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Life, physical, & social science occupations are most often employed by the Scientific research & development services industry. The average yearly wage for Life, physical, & social science occupations was $91,785 in 2024.
The locations that employ the most Life, physical, & social science occupations are Middlesex County (East)--Cambridge PUMA, MA, Central Montgomery County--Gaithersburg & Rockville PUMA, MD, and Middlesex County (East)--Somerville & Everett PUMA, MA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Life, physical, & social science occupations are Middlesex County (East)--Cambridge PUMA, MA, Southwest Montgomery County--North Bethesda & Potomac PUMA, MD, and South Montgomery County--South Bethesda & Chevy Chase PUMA, MD.
Employment and salary information for the Life, physical, & social science occupations workforce. Life, physical, & social science occupations workforce in 2024 was 1,841,062 people, of which 48.3% were women and 51.7% were men.
Life, physical, & social science occupations are paid most in NYC-Brooklyn Community District 16--Ocean Hill & Brownsville PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Middlesex County (East)--Cambridge PUMA, MA.
The Life, physical, & social science occupations workforce in 2024 was 1,841,062 people (48.3% women and 51.7% men). This implies an average annual growth of 53.4% between 2014 (1,200,161) and 2024 (1,841,062).
This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Life, physical, & social science occupations.
During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($128,304), Massachusetts ($111,370), and California ($111,145).
In 2024, Life, physical, & social science occupations earned an average of $91,785, $21,907 more than the average national salary of $69,878
The graph shows the ranking of Life, physical, & social science occupations in relation to all Broad Occupation in 2014.
In 2024, Life, physical, & social science occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.383, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Life, physical, & social science occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).
The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Life, physical, & social science occupations compared to the entire workforce in the country.
Information on the industries that employ Life, physical, & social science occupations and on wages for those in the field. Scientific research & development services is the industry that employs the most Life, physical, & social science occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Life, physical, & social science occupations, by average wage, is Taxi & limousine service ($460,260).
This graphic shows the share of Life, physical, & social science occupations employed by various industries. Scientific research & development services employs the largest share of Life, physical, & social science occupations at 38.3%, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 30.5% and Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing with 15.7%.
Demographic information on Life, physical, & social science occupations in the US. The workforce of Life, physical, & social science occupations in 2024 was 1,841,062 people, with 48.3% woman, and 51.7% men. The average age of male Life, physical, & social science occupations in the workforce is 41.8 and of female Life, physical, & social science occupations is 39.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Life, physical, & social science occupations is White.
The workforce of Life, physical, & social science occupations in 2024 was 1,841,062 people, with 48.3% woman, and 51.7% men.
The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (291,797 people), 25 to 29 years (274,277 people), and 35 to 39 years (243,000 people). Among them they concentrated 44% of the total workforce.
In 2024, 11.2% of Life, physical, & social science occupations workers were Hispanic and 88.8% non-Hispanic.
The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (46.3%), Puerto Rican (14.4)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (6.42)%
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In 2024, 64.9% of the Life, physical, & social science occupations workforce were White, of which 46.9% were women and 53.1% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (14.8%) and Two or More Races (9.17%).
Data on higher education choices for Life, physical, & social science occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Life, physical, & social science occupations is Biology but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Physical Sciences.
Among the necessary skills for Life, physical, & social science occupations, Reading Comprehension stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Life, physical, & social science occupations need more than the average amount of Science.
The most common majors achieved by Life, physical, & social science occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Biology (362,679 people), Physical Sciences (221,622 people), and Psychology (167,792 people).
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The main educational levels achieved by the Life, physical, & social science occupations workers were Graduate Degree (890,319 people), Bachelors Degree (636,873 people), and Some college (125,699 people).
The graphic shows the Life, physical, & social science occupations workforce by gender and educational level.
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Life, physical, & social science occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Life, physical, & social science occupations need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Writing.