Community & Social Service Occupations

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2023 Workforce
2.8M
Average Age
43.8
Average Salary
$54,953
Average Male Salary
$57,644
Average Female Salary
$53,619

About

Community & Social Service Occupations are most often employed by the Religious organizations industry. The average yearly wage for Community & Social Service Occupations was $54,953 in 2023.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Community & Social Service Occupations workforce. Community & Social Service Occupations workforce in 2023 was 2,804,838 people, of which 66.8% were women and 33.2% were men. Community & Social Service Occupations are paid most in San Bernardino County (Southwest)--San Bernardino City (East) PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Hampden County (Central)--Springfield PUMA, MA.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
929,943
Male Workforce
± 23.6k
1,874,895
Female Workforce
± 33.4k

The Community & Social Service Occupations workforce in 2023 was 2,804,838 people (66.8% women and 33.2% men). This implies an average annual growth of 18.5% between 2014 (2,366,317) and 2023 (2,804,838).

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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 Community & Social Service Occupations.

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($80,817), Maryland ($64,876), and New Jersey ($63,536).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$54,953
AVERAGE WAGE
#15 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Community & Social Service Occupations earned an average of $54,953, $12,774 less than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.326
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Community & Social Service Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.326, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Community & Social Service Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Community & Social Service Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Religious organizations is the industry that employs the most Community & Social Service Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Community & Social Service Occupations, by average wage, is Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers ($214,321).

Occupations by Industries

Metric
Value
2.8M
2023 Workforce
± 40,740
1.66%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 2.03%

This graphic shows the share of Community & Social Service Occupations employed by various industries. Religious organizations employs the largest share of Community & Social Service Occupations at 36.2%, followed by Individual & family services with 30% and Elementary & secondary schools with 17.4%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Community & Social Service Occupations in the US. The workforce of Community & Social Service Occupations in 2023 was 2,804,838 people, with 66.8% woman, and 33.2% men. The average age of male Community & Social Service Occupations in the workforce is 46.5 and of female Community & Social Service Occupations is 42.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Community & Social Service Occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Community & Social Service Occupations in 2023 was 2,804,838 people, with 66.8% woman, and 33.2% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (354,753 people), 25 to 29 years (339,395  people), and 35 to 39 years (336,214 people). Among them they concentrated 36.7% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 15.1% of Community & Social Service Occupations workers were Hispanic and 84.9% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (52.4%), Puerto Rican (15.7)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (4.73)%

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Races

In 2023, 63.6% of the Community & Social Service Occupations workforce were White, of which 66.2% were women and 33.8% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (17.9%) and Two or More Races (8.98%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Community & Social Service Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Community & Social Service Occupations is Psychology but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2023 were Public Administration and Social Service.

Among the necessary skills for Community & Social Service Occupations, Social Perceptiveness stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Community & Social Service Occupations need more than the average amount of Social Perceptiveness.

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 Community & Social Service Occupations in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Psychology (410,760 people), Public Administration and Social Service (272,287 people), and Education (187,016 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Community & Social Service Occupations workers were Graduate Degree (1,191,058 people), Bachelors Degree (916,373 people), and Some college (296,995 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Community & Social Service Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Community & Social Service Occupations need many skills, but most especially Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension.

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