Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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    2024 Workforce
    17.5M
    Average Age
    42.8
    Average Salary
    $68,395
    Average Male Salary
    $87,460
    Average Female Salary
    $58,744

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    Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations are most often employed by the Elementary & secondary schools industry. The average yearly wage for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations was $68,395 in 2024.

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    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workforce. Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workforce in 2024 was 17,467,297 people, of which 66.4% were women and 33.6% were men.

    Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations are paid most in NYC-Manhattan Community District 8--Upper East Side & Roosevelt Island PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in District of Columbia (West) PUMA, DC.

    Employment Over Time

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    Grouping
    5,870,541
    Male Workforce
    ± 58.3k
    11,596,756
    Female Workforce
    ± 80.4k

    The Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workforce in 2024 was 17,467,297 people (66.4% women and 33.6% men). This implies an average annual growth of 18.2% between 2014 (14,783,951) and 2024 (17,467,297).

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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 Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations.

    During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($139,987), New York ($88,061), and California ($82,410).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $68,395
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #4 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations earned an average of $68,395, $1,483 less than the average national salary of $69,878

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.449
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.449, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

    The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations and on wages for those in the field. Elementary & secondary schools is the industry that employs the most Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations, by average wage, is Not specified food industries, manufacturing ($427,398).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    17.5M
    2024 Workforce
    ± 96,655
    1.53%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 0.774%

    This graphic shows the share of Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations employed by various industries. Elementary & secondary schools employs the largest share of Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations at 62.9%, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 19.7% and Legal services with 10.8%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations in the US. The workforce of Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations in 2024 was 17,467,297 people, with 66.4% woman, and 33.6% men. The average age of male Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations in the workforce is 43.8 and of female Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations is 42.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations is White.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations in 2024 was 17,467,297 people, with 66.4% woman, and 33.6% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (2,116,995 people), 35 to 39 years (2,078,952  people), and 40 to 44 years (2,049,855 people). Among them they concentrated 35.8% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

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    In 2024, 13.8% of Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workers were Hispanic and 86.2% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (50.7%), Puerto Rican (14.3)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (5.34)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 68.8% of the Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workforce were White, of which 66.1% were women and 33.9% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (10.6%) and Two or More Races (10.1%).

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    Education & Skills

    Data on higher education choices for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations is Education but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Education.

    Among the necessary skills for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations, Active Listening stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations need more than the average amount of Social Perceptiveness.

    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 Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Education (3,165,131 people), Business (1,143,458 people), and Social Sciences (1,095,477 people).

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    Education Levels

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    The main educational levels achieved by the Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workers were Graduate Degree (7,066,581 people), Bachelors Degree (5,910,847 people), and Some college (1,892,714 people).

    The graphic shows the Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workforce by gender and educational level.

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    Skills

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    Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension.

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