Public Administration

Industry Sector

Add Comparison
Workforce Population
6.61M
2023
Average Employee Age
44.8
2023
Average Salary
$75,688
2023
Average Male Salary
$84,161
2023
Average Female Salary
$66,183
2023

About

The top three occupations in the Public Administration Industry Sector are police officers, other managers, and correctional officers and jailers. On average, full-time employees in the Public Administration Industry Sector work 43.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $79,765. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $26,918.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Public Administration Industry Sector are District of Columbia (Northeast) PUMA, DC, Leon County (Outer) PUMA, FL, and Subsistence Alaska PUMA, AK.

The workforce of Public Administration Industry Sector in 2023 was 6,609,148 people, with 47.1% woman, and 52.9% men.

In 2023, 64.7% of the workforce in the Public Administration Industry Sector was White (4,277,972 people), of which 43.5% were women and 56.5% men.

Photo by Thomas Hawk

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Public Administration Industry Sector.

The workforce in Public Administration Industry Sector was 6,609,148 people and is concentrated in California (794,674 workers). The average annual salary was $75,688, being $7,961 more than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

Start Year
Y-Axis
1.86%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 5.53M people employed in the State Government industry. This represents a 1.86% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

View Data
Save Image

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were California (795k), Texas (506k), and New York (419k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Public Administration Industry Sector.

View Data
Save Image

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Public Administration Industry Sector had an average annual wage of $75,688, $7,961 more than the average national salary of $67,727.

The graph shows the position of Public Administration Industry Sector in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

View Data
Save Image

Wage Distribution

0.338
WAGE GINI

Public Administration has a wage GINI of 0.338, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Public Administration (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 Public Administration Industry Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

View Data
Save Image

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Public Administration Industry Sector.

Police officers are the most common position with 751,877 workers, but the Public Administration Industry Sector employs a relatively high number of Other managers and Correctional officers and jailers.

The highest average salary in Public Administration goes to Surgeons.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Public Administration Industry Sector according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were police officers (751,877 people), other managers (374,062 people), and correctional officers and jailers (353,235 people)

View Data
Save Image

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$84,161
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$727
$66,183
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$659

On average, Male workers in the Public Administration Industry Sector make 1.27 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Public Administration Industry Sector.

View Data
Save Image

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Public Administration Industry 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 Public Administration Industry Sector.

The Public Administration Industry Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

Industrial Flow

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Public Administration Industry Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Public Administration Industry Sector is Wholesale trade.

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.

View Data
Save Image

Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Manufacturing
  2. Professional and business services
  3. Information

The Public Administration Industry Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

View Data
Save Image

Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Wholesale trade
  2. Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services
  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Wholesale trade Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Public Administration Industry Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Public Administration Industry Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

View Data
Save Image

Median Earnings

States with the highest median earnings in 2023
  1. District of Columbia
    $118,337
  2. Maryland
    $106,298
  3. Virginia
    $98,253

The charts shows the median earnings of the Public Administration industry by state and the annual evolution of the median earnings of the industry compared to the national level.

View Data
Save Image
View Data
Save Image

Diversity

Demographic information on the Public Administration Industry Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 47.1% corresponds to women and 52.9% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $84,161 and $66,183.

70.3% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or graduate degree.

Gender and Age

3,114,754
Women
47.1%
3,494,394
Men
52.9%

The workforce of Public Administration industry in 2023 was 6,609,148 people, with 47.1% woman, and 52.9% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Public Administration industry.

View Data
Save Image

Races

In 2023, 64.7% of the workforce in the Public Administration industry was White (4,277,972 people), of which 43.5% were women and 56.5% men.

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

View Data
Save Image

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Public Administration workers in 2023 were bachelors degree (1,990,558 people), some college (1,451,949 people), and graduate degree (1,201,780 people).

The chart shows the Public Administration workforce by gender and educational level.

View Data
Save Image