Education, Training, & Library Occupations

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2023 Workforce
9.83M
Average Age
42.6
Average Salary
$54,828
Average Male Salary
$67,684
Average Female Salary
$50,033

About

Education, Training, & Library Occupations are most often employed by the Elementary & secondary schools industry. The average yearly wage for Education, Training, & Library Occupations was $54,828 in 2023.

The locations that employ the most Education, Training, & Library Occupations are Washtenaw County (East Central)--Ann Arbor City Area PUMA, MI, Champaign County (Southwest)--Champaign & Urbana Cities PUMA, IL, and Middlesex County (East)--Cambridge PUMA, MA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Education, Training, & Library Occupations are Washtenaw County (East Central)--Ann Arbor City Area PUMA, MI, Tompkins County PUMA, NY, and Middlesex County (East)--Cambridge PUMA, MA.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Education, Training, & Library Occupations workforce. Education, Training, & Library Occupations workforce in 2023 was 9,831,913 people, of which 72.8% were women and 27.2% were men. Education, Training, & Library Occupations are paid most in NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 1 & 2--Financial District & Greenwich Village PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Washtenaw County (East Central)--Ann Arbor City Area PUMA, MI.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
2,670,595
Male Workforce
± 39.8k
7,161,318
Female Workforce
± 64.1k

The Education, Training, & Library Occupations workforce in 2023 was 9,831,913 people (72.8% women and 27.2% men). This implies an average annual growth of 13.3% between 2014 (8,679,072) and 2023 (9,831,913).

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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, Training, & Library Occupations.

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($74,998), New York ($67,723), and Massachusetts ($65,579).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$54,828
AVERAGE WAGE
#16 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Education, Training, & Library Occupations earned an average of $54,828, $12,899 less than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.397
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Education, Training, & Library Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.397, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Education, Training, & Library Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Education, Training, & Library Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Elementary & secondary schools is the industry that employs the most Education, Training, & Library Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Education, Training, & Library Occupations, by average wage, is Oil & gas extraction ($237,719).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
9.83M
2023 Workforce
± 74,475
1.8%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 1.06%

This graphic shows the share of Education, Training, & Library Occupations employed by various industries. Elementary & secondary schools employs the largest share of Education, Training, & Library Occupations at 69.2%, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 19.5% and Child day care services with 7.58%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Education, Training, & Library Occupations in the US. The workforce of Education, Training, & Library Occupations in 2023 was 9,831,913 people, with 72.8% woman, and 27.2% men. The average age of male Education, Training, & Library Occupations in the workforce is 42.9 and of female Education, Training, & Library Occupations is 42.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Education, Training, & Library Occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Education, Training, & Library Occupations in 2023 was 9,831,913 people, with 72.8% woman, and 27.2% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 40 to 44 years (1,172,848 people), 35 to 39 years (1,145,314  people), and 30 to 34 years (1,114,574 people). Among them they concentrated 34.9% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 13.2% of Education, Training, & Library Occupations workers were Hispanic and 86.8% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (52.4%), Puerto Rican (14.6)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (5.11)%

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Races

In 2023, 71.6% of the Education, Training, & Library Occupations workforce were White, of which 73.4% were women and 26.6% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (10.1%) and Two or More Races (8.32%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Education, Training, & Library Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Education, Training, & Library Occupations is Education but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2023 were Education.

Among the necessary skills for Education, Training, & Library Occupations, Reading Comprehension stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Education, Training, & Library Occupations need more than the average amount of Learning Strategies.

Majors

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

The most common majors achieved by Education, Training, & Library Occupations in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Education (2,874,084 people), Business (539,758 people), and Social Sciences (396,449 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Education, Training, & Library Occupations workers were Graduate Degree (4,178,093 people), Bachelors Degree (3,325,876 people), and Some college (988,372 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Education, Training, & Library Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Education, Training, & Library Occupations need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking.

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