Spectator sports

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Workforce

151k

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

37.8

Estimated Job Growth

9.3%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$64,828

Average Male Salary

$71,787

Average Female Salary

$47,506

About

The top three occupations in the Spectator sports Industry Group are Other managers, Athletes and sports competitors, Coaches and scouts, Umpires, referees, and other sports officials, and Cashiers. On average, full-time employees in the Spectator sports Industry Group work 46.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $83,758. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.5 hours and earn an average annual salary of $21,303.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Spectator sports Industry Group are Mooresville Town & Statesville City PUMA, NC, Lexington-Fayette County (Central) PUMA, KY, and Anderson City PUMA, IN. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Spectator sports.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Spectator sports Industry Group. Other managers are the most common position, but the Spectator sports Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Athletes and sports competitors, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Spectator sports goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

39.8%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 13k people employed in the Spectator Sports industry. This represents a 39.8% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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

Occupations

Occupations by Share

151k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 143k

1.39%

1 Year Growth

± 9.07%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 151k people employed in the Spectator sports Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Spectator sports Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 1.39%, , from 141k people in 2018 to 143k people in 2019.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Spectator sports by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Other managers represent the largest share of positions held in Spectator sports at 9.64%, followed by Athletes and sports competitors with 9.29% and Coaches and scouts with 7.75%.

Wages

Average Salary

$64,828

AVERAGE WAGE

± $6,442

On average, employees in the Spectator sports Industry Group make $64,828 per year. This number makes Spectator sports the 79 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 Spectator sports Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.593

WAGE GINI

Spectator sports has a wage GINI of 0.593, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Spectator sports (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

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

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Spectator sports Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $71,787 and $47,506. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

41.1k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±4.98k

102k

MALE WORKFORCE

±7.85k

71.3% of workers in the Spectator sports Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Spectator sports Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$71,787

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$8,174

$47,506

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$9,223

On average, Male workers in the Spectator sports Industry Group make 1.51 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Spectator sports Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

White
Black
Asian

On average, White employees in the Spectator sports Industry Group earn 1.03 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 Spectator sports Industry Group.

Input/Output

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

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 Spectator sports is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Spectator sports is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Spectator sports 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 Spectator sports is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Projections

Growth projections of the Spectator sports 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 Spectator sports industry has a higher projected workforce growth at 9.3%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (24.2%) is higher than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

9.3%

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 Spectator sports. This industry is expected to grow more than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.