Vocational rehabilitation services

Industry Group

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Workforce

508k

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

44.1

Estimated Job Growth

−1.36%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$28,664

Average Male Salary

$26,240

Average Female Salary

$25,419

About

The top three occupations in the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group are Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, Janitors & building cleaners, Other assemblers and fabricators, Personal care aides, and Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors. On average, full-time employees in the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group work 41.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $41,933. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.5 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,157.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group are Douglas, Edgar, Coles & Cumberland Counties PUMA, IL, Winona City PUMA, MN, and Ingham County (Northwest) PUMA, MI. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Vocational rehabilitation services.

Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Health Care & Social Assistance

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group. Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors are the most common position, but the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Rehabilitation counselors, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Vocational rehabilitation services goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

4.65%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 49.5k people employed in the Vocational Rehabilitation Services industry. This represents a 4.65% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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

Occupations

Occupations by Share

508k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 156k

−9.74%

1 Year Growth

± 9.49%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 508k people employed in the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −9.74%, , from 173k people in 2019 to 156k people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Vocational rehabilitation services by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors represent the largest share of positions held in Vocational rehabilitation services at 7.97%, followed by Janitors & building cleaners with 7.6% and Other assemblers and fabricators with 6.56%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group, by number of employees, are Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, Janitors & building cleaners, Other assemblers and fabricators, Personal care aides, and Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Vocational rehabilitation services employs an unusually high number of Rehabilitation counselors, Cutting workers, and Healthcare social workers.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Vocational rehabilitation services, by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, Physical therapists, and Speechlanguage pathologists.

Wages

Average Salary

$28,664

AVERAGE WAGE

± $2,103

On average, employees in the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group make $28,664 per year. This number makes Vocational rehabilitation services the 249 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 Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.494

WAGE GINI

Vocational rehabilitation services has a wage GINI of 0.494, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Vocational rehabilitation services (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 Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group.

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $26,240 and $25,419. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

89.7k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±7.35k

66.3k

MALE WORKFORCE

±6.32k

57.5% of workers in the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group are Female, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$26,240

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,274

$25,419

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,060

On average, Male workers in the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group make 1.03 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Asian
Other
Black

On average, Asian employees in the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group earn 1.21 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 Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Vocational rehabilitation 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 Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group is Educational services, health care, and social assistance.

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 Vocational rehabilitation services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Vocational rehabilitation services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Vocational rehabilitation 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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Vocational rehabilitation services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Educational services, health care, and social assistance Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Vocational rehabilitation services Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Projections

Growth projections of the Vocational rehabilitation services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Vocational rehabilitation services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −1.36%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (30.1%) is higher than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

−1.36%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Vocational rehabilitation services. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.