Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations

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2022 Workforce
2.72M
Average Age
40.4
Average Salary
$65,560
Average Male Salary
$73,900
Average Female Salary
$56,853

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Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations are most often employed by the Specialized design services industry. The average yearly wage for Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations was $65,560 in 2022.

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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 2022 was 2,716,966 people, of which 48.9% were women and 51.1% were men. Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations are paid most in Santa Barbara County (North)--Lompoc, Guadalupe, Solvang & Buellton Cities PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Los Angeles County (Central)--Burbank City PUMA, CA.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
1,387,726
Male Workforce
± 28.8k
1,329,240
Female Workforce
± 28.2k

The Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workforce in 2022 was 2,716,966 people (48.9% women and 51.1% men). This implies an average annual growth of 20.8% between 2014 (2,248,262) and 2022 (2,716,966).

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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 2022, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($102,651), California ($86,596), and New York ($84,054).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$65,560
AVERAGE WAGE
#8 in the ranking (2022)
$64,683
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2022, Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations earned an average of $65,560, $878 more than the average national salary of $64,683

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.477
WAGE GINI

In 2022, Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.477, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. 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. Specialized design services 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 ($177,577).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
2.72M
2022 Workforce
± 40,105
2.1%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 2.06%

This graphic shows the share of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations employed by various industries. Specialized design services employs the largest share of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations at 35.8%, followed by Motion pictures & video industries with 35.6% and Amusement & Recreation with 28.6%.

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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 2022 was 2,716,966 people, with 48.9% woman, and 51.1% men. The average age of male Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations in the workforce is 41.2 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 2022 was 2,716,966 people, with 48.9% woman, and 51.1% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (389,761 people), 30 to 34 years (379,971  people), and 35 to 39 years (324,757 people). Among them they concentrated 40.3% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2022, 12.8% of Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workers were Hispanic and 87.2% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (70.8%), Puerto Rican (19.7)%, and Cuban (9.47)%

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Races

In 2022, 74.7% of the Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations workforce were White, of which 49.1% were women and 50.9% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (7.57%) and Black (7.22%).

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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 2022 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

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The most common majors achieved by Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media occupations in 2022 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (428,540 people), Communications (279,673 people), and Business (166,558 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 (1,248,790 people), Some college (461,925 people), and Graduate Degree (442,388 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, Critical Thinking, Active Listening.

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