Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy)

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

589k

2017

Average Employee Age

2017

Average Salary

$73,703

2017

Average Male Salary

$78,980

2017

Average Female Salary

$63,248

2017

About

The top three occupations in the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group are radio & telecommunications equipment installers & repairers, telecommunications line installers & repairers, and sales representatives, services, all other. On average, full-time employees in the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group work 43.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $75,746. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $22,144.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group are Ouachita Parish PUMA, LA, Somerset County (North & West) PUMA, NJ, and Allen, Murphy, Plano (East) & Parker Cities PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group in 2017 was 588,575 people, with 33.5% woman, and 66.5% men.

In 2017, 72.9% of the workforce in the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group was White (428,899 people), of which 30.2% were women and 69.8% men.

Information

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group.

The workforce in Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group was 588,575 people and is concentrated in California (61,057 workers). The average annual salary was $73,703, being $14,108 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Information industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

0.878%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 3.05M people employed in the Information industry. This represents a 0.878% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2017 were California (61.1k), Texas (59.5k), and Florida (37.4k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2017, Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group had an average annual wage of $73,703, $14,108 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.348

WAGE GINI

Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) has a wage GINI of 0.348, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group.

Radio & telecommunications equipment installers & repairers are the most common position with 68,281 workers, but the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Telecommunications line installers & repairers and Sales representatives, services, all other.

The highest average salary in Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group according to occupations. In 2017, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were radio & telecommunications equipment installers & repairers (68,281 people), telecommunications line installers & repairers (56,022 people), and sales representatives, services, all other (48,449 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$78,980

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,355

$63,248

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,769

On average, Male workers in the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group make 1.25 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) 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.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group.

The Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) is from Information.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group is Information.

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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) is from Information.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) 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 Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) is from Information.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Information Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
6,600
Texas
5,788
New York
4,294

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 33.5% corresponds to women and 66.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $78,980 and $63,248.

75% of workers have a some college, bachelors degree or high school or equivalent.

Gender and Age

197,428

Women

33.5%

391,147

Men

66.5%

The workforce of Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) industry in 2017 was 588,575 people, with 33.5% woman, and 66.5% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) industry.

Races

In 2017, 72.9% of the workforce in the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) industry was White (428,899 people), of which 30.2% were women and 69.8% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Asian.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) workers in 2017 were some college (176,281 people), bachelors degree (150,173 people), and high school or equivalent (115,185 people).

The chart shows the Wired telecommunications carriers (Legacy) workforce by gender and educational level.