Private households

Industry Group

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Workforce

821k

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

42.3

Estimated Job Growth

−3.46%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$20,705

Average Male Salary

$27,496

Average Female Salary

$26,158

About

The top three occupations in the Private households Industry Group are Childcare workers, Maids & housekeeping cleaners, Personal care aides, Nursing assistants, and Personal care & service workers, all other . On average, full-time employees in the Private households Industry Group work 43.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $28,914. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,843.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Private households Industry Group are LA City (Central/Koreatown) PUMA, CA, Miami City (Downtown) PUMA, FL, and LA City (Central/Univ. of Southern California & Exposition Park) PUMA, CA. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Private households.

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Private households Industry Group. Childcare workers are the most common position, but the Private households Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Maids & housekeeping cleaners, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Private households goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Other Services industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

14.9%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 5.31M people employed in the Other Services industry. This represents a 14.9% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Other Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Occupations by Share

821k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 370k

−2.6%

1 Year Growth

± 5.81%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 821k people employed in the Private households Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Private households Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −2.6%, , from 380k people in 2019 to 370k people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Private households by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Childcare workers represent the largest share of positions held in Private households at 33.4%, followed by Maids & housekeeping cleaners with 27.8% and Personal care aides with 25.2%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Private households Industry Group, by number of employees, are Childcare workers, Maids & housekeeping cleaners, Personal care aides, Nursing assistants, and Personal care & service workers, all other .

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Private households employs an unusually high number of Maids & housekeeping cleaners, Childcare workers, and Personal care aides.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Private households, by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, General & operations managers, and Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants.

Average Salary

$20,705

AVERAGE WAGE

± $982

On average, employees in the Private households Industry Group make $20,705 per year. This number makes Private households the 267 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 Private households Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.465

WAGE GINI

Private households has a wage GINI of 0.465, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Private households (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Private households Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Private households Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Private households Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Private households Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $27,496 and $26,158. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

326k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±14k

43.9k

MALE WORKFORCE

±5.15k

88.1% of workers in the Private households Industry Group are Female, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Private households Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$27,496

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,901

$26,158

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,716

On average, Male workers in the Private households Industry Group make 1.05 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Private households Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander
Asian
Black

On average, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander employees in the Private households Industry Group earn 1.31 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 Private households Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Private households 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 Private households Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Private households Industry Group is Professional and business services.

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

The closest comparable data for Private households is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Private households is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Private households 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 Private households is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Private households Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Private households Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Projections

Growth projections of the Private households industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Private households industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −3.46%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (18.2%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

−3.46%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Private households. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.