U. S. Marines

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Workforce

133k

2017 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

25.3

Estimated Job Growth

N/A%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$37,818

Average Male Salary

$38,073

Average Female Salary

$34,021

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The top three occupations in the U. S. Marines Industry Group are Military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members, Military, rank not specified, Firstline enlisted military supervisors, Aircraft mechanics & service technicians, and Avionics technicians. On average, full-time employees in the U. S. Marines Industry Group work 53.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $38,104. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $22,661.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the U. S. Marines Industry Group are Jacksonville City PUMA, NC, Oceanside City & Camp Pendleton PUMA, CA, and Craven County PUMA, NC. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is U. S. Marines.

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Workforce

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

The highest average salary in U. S. Marines goes to Aircraft pilots & flight engineers.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

133k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 8.95k

6.48%

1 Year Growth

± 9.08%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the U. S. Marines Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 6.48%, , from 125k people in 2016 to 133k people in 2017.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in U. S. Marines 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. Marines at 24%, followed by Military, rank not specified with 16.1% and Firstline enlisted military supervisors with 5.72%.

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Most Common

The most common occupations in the U. S. Marines Industry Group, by number of employees, are Military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members, Military, rank not specified, Firstline enlisted military supervisors, Aircraft mechanics & service technicians, and Avionics technicians.

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Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, U. S. Marines employs an unusually high number of Avionics technicians, Military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members, and Explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, & blasters.

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Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in U. S. Marines, by average wage, are Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, General & operations managers, and Administrative services managers.

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Wages

Average Salary

$37,818

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,912

On average, employees in the U. S. Marines Industry Group make $37,818 per year. This number makes U. S. Marines the 207 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

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the U. S. Marines Industry Group.

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Wage Distribution

0.353

WAGE GINI

U. S. Marines has a wage GINI of 0.353, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in U. S. Marines (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

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the U. S. Marines Industry Group.

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

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Diversity

Demographic information on the U. S. Marines Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $38,073 and $34,021. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

8.39k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±2.25k

125k

MALE WORKFORCE

±8.67k

93.7% of workers in the U. S. Marines Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the U. S. Marines Industry Group.

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Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$38,073

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,970

$34,021

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$7,806

On average, Male workers in the U. S. Marines Industry Group make 1.12 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the U. S. Marines Industry Group.

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Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

White
Two or More Races
Black

On average, White employees in the U. S. Marines Industry Group earn 1.05 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. Marines Industry Group.

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Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the U. S. Marines 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. Marines Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the U. S. Marines Industry Group is Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing.

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

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Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The U. S. Marines 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

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

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Projections

Growth projections of the U. S. Marines 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 U. S. Marines 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%).