U. S. Marines

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Workforce

126k

2018 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

25.6

Average Salary

$38,245

Average Male Salary

$38,416

Average Female Salary

$35,307

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Input/Output

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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, Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, and Military officer special & tactical operations leaders. On average, full-time employees in the U. S. Marines Industry Group work 53.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $38,823. Part-time employees in the same industry work 18 hours and earn an average annual salary of $14,176.

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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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 Military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members, compared to other industries. 

The highest average salary in U. S. Marines goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

126k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 8.72k

-5.01%

1 Year Growth

± 10.1%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the U. S. Marines Industry Group has been declining at a rate of -5.01%, , from 133k people in 2017 to 126k people in 2018.

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 19.9%, followed by Military, rank not specified with 15.9% and Firstline enlisted military supervisors with 5.87%.

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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, Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, and Military officer special & tactical operations leaders.

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Most Specialized

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

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Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in U. S. Marines, by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, and Other managers.

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Wages

Average Salary

$38,245

AVERAGE WAGE

± $2,017

On average, employees in the U. S. Marines Industry Group make $38,245 per year. This number makes U. S. Marines the 214 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

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Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

  1. New Orleans City (South) PUMA, LA

  2. Woodlawn, Rose Hill & Mount Vernon PUMA, VA

  3. Newport & Bristol CountiesNewport City PUMA, RI

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

0.364

WAGE GINI

U. S. Marines has a wage GINI of 0.364, 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

  1. Jacksonville City PUMA, NC

  2. Oceanside City & Camp Pendleton PUMA, CA

  3. Craven County PUMA, NC

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 $38,416 and $35,307. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

6.94k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±2.05k

119k

MALE WORKFORCE

±8.48k

94.5% 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

$38,416

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,105

$35,307

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$6,055

On average, Male workers in the U. S. Marines Industry Group make 1.09 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

  1. Asian

  2. White

  3. Two or More Races

On average, Asian employees in the U. S. Marines Industry Group earn 1.31 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

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

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Intermediate Inputs

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HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

  1. Manufacturing

  2. Professional and business services

  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

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

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LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

  1. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

  2. Wholesale trade

  3. Transportation and warehousing

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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