Waste management & remediation services

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Workforce

405k

2016 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

43.9

Estimated Job Growth

1.4%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$48,967

Average Male Salary

$49,857

Average Female Salary

$44,135

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Workforce

Diversity

Input/Output

Projections

About

The top three occupations in the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group are Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, Refuse & recyclable material collectors, Miscellaneous managers, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, and Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers. On average, full-time employees in the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group work 45.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $52,332. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $17,470.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group are Columbiana County PUMA, OH, Outer Cape Cod Towns PUMA, MA, and Otsego, Schoharie, Oneida (South) & Herkimer (South) Counties PUMA, NY. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Waste management & remediation services.

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Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management ServicesAdministrative, support & waste management services

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group. Driver/sales workers & truck drivers are the most common position, but the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Refuse & recyclable material collectors, compared to other industries. 

The highest average salary in Waste management & remediation services goes to Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers.

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Occupations by Share

405k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 475k

3.68%

1 Year Growth

± 4.89%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 405k people employed in the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group in 2016.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 3.68%, , from 459k people in 2016 to 475k people in 2017.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Waste management & remediation services by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Driver/sales workers & truck drivers represent the largest share of positions held in Waste management & remediation services at 27%, followed by Refuse & recyclable material collectors with 12.2% and Miscellaneous managers with 5.89%.

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Most Common

The most common occupations in the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group, by number of employees, are Driver/sales workers & truck drivers, Refuse & recyclable material collectors, Miscellaneous managers, Laborers & freight, stock, & material movers, hand, and Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers.

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Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Waste management & remediation services employs an unusually high number of Refuse & recyclable material collectors, Hazardous materials removal workers, and Supervisors of transportation & material moving workers.

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Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Waste management & remediation services, by average wage, are Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers, Purchasing managers, and Chief executives & legislators.

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Wages

Average Salary

$48,967

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,557

On average, employees in the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group make $48,967 per year. This number makes Waste management & remediation services the 150 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. Lake Forest, Irvine (North) Cities & Silverado PUMA, CA

  2. Castaic PUMA, CA

  3. Torrance City PUMA, CA

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

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Wage Distribution

0.378

WAGE GINI

Waste management & remediation services has a wage GINI of 0.378, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Waste management & remediation 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. Columbiana County PUMA, OH

  2. Outer Cape Cod Towns PUMA, MA

  3. Otsego, Schoharie, Oneida (South) & Herkimer (South) Counties PUMA, NY

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group.

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

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $49,857 and $44,135. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

74k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±6.68k

401k

MALE WORKFORCE

±15.5k

84.4% of workers in the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group.

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Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$49,857

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,735

$44,135

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,362

On average, Male workers in the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group make 1.13 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Waste management & remediation 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. Two or More Races

On average, Asian employees in the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group earn 1.26 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 Waste management & remediation services Industry Group.

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Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Waste management & remediation 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 Waste management & remediation services Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Waste management & remediation 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 Waste management & remediation 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 Waste management & remediation 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 Waste management & remediation services Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Waste management & remediation services Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Projections

Growth projections of the Waste management & remediation 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 Waste management & remediation services Industry Group has a lower projected workforce growth at 1.4%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (2%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.6%).

Job Growth

1.4%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

8.13%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

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

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Output Growth

2%

ESTIMATED GROWTH

24.6%

NATIONAL AVERAGE

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

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