Sound recording industries

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Workforce

27.8k

2017 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

39.8

Estimated Job Growth

N/A%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$63,628

Average Male Salary

$68,435

Average Female Salary

$53,673

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About

The top three occupations in the Sound recording industries Industry Group are Broadcast & sound engineering technicians & radio operators, & media & communication equipment workers, all other, Miscellaneous managers, Musicians, singers, & related workers, Producers & directors, and Chief executives & legislators. On average, full-time employees in the Sound recording industries Industry Group work 45.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $72,550. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $19,432.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Sound recording industries Industry Group are Nashville-Davidson (Southwest) PUMA, TN, Park Slope, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook PUMA, NY, and LA City (East Central/Hollywood) PUMA, CA. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Sound recording industries.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Sound recording industries Industry Group. Broadcast & sound engineering technicians & radio operators, & media & communication equipment workers, all other are the most common position, but the Sound recording industries Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Broadcast & sound engineering technicians & radio operators, & media & communication equipment workers, all other, compared to other industries. 

The highest average salary in Sound recording industries goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

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Occupations by Share

27.8k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 4.09k

6.39%

1 Year Growth

± 19.9%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Sound recording industries Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 6.39%, , from 26.1k people in 2016 to 27.8k people in 2017.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Sound recording industries by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Broadcast & sound engineering technicians & radio operators, & media & communication equipment workers, all other represent the largest share of positions held in Sound recording industries at 18.6%, followed by Miscellaneous managers with 11.4% and Musicians, singers, & related workers with 11.1%.

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Most Common

The most common occupations in the Sound recording industries Industry Group, by number of employees, are Broadcast & sound engineering technicians & radio operators, & media & communication equipment workers, all other, Miscellaneous managers, Musicians, singers, & related workers, Producers & directors, and Chief executives & legislators.

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Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Sound recording industries employs an unusually high number of Broadcast & sound engineering technicians & radio operators, & media & communication equipment workers, all other, Musicians, singers, & related workers, and Producers & directors.

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Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Sound recording industries, by average wage, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Chief executives & legislators, and Marketing & sales managers.

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Wages

Average Salary

$63,628

AVERAGE WAGE

± $11,062

On average, employees in the Sound recording industries Industry Group make $63,628 per year. This number makes Sound recording industries the 70 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 266 Industry Groups.

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Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

  1. LA City (Central/Pacific Palisades) PUMA, CA

  2. Park Slope, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook PUMA, NY

  3. Franklin & Brentwood Cities PUMA, TN

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Sound recording industries Industry Group.

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Wage Distribution

0.494

WAGE GINI

Sound recording industries has a wage GINI of 0.494, which is more than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Sound recording industries (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

  1. Nashville-Davidson (Southwest) PUMA, TN

  2. Park Slope, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook PUMA, NY

  3. LA City (East Central/Hollywood) PUMA, CA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Sound recording industries Industry Group.

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

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Sound recording industries Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $68,435 and $53,673. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

9.06k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±2.34k

18.8k

MALE WORKFORCE

±3.36k

67.4% of workers in the Sound recording industries Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Sound recording industries Industry Group.

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Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$68,435

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$14,845

$53,673

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$14,112

On average, Male workers in the Sound recording industries Industry Group make 1.28 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Sound recording industries Industry Group.

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Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

  1. White

  2. Asian

  3. Black

On average, White employees in the Sound recording industries Industry Group earn 1.14 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 Sound recording industries Industry Group.

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Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Sound recording industries 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. Information has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Sound recording industries Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Sound recording industries Industry Group is Information.

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 Sound recording industries is from Information.

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Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

  1. Information

  2. Professional and business services

  3. Manufacturing

The Sound recording industries Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Information Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

  1. Information

  2. Professional and business services

  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

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

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Projections

Growth projections of the Sound recording industries Industry Group, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 8.13% in the next ten years. The Sound recording industries Industry Group has a lower projected workforce growth at N/A%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (N/A%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.6%).

Job Growth

N/A%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

8.13%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for the Sound recording industries Industry Group, which is lower than the national average of 8.13%.

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Output Growth

N/A%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

24.6%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Sound recording industries Industry Group, which is lower than the national average of 24.6%

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