Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

319k

2021

Average Employee Age

41.5

2021

Estimated Job Growth

−NaN0%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$85,126

2021

Average Male Salary

$92,970

2021

Average Female Salary

$68,738

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group are customer service representatives, sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel, and other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group work 43.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $88,658. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $29,041.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group are Sammamish, Issaquah, Mercer Island & Newcastle Cities PUMA, WA, Frisco City (East) & Prosper Town PUMA, TX, and Plano City (Central) PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group in 2021 was 319,336 people, with 32.4% woman, and 67.6% men.

In 2021, 66.2% of the workforce in the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group was White (211,430 people), of which 30.3% were women and 69.7% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group.

The workforce in Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group was 319,336 people and is concentrated in California (37,699 workers). The average annual salary was $85,126, being $25,531 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

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Start Year

Y-Axis

0.878%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 3.05M people employed in the Information industry. This represents a 0.878% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (37.7k), Texas (35.2k), and Florida (22.3k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $85,126, $25,531 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.397

WAGE GINI

Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers has a wage GINI of 0.397, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers (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 Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group.

Customer service representatives are the most common position with 30,028 workers, but the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel and Other managers.

The highest average salary in Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers goes to Other Physical Scientists.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were customer service representatives (30,028 people), sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel (29,955 people), and other managers (20,975 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$92,970

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$4,350

$68,738

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$4,494

On average, Male workers in the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group make 1.35 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers 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 Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group.

The Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers 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 Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers is from Information.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group is Information.

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 Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers is from Information.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers is from Information.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
12,300
Texas
9,408
Florida
7,594

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 32.4% corresponds to women and 67.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $92,970 and $68,738.

73.7% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or high school or equivalent.

Gender and Age

103,362

Women

32.4%

215,974

Men

67.6%

The workforce of Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers industry in 2021 was 319,336 people, with 32.4% woman, and 67.6% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers industry.

Races

In 2021, 66.2% of the workforce in the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers industry was White (211,430 people), of which 30.3% were women and 69.7% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Asian.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers workers in 2021 were bachelors degree (96,010 people), some college (83,215 people), and high school or equivalent (55,981 people).

The chart shows the Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Telecommunications 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 Telecommunications industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −NaN0%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (22.5%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Telecommunications.

−NaN0%

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 Telecommunications. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.