Marketing & sales managers

Detailed Occupation

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2017 Workforce
907k
Average Age
42.1
Average Salary
$101,612
Average Male Salary
$120,170
Average Female Salary
$79,349

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Marketing & sales managers are most often employed by the Computer Systems Design industry. The average yearly wage for Marketing & sales managers was $101,612 in 2017.

The locations that employ the most Marketing & sales managers are Lake View & Lincoln Park PUMA, IL, Chelsea, Clinton & Midtown Business District PUMA, NY, and North Beach & Chinatown PUMA, CA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Marketing & sales managers are North Beach & Chinatown PUMA, CA, Chelsea, Clinton & Midtown Business District PUMA, NY, and Inner Mission & Castro PUMA, CA.

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Employment and salary information for the Marketing & sales managers workforce. Marketing & sales managers workforce in 2017 was 907,499 people, of which 45.5% were women and 54.5% were men. Marketing & sales managers are paid most in Douglas, Edgar, Coles & Cumberland Counties PUMA, IL but are relatively concentrated in North Beach & Chinatown PUMA, CA.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
494,942
Male Workforce
± 17.2k
412,557
Female Workforce
± 15.7k

The Marketing & sales managers workforce in 2017 was 907,499 people (45.5% women and 54.5% men). This implies an average annual growth of 11.4% between 2014 (814,678) and 2017 (907,499).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Marketing & sales managers.

During 2017, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were New Jersey ($126,843), Connecticut ($117,091), and Massachusetts ($116,699).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$101,612
AVERAGE WAGE
#25 in the ranking (2017)
$59,596
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2017, Marketing & sales managers earned an average of $101,612, $42,017 more than the average national salary of $59,596

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Wage Distribution

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0.411
WAGE GINI

In 2017, Marketing & sales managers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.411, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Marketing & sales managers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Information on the industries that employ Marketing & sales managers and on wages for those in the field. Computer Systems Design is the industry that employs the most Marketing & sales managers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Marketing & sales managers, by average wage, is Pipeline transportation ($211,065).

Occupations by Industries

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907k
2017 Workforce
± 23,314
3.7%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 3.54%

This graphic shows the share of Marketing & sales managers employed by various industries. Computer Systems Design employs the largest share of Marketing & sales managers at 41.6%, followed by Management, scientific & technical consulting services with 38.4% and Construction with 20.1%.

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Demographic information on Marketing & sales managers in the US. The workforce of Marketing & sales managers in 2017 was 907,499 people, with 45.5% woman, and 54.5% men. The average age of male Marketing & sales managers in the workforce is 43.9 and of female Marketing & sales managers is 40, and the most common race/ethnicity for Marketing & sales managers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Marketing & sales managers in 2017 was 907,499 people, with 45.5% woman, and 54.5% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (128,195 people), 35 to 39 years (122,334  people), and 45 to 49 years (121,411 people). Among them they concentrated 41% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2017, 8.32% of Marketing & sales managers workers were Hispanic and 91.7% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (70.7%), Puerto Rican (16.8)%, and Cuban (12.5)%

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Races

In 2017, 85.3% of the Marketing & sales managers workforce were White, of which 44.8% were women and 55.2% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (5.81%) and Black (4.87%).

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Data on higher education choices for Marketing & sales managers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Marketing & sales managers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2017 were Communications.

Among the necessary skills for Marketing & sales managers, Persuasion stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Marketing & sales managers need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources.

Majors

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Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Marketing & sales managers in 2017 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (243,590 people), Communications (78,268 people), and Social Sciences (51,365 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Marketing & sales managers workers were Bachelors Degree (464,003 people), Graduate Degree (162,866 people), and Some college (145,180 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Marketing & sales managers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Marketing & sales managers need many skills, but most especially Persuasion, Monitoring, Speaking.

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