Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations

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2024 Workforce
2.85M
Average Age
40.6
Average Salary
$69,955
Average Male Salary
$78,182
Average Female Salary
$61,635

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Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations are most often employed by the Motion pictures & video industries industry. The average yearly wage for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations was $69,955 in 2024.

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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 2024 was 2,845,529 people, of which 49.7% were women and 50.3% were men. Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations are paid most in Nassau County (Northwest)--North Hempstead Town (North) PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Los Angeles County (Central)--LA City (Central) PUMA, CA.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
1,430,697
Male Workforce
± 29.2k
1,414,832
Female Workforce
± 29.1k

The Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workforce in 2024 was 2,845,529 people (49.7% women and 50.3% men). This implies an average annual growth of 26.6% between 2014 (2,248,262) and 2024 (2,845,529).

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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 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($113,904), California ($91,783), and New York ($87,905).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$69,955
AVERAGE WAGE
#8 in the ranking (2014)
$69,878
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations earned an average of $69,955, $77 more than the average national salary of $69,878

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.476
WAGE GINI

In 2024, Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.476, which is higher than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed less 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. Motion pictures & video industries 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 Agricultural chemical manufacturing ($192,462).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
2.85M
2024 Workforce
± 41,033
2.03%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 2.01%

This graphic shows the share of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations employed by various industries. Motion pictures & video industries employs the largest share of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations at 26.7%, followed by Specialized design services with 26.3% and Broadcasting & content providers with 25.3%.

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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 2024 was 2,845,529 people, with 49.7% woman, and 50.3% men. The average age of male Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations in the workforce is 41.5 and of female Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations is 39.7, 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 2024 was 2,845,529 people, with 49.7% woman, and 50.3% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (401,724 people), 25 to 29 years (388,069  people), and 35 to 39 years (351,437 people). Among them they concentrated 40.1% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2024, 13.6% of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workers were Hispanic and 86.4% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (45.5%), Puerto Rican (12.5)%, and Cuban (6.08)%

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Races

In 2024, 70.4% of the Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workforce were White, of which 49.7% were women and 50.3% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (10.9%) and Black (7.52%).

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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 2024 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 Equipment Maintenance.

Majors

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Degree

The most common majors achieved by Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (450,130 people), Communications (288,850 people), and Business (184,574 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 (1,317,444 people), Graduate Degree (478,951 people), and Some college (459,053 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, Active Listening, Critical Thinking.

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