U. S. Army

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Workforce

417k

2019 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

30.1

Average Salary

$50,446

Average Male Salary

$51,127

Average Female Salary

$48,489

About

The top three occupations in the U. S. Army Industry Group are Military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members, Military, rank not specified, Military officer special & tactical operations leaders, Firstline enlisted military supervisors, and Human resources workers. On average, full-time employees in the U. S. Army Industry Group work 51.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $51,959. Part-time employees in the same industry work 18.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $26,708.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the U. S. Army Industry Group are Hope Mills & Spring Lake Towns PUMA, NC, Lakewood City & Joint Base Lewis-McChord PUMA, WA, and Rural Oahu PUMA, HI. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is U. S. Army.

Active Duty Military

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the U. S. Army Industry Group. Military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members are the most common position, but the U. S. Army Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Military officer special & tactical operations leaders, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in U. S. Army goes to Dentists.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Government industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

1.33%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 22.5M people employed in the Government industry. This represents a 1.33% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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

Occupations

Occupations by Share

417k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 15.8k

28.8%

1 Year Growth

± 4.46%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the U. S. Army Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 28.8%, , from 324k people in 2018 to 417k people in 2019.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in U. S. Army by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members represent the largest share of positions held in U. S. Army at 19.8%, followed by Military, rank not specified with 18.9% and Military officer special & tactical operations leaders with 8.06%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the U. S. Army Industry Group, by number of employees, are Military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members, Military, rank not specified, Military officer special & tactical operations leaders, Firstline enlisted military supervisors, and Human resources workers.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, U. S. Army employs an unusually high number of Military officer special & tactical operations leaders, Military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members, and Firstline enlisted military supervisors.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in U. S. Army, by average wage, are Dentists, Physician assistants, and Physicians.

Wages

Average Salary

$50,446

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,300

On average, employees in the U. S. Army Industry Group make $50,446 per year. This number makes U. S. Army the 166 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 U. S. Army Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.346

WAGE GINI

U. S. Army has a wage GINI of 0.346, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in U. S. Army (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 U. S. Army Industry Group.

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the U. S. Army Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $51,127 and $48,489. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

59.2k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±5.97k

358k

MALE WORKFORCE

±14.7k

85.8% of workers in the U. S. Army Industry Group are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the U. S. Army Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$51,127

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,405

$48,489

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,710

On average, Male workers in the U. S. Army Industry Group make 1.05 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the U. S. Army Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

American Indian
White
Two or More Races

On average, American Indian employees in the U. S. Army 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 U. S. Army Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the U. S. Army 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. Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the U. S. Army Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the U. S. Army Industry Group is Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing.

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.

Industrial Flow

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

Intermediate Inputs

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The U. S. Army 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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

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

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the U. S. Army Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the U. S. Army Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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