Sales & Office Occupations

Major Occupation Group

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2023 Workforce
30.8M
Average Age
41.6
Average Salary
$52,828
Average Male Salary
$69,621
Average Female Salary
$42,846

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Sales & Office Occupations are most often employed by the uninformed industry. The average yearly wage for Sales & Office Occupations was $52,828 in 2023.

The locations that employ the most Sales & Office Occupations are Washington & Ozaukee Counties PUMA, WI, NYC-Queens Community District 12--Jamaica, St. Albans, & Hollis PUMA, NY, and Broward County (West Central)--Plantation & Sunrise Cities PUMA, FL. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Sales & Office Occupations are Bayamón PUMA, PR, Carolina PUMA, PR, and Toa Baja & Dorado PUMA, PR.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Sales & Office Occupations workforce. Sales & Office Occupations workforce in 2023 was 30,831,053 people, of which 62.7% were women and 37.3% were men. Sales & Office Occupations are paid most in NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 1 & 2--Financial District & Greenwich Village PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Bayamón PUMA, PR.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
11,493,637
Male Workforce
± 80.1k
19,337,416
Female Workforce
± 101k

The Sales & Office Occupations workforce in 2023 was 30,831,053 people (62.7% women and 37.3% men). This implies an average annual growth of −9.22% between 2014 (33,962,374) and 2023 (30,831,053).

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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 Sales & Office Occupations.

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($71,617), New Jersey ($65,700), and Connecticut ($64,349).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$52,828
AVERAGE WAGE
#4 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Sales & Office Occupations earned an average of $52,828, $14,899 less than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.474
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Sales & Office Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.474, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Sales & Office Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Sales & Office Occupations and on wages for those in the field. uninformed is the industry that employs the most Sales & Office Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Sales & Office Occupations, by average wage, is Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing ($129,190).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
30.8M
2023 Workforce
± 121,857
−1.69%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 0.565%

This graphic shows the share of Sales & Office Occupations employed by various industries. uninformed employs the largest share of Sales & Office Occupations at 68.3%, followed by Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores with 13.2% and Restaurants & Food Services with 10.3%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Sales & Office Occupations in the US. The workforce of Sales & Office Occupations in 2023 was 30,831,053 people, with 62.7% woman, and 37.3% men. The average age of male Sales & Office Occupations in the workforce is 40.9 and of female Sales & Office Occupations is 42, and the most common race/ethnicity for Sales & Office Occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Sales & Office Occupations in 2023 was 30,831,053 people, with 62.7% woman, and 37.3% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 20 to 24 years (3,506,744 people), 25 to 29 years (3,391,862  people), and 30 to 34 years (3,208,743 people). Among them they concentrated 32.8% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 18.5% of Sales & Office Occupations workers were Hispanic and 81.5% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (55.4%), Puerto Rican (14.5)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (4.77)%

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Races

In 2023, 65.8% of the Sales & Office Occupations workforce were White, of which 62.1% were women and 37.9% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (12.4%) and Two or More Races (9.91%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Sales & Office Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Sales & Office Occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2023 were Business.

Among the necessary skills for Sales & Office Occupations, Active Listening stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Sales & Office Occupations need more than the average amount of Service Orientation.

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 Sales & Office Occupations in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (2,699,453 people), Social Sciences (666,639 people), and Communications (538,569 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Sales & Office Occupations workers were Some college (8,862,687 people), High School or Equivalent (8,364,583 people), and Bachelors Degree (6,656,236 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Sales & Office Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sales & Office Occupations need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension.

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