Community & Social Service Occupations

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    2024 Workforce
    2.84M
    Average Age
    43.8
    Average Salary
    $56,462
    Average Male Salary
    $58,990
    Average Female Salary
    $55,226

    About

    Community & Social Service Occupations are most often employed by the Religious organizations industry. The average yearly wage for Community & Social Service Occupations was $56,462 in 2024.

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    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Community & Social Service Occupations workforce. Community & Social Service Occupations workforce in 2024 was 2,844,292 people, of which 67.2% were women and 32.8% were men.

    Community & Social Service Occupations are paid most in San Bernardino County (Southwest)--San Bernardino City (East) PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Hampden County (Central)--Springfield PUMA, MA.

    Employment Over Time

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    934,330
    Male Workforce
    ± 23.7k
    1,909,962
    Female Workforce
    ± 33.7k

    The Community & Social Service Occupations workforce in 2024 was 2,844,292 people (67.2% women and 32.8% men). This implies an average annual growth of 20.2% between 2014 (2,366,317) and 2024 (2,844,292).

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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 Community & Social Service Occupations.

    During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($84,391), Maryland ($67,845), and Connecticut ($66,080).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $56,462
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #14 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Community & Social Service Occupations earned an average of $56,462, $13,415 less than the average national salary of $69,878

    The graph shows the ranking of Community & Social Service Occupations in relation to all Broad Occupation in 2014.

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.326
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Community & Social Service Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.326, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Community & Social Service Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ Community & Social Service Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Religious organizations is the industry that employs the most Community & Social Service Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Community & Social Service Occupations, by average wage, is Drugs, sundries, & chemical & allied products merchant wholesalers ($231,035).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    2.84M
    2024 Workforce
    ± 41,024
    1.41%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 2.02%

    This graphic shows the share of Community & Social Service Occupations employed by various industries. Religious organizations employs the largest share of Community & Social Service Occupations at 35.6%, followed by Individual & family services with 29.2% and Elementary & secondary schools with 17.7%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Community & Social Service Occupations in the US. The workforce of Community & Social Service Occupations in 2024 was 2,844,292 people, with 67.2% woman, and 32.8% men. The average age of male Community & Social Service Occupations in the workforce is 46.6 and of female Community & Social Service Occupations is 42.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Community & Social Service Occupations is White.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of Community & Social Service Occupations in 2024 was 2,844,292 people, with 67.2% woman, and 32.8% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (367,780 people), 35 to 39 years (340,003  people), and 25 to 29 years (336,008 people). Among them they concentrated 36.7% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 15.7% of Community & Social Service Occupations workers were Hispanic and 84.3% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (52.8%), Puerto Rican (15.3)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (4.82)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 61.7% of the Community & Social Service Occupations workforce were White, of which 66.5% were women and 33.5% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (17.6%) and Two or More Races (10.6%).

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    Education & Skills

    Data on higher education choices for Community & Social Service Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Community & Social Service Occupations is Psychology but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Public Administration and Social Service.

    Among the necessary skills for Community & Social Service Occupations, Social Perceptiveness stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Community & Social Service Occupations need more than the average amount of Science.

    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 Community & Social Service Occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Psychology (419,978 people), Public Administration and Social Service (276,301 people), and Education (187,718 people).

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    Education Levels

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    The main educational levels achieved by the Community & Social Service Occupations workers were Graduate Degree (1,225,171 people), Bachelors Degree (919,468 people), and Some college (294,245 people).

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    Skills

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    Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Community & Social Service Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Community & Social Service Occupations need many skills, but most especially Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening, Reading Comprehension.

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