Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations

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2023 Workforce
2.79M
Average Age
40.6
Average Salary
$67,975
Average Male Salary
$76,195
Average Female Salary
$59,534

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Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations are most often employed by the uninformed industry. The average yearly wage for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations was $67,975 in 2023.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workforce. Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workforce in 2023 was 2,788,977 people, of which 49.3% were women and 50.7% were men. Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations are paid most in Los Angeles County--Calabasas, Agoura Hills, Malibu & Westlake Village Cities PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Los Angeles County (Central)--Burbank City PUMA, CA.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
1,412,899
Male Workforce
± 29k
1,376,078
Female Workforce
± 28.7k

The Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workforce in 2023 was 2,788,977 people (49.3% women and 50.7% men). This implies an average annual growth of 24.1% between 2014 (2,248,262) and 2023 (2,788,977).

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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 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations.

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($112,581), California ($89,868), and New York ($85,666).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$67,975
AVERAGE WAGE
#8 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations earned an average of $67,975, $248 more than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.475
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.475, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations and on wages for those in the field. uninformed is the industry that employs the most Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations, by average wage, is Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing ($195,151).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
2.79M
2023 Workforce
± 40,627
2.56%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 2.02%

This graphic shows the share of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations employed by various industries. uninformed employs the largest share of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations at 50.6%, followed by Motion pictures & video industries with 17.8% and Specialized design services with 17.5%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations in the US. The workforce of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations in 2023 was 2,788,977 people, with 49.3% woman, and 50.7% men. The average age of male Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations in the workforce is 41.4 and of female Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations is 39.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations in 2023 was 2,788,977 people, with 49.3% woman, and 50.7% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (394,661 people), 25 to 29 years (390,009  people), and 35 to 39 years (340,549 people). Among them they concentrated 40.4% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 13.2% of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workers were Hispanic and 86.8% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (46.3%), Puerto Rican (12.4)%, and Cuban (6.17)%

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Races

In 2023, 72.6% of the Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workforce were White, of which 49.4% were women and 50.6% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (9.24%) and Black (7.46%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations is Visual & Performing Arts but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2023 were Communication Technologies.

Among the necessary skills for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations, Speaking stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations need more than the average amount of Operations Analysis.

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 Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (443,501 people), Communications (281,295 people), and Business (175,472 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workers were Bachelors Degree (1,286,711 people), Some college (462,643 people), and Graduate Degree (461,123 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations need many skills, but most especially Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Active Listening.

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