Veterinary services

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Workforce

376k

2017 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

36.7

Estimated Job Growth

N/A%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$44,003

Average Male Salary

$77,036

Average Female Salary

$36,719

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Input/Output

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About

The top three occupations in the Veterinary services Industry Group are Health practitioner support technologists & technicians, Veterinarians, Veterinary assistants & laboratory animal caretakers, Receptionists & information clerks, and Nonfarm animal caretakers. On average, full-time employees in the Veterinary services Industry Group work 42.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $52,236. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23 hours and earn an average annual salary of $22,225.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Veterinary services Industry Group are Strafford, Rockingham (Northern) & Carroll (Southeastern) Counties PUMA, NH, Cherokee County (Central)Woodstock & Canton Cities PUMA, GA, and East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Veterinary services.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Veterinary services Industry Group. Health practitioner support technologists & technicians are the most common position, but the Veterinary services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Veterinarians, compared to other industries. 

The highest average salary in Veterinary services goes to Other Sales Workers.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

376k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 15k

6.71%

1 Year Growth

± 5.39%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Veterinary services Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 6.71%, , from 353k people in 2016 to 376k people in 2017.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Veterinary services by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Health practitioner support technologists & technicians represent the largest share of positions held in Veterinary services at 28.3%, followed by Veterinarians with 17.7% and Veterinary assistants & laboratory animal caretakers with 14.8%.

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Most Common

The most common occupations in the Veterinary services Industry Group, by number of employees, are Health practitioner support technologists & technicians, Veterinarians, Veterinary assistants & laboratory animal caretakers, Receptionists & information clerks, and Nonfarm animal caretakers.

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Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Veterinary services employs an unusually high number of Veterinarians, Veterinary assistants & laboratory animal caretakers, and Health practitioner support technologists & technicians.

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Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Veterinary services, by average wage, are Other Sales Workers, Physicians & surgeons, and Medical & health services managers.

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Wages

Average Salary

$44,003

AVERAGE WAGE

± $2,223

On average, employees in the Veterinary services Industry Group make $44,003 per year. This number makes Veterinary services the 176 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

  1. St. Croix & Dunn Counties PUMA, WI

  2. Jefferson (West), Boulder (West), Clear Creek & Gilpin Counties PUMA, CO

  3. Lyndhurst, Mayfield Heights, Shaker Heights & Solon Cities PUMA, OH

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

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Wage Distribution

0.49

WAGE GINI

Veterinary services has a wage GINI of 0.49, which is more than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Veterinary services (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

  1. Strafford, Rockingham (Northern) & Carroll (Southeastern) Counties PUMA, NH

  2. Cherokee County (Central)Woodstock & Canton Cities PUMA, GA

  3. East Baton Rouge Parish (South) PUMA, LA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Veterinary services Industry Group.

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

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Veterinary services Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $77,036 and $36,719. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

308k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±13.6k

68k

MALE WORKFORCE

±6.4k

81.9% of workers in the Veterinary services Industry Group are Female, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Veterinary services Industry Group.

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Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$77,036

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$8,891

$36,719

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,715

On average, Male workers in the Veterinary services Industry Group make 2.1 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Veterinary services 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. Other

On average, Asian employees in the Veterinary services Industry Group earn 1.19 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 Veterinary services Industry Group.

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Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Veterinary services 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. Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Veterinary services Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Veterinary services Industry Group is Professional and business services.

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 Veterinary services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

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Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

  1. Professional and business services

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

  3. Manufacturing

The Veterinary services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

  1. Professional and business services

  2. Manufacturing

  3. Educational services, health care, and social assistance

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Veterinary services Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Veterinary services Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Projections

Growth projections of the Veterinary services 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 Veterinary services 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%).

Job Growth

N/A%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

8.13%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for the Veterinary services Industry Group, which is lower than the national average of 8.13%.

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Output Growth

N/A%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

24.6%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Veterinary services Industry Group, which is lower than the national average of 24.6%

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