was 133,834 people, with 50.9% woman, and 49.1% men.

In 2024, 70.9% of the workforce in the Performing arts companies Industry Group was White (94,930 people), of which 51.6% were women and 48.4% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Performing arts companies Industry Group.

The workforce in Performing arts companies Industry Group was 133,834 people and is concentrated in New York (19,348 workers). The average annual salary was $56,601, being $13,277 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

12.8%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 16.7k people employed in the Performing Arts Companies industry. This represents a 12.8% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were New York (19.3k), California (17.9k), and Texas (8.39k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Performing arts companies Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Performing arts companies Industry Group had an average annual wage of $56,601, $13,277 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Performing arts companies Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.531

WAGE GINI

Performing arts companies has a wage GINI of 0.531, which is more than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Performing arts companies (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Performing arts companies Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Performing arts companies Industry Group.

Musicians and singers are the most common position with 22,003 workers, but the Performing arts companies Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other managers and Other teachers and instructors.

The highest average salary in Performing arts companies goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Performing arts companies Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were musicians and singers (22,003 people), other managers (15,243 people), and other teachers and instructors (6,041 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$66,309

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$8,949

$47,227

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$5,637

On average, Male workers in the Performing arts companies Industry Group make 1.4 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Performing arts companies Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Performing arts companies 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 Performing arts companies Industry Group.

The Performing arts companies Industry Group 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 Performing arts companies Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Performing arts companies is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Performing arts companies Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Performing arts companies Industry Group 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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Performing arts companies is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Professional and business services
Manufacturing
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Performing arts companies 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 Performing arts companies is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Educational services, health care, and social assistance Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Performing arts companies Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Performing arts companies Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

California
1,839
New York
1,522
Florida
744

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Performing arts companies industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Performing arts companies Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 50.9% corresponds to women and 49.1% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $66,309 and $47,227.

78% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

Gender and Age

68,090

Women

50.9%

65,744

Men

49.1%

The workforce of Performing arts companies industry in 2024 was 133,834 people, with 50.9% woman, and 49.1% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Performing arts companies industry.

Races

In 2024, 70.9% of the workforce in the Performing arts companies industry was White (94,930 people), of which 51.6% were women and 48.4% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Performing arts companies workers in 2024 were bachelors degree (52,251 people), graduate degree (28,076 people), and some college (24,025 people).

The chart shows the Performing arts companies workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Performing Arts Companies industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 3.59% in the next ten years. The Performing Arts Companies industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 3.59%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (23.8%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (23.8%).

Job Growth

3.59%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

3.59%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Performing Arts Companies. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 3.59%, the average rate of national job growth.