Chief executives & legislators

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2024 Workforce

1.54M

Average Age

51.2

Average Salary

$218,880

Average Male Salary

$236,106

Average Female Salary

$177,959

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Chief executives & legislators are most often employed by the Construction industry. The average yearly wage for Chief executives & legislators was $218,880 in 2024.

The locations that employ the most Chief executives & legislators are Orange County (West Central)--Newport Beach, Aliso Viejo & Laguna Woods Cities PUMA, CA, NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 1 & 2--Financial District & Greenwich Village PUMA, NY, and NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 5 & 6--Midtown, East Midtown, & Flatiron PUMA, NY. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Chief executives & legislators are Orange County (West Central)--Newport Beach, Aliso Viejo & Laguna Woods Cities PUMA, CA, Tarrant County (Northeast)--Grapevine, Southlake & Colleyville Cities PUMA, TX, and Contra Costa County (West)--Walnut Creek (West), Lafayette & Orinda Cities PUMA, CA.

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Employment and salary information for the Chief executives & legislators workforce. Chief executives & legislators workforce in 2024 was 1,535,538 people, of which 29.6% were women and 70.4% were men.

Chief executives & legislators are paid most in Allegany, Garrett & West Washington Counties--Hancock & Clear Spring PUMA, MD but are relatively concentrated in Orange County (West Central)--Newport Beach, Aliso Viejo & Laguna Woods Cities PUMA, CA.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

1,080,618

Male Workforce

± 25.4k

454,920

Female Workforce

± 16.5k

The Chief executives & legislators workforce in 2024 was 1,535,538 people (29.6% women and 70.4% men). This implies an average annual growth of 42.9% between 2014 (1,074,613) and 2024 (1,535,538).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Chief executives & legislators.

During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Connecticut ($300,447), Massachusetts ($262,842), and District of Columbia ($253,538).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$218,880

AVERAGE WAGE

#3 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Chief executives & legislators earned an average of $218,880, $149,002 more than the average national salary of $69,878

The graph shows the ranking of Chief executives & legislators in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2014.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.363

WAGE GINI

In 2024, Chief executives & legislators had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.363, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Chief executives & legislators (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Chief executives & legislators compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Chief executives & legislators and on wages for those in the field. Construction is the industry that employs the most Chief executives & legislators, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Chief executives & legislators, by average wage, is Tobacco manufacturing ($485,827).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

1.54M

2024 Workforce

± 30,272

2.35%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 2.74%

This graphic shows the share of Chief executives & legislators employed by various industries. Construction employs the largest share of Chief executives & legislators at 37.6%, followed by Computer Systems Design with 31.3% and Management, scientific & technical consulting services with 17%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Chief executives & legislators in the US. The workforce of Chief executives & legislators in 2024 was 1,535,538 people, with 29.6% woman, and 70.4% men. The average age of male Chief executives & legislators in the workforce is 51.7 and of female Chief executives & legislators is 50.1, and the most common race/ethnicity for Chief executives & legislators is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Chief executives & legislators in 2024 was 1,535,538 people, with 29.6% woman, and 70.4% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 50 to 54 years (246,059 people), 55 to 59 years (233,581 people), and 45 to 49 years (218,789 people). Among them they concentrated 45.5% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2024, 8.06% of Chief executives & legislators workers were Hispanic and 91.9% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (39.4%), Puerto Rican (12.5)%, and Cuban (9.98)%

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Races

In 2024, 79.2% of the Chief executives & legislators workforce were White, of which 28.6% were women and 71.4% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (7.68%) and Asian (6.55%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Chief executives & legislators from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Chief executives & legislators is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Construction.

Among the necessary skills for Chief executives & legislators, Judgment and Decision Making stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Chief executives & legislators need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Chief executives & legislators in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (402,817 people), Engineering (123,216 people), and Social Sciences (113,395 people).

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Education Levels

Metric

The main educational levels achieved by the Chief executives & legislators workers were Bachelors Degree (625,079 people), Graduate Degree (493,644 people), and Some college (198,930 people).

The graphic shows the Chief executives & legislators workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Value

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Chief executives & legislators from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Chief executives & legislators need many skills, but most especially Judgment and Decision Making, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Personnel Resources.