Business & financial operations occupations

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    2024 Workforce
    9.5M
    Average Age
    43.1
    Average Salary
    $101,385
    Average Male Salary
    $120,233
    Average Female Salary
    $85,649

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    Business & financial operations occupations are most often employed by the Management, scientific & technical consulting services industry. The average yearly wage for Business & financial operations occupations was $101,385 in 2024.

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    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Business & financial operations occupations workforce. Business & financial operations occupations workforce in 2024 was 9,504,748 people, of which 54.5% were women and 45.5% were men.

    Business & financial operations occupations are paid most in NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 1 & 2--Financial District & Greenwich Village PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Chicago City (North)--Lake View & Lincoln Park PUMA, IL.

    Employment Over Time

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    4,324,512
    Male Workforce
    ± 50.3k
    5,180,236
    Female Workforce
    ± 54.9k

    The Business & financial operations occupations workforce in 2024 was 9,504,748 people (54.5% women and 45.5% men). This implies an average annual growth of 45.2% between 2014 (6,546,899) and 2024 (9,504,748).

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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 Business & financial operations occupations.

    During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($132,047), New Jersey ($130,680), and Connecticut ($130,592).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $101,385
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #6 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Business & financial operations occupations earned an average of $101,385, $31,507 more than the average national salary of $69,878

    The graph shows the ranking of Business & financial operations occupations in relation to all Broad Occupation in 2014.

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.399
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Business & financial operations occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.399, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Business & financial operations occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ Business & financial operations occupations and on wages for those in the field. Management, scientific & technical consulting services is the industry that employs the most Business & financial operations occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Business & financial operations occupations, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals ($188,238).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    9.5M
    2024 Workforce
    ± 73,334
    3.7%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 1.06%

    This graphic shows the share of Business & financial operations occupations employed by various industries. Management, scientific & technical consulting services employs the largest share of Business & financial operations occupations at 30.9%, followed by Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping & payroll services with 25.5% and Insurance carriers with 22.2%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Business & financial operations occupations in the US. The workforce of Business & financial operations occupations in 2024 was 9,504,748 people, with 54.5% woman, and 45.5% men. The average age of male Business & financial operations occupations in the workforce is 43.4 and of female Business & financial operations occupations is 42.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Business & financial operations occupations is White.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of Business & financial operations occupations in 2024 was 9,504,748 people, with 54.5% woman, and 45.5% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (1,279,898 people), 35 to 39 years (1,225,132  people), and 25 to 29 years (1,162,287 people). Among them they concentrated 38.6% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 12.5% of Business & financial operations occupations workers were Hispanic and 87.5% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (48.3%), Puerto Rican (15.1)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (5.44)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 67.2% of the Business & financial operations occupations workforce were White, of which 52.4% were women and 47.6% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (10.3%) and Two or More Races (9.63%).

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    Education & Skills

    Data on higher education choices for Business & financial operations occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Business & financial operations occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Business.

    Among the necessary skills for Business & financial operations occupations, Reading Comprehension stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Business & financial operations occupations need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources.

    Majors

    ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
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    Degree

    The most common majors achieved by Business & financial operations occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (2,928,705 people), Social Sciences (582,004 people), and Engineering (370,219 people).

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    Education Levels

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    The main educational levels achieved by the Business & financial operations occupations workers were Bachelors Degree (4,471,572 people), Graduate Degree (2,153,362 people), and Some college (1,278,248 people).

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    Skills

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    Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Business & financial operations occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Business & financial operations occupations need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Critical Thinking.

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