U. S. Air Force

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
287k
2022
Average Employee Age
29.8
2022
Average Salary
$60,777
2022
Average Male Salary
$61,973
2022
Average Female Salary
$55,923
2022

About

The top three occupations in the U. S. Air Force Industry Group are military, rank not specified, military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members, and aircraft mechanics & service technicians. On average, full-time employees in the U. S. Air Force Industry Group work 45.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $61,731. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $32,792.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the U. S. Air Force Industry Group are El Paso Teller PUMA, CO, Okaloosa County (South) PUMA, FL, and San Antonio City (West)--Inside Loop I-410 PUMA, TX.

The workforce of U. S. Air Force Industry Group in 2022 was 286,736 people, with 19.8% woman, and 80.2% men.

In 2022, 71.5% of the workforce in the U. S. Air Force Industry Group was White (205,117 people), of which 17.5% were women and 82.5% men.

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the U. S. Air Force Industry Group.

The workforce in U. S. Air Force Industry Group was 286,736 people and is concentrated in Texas (33,095 workers). The average annual salary was $60,777, being $6,950 less than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

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Start Year
Y-Axis
2%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 23.1M people employed in the Government industry. This represents a 2% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were Texas (33.1k), Florida (21.6k), and California (18.8k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, U. S. Air Force Industry Group had an average annual wage of $60,777, $6,950 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

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Wage Distribution

0.347
WAGE GINI

U. S. Air Force has a wage GINI of 0.347, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in U. S. Air Force (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 U. S. Air Force Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the U. S. Air Force Industry Group.

Military, rank not specified are the most common position with 56,336 workers, but the U. S. Air Force Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members and Aircraft mechanics & service technicians.

The highest average salary in U. S. Air Force goes to Surgeons.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the U. S. Air Force Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were military, rank not specified (56,336 people), military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members (32,786 people), and aircraft mechanics & service technicians (21,940 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$61,973
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$2,296
$55,923
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$3,632

On average, Male workers in the U. S. Air Force Industry Group make 1.11 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the U. S. Air Force Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the U. S. Air Force 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 U. S. Air Force Industry Group.

The U. S. Air Force Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for U. S. Air Force is from Active Duty Military.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the U. S. Air Force Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the U. S. Air Force Industry Group 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.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for U. S. Air Force is from Active Duty Military.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Manufacturing
  2. Professional and business services
  3. Information

The U. S. Air Force Industry Group 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.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

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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 U. S. Air Force Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the U. S. Air Force Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the U. S. Air Force Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 19.8% corresponds to women and 80.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $61,973 and $55,923.

69.6% of workers have a some college, bachelors degree or associates degree.

Gender and Age

56,693
Women
19.8%
230,043
Men
80.2%

The workforce of U. S. Air Force industry in 2022 was 286,736 people, with 19.8% woman, and 80.2% men.

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Races

In 2022, 71.5% of the workforce in the U. S. Air Force industry was White (205,117 people), of which 17.5% were women and 82.5% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the U. S. Air Force workers in 2022 were some college (89,500 people), bachelors degree (55,889 people), and associates degree (54,191 people).

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