Marketing & sales managers

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2017 Workforce

911k

Average Age

42.1

Average Salary

$101,485

Average Male Salary

$120,024

Average Female Salary

$79,287

About

Marketing & sales managers are most often employed by the Computer Systems Design industry. The average yearly wage for Marketing & sales managers was $101,485 in 2017.

The locations that employ the most Marketing & sales managers are Chicago City (North)--Lake View & Lincoln Park PUMA, IL, NYC-Manhattan Community District 4--Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen PUMA, NY, and San Francisco County (Northeast)--Chinatown, North Beach & Russian Hill PUMA, CA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Marketing & sales managers are San Francisco County (Northeast)--Chinatown, North Beach & Russian Hill PUMA, CA, NYC-Manhattan Community District 4--Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen PUMA, NY, and San Francisco County (Southwest)--Central & Bernal Heights PUMA, CA.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Marketing & sales managers workforce. Marketing & sales managers workforce in 2017 was 910,934 people, of which 45.5% were women and 54.5% were men.

Marketing & sales managers are paid most in Coles, Douglas, Crawford, Edgar, Clark & Cumberland Counties PUMA, IL but are relatively concentrated in San Francisco County (Northeast)--Chinatown, North Beach & Russian Hill PUMA, CA.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

496,389

Male Workforce

± 17.3k

414,545

Female Workforce

± 15.8k

The Marketing & sales managers workforce in 2017 was 910,934 people (45.5% women and 54.5% men). This implies an average annual growth of 11.3% between 2014 (818,348) and 2017 (910,934).

Employment by Location

Level

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Marketing & sales managers.

During 2017, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were New Jersey ($126,843), Connecticut ($117,091), and Massachusetts ($116,699).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$101,485

AVERAGE WAGE

#22 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2017, Marketing & sales managers earned an average of $101,485, $31,608 more than the average national salary of $69,878

In 2017, Marketing & sales managers had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.411, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Marketing & sales managers (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Marketing & sales managers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Marketing & sales managers and on wages for those in the field. Computer Systems Design is the industry that employs the most Marketing & sales managers, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Marketing & sales managers, by average wage, is Pipeline transportation ($211,065).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

911k

2017 Workforce

± 23,358

3.69%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 3.53%

This graphic shows the share of Marketing & sales managers employed by various industries. Computer Systems Design employs the largest share of Marketing & sales managers at 34.6%, followed by Management, scientific & technical consulting services with 32% and Construction with 16.7%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Marketing & sales managers in the US. The workforce of Marketing & sales managers in 2017 was 910,934 people, with 45.5% woman, and 54.5% men. The average age of male Marketing & sales managers in the workforce is 43.9 and of female Marketing & sales managers is 40, and the most common race/ethnicity for Marketing & sales managers is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Marketing & sales managers in 2017 was 910,934 people, with 45.5% woman, and 54.5% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (128,701 people), 35 to 39 years (122,871 people), and 45 to 49 years (121,917 people). Among them they concentrated 41% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2017, 8.65% of Marketing & sales managers workers were Hispanic and 91.3% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (45.6%), Puerto Rican (14.6)%, and Cuban (8.07)%

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Races

In 2017, 85.3% of the Marketing & sales managers workforce were White, of which 44.9% were women and 55.1% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (5.78%) and Black (4.86%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Marketing & sales managers from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Marketing & sales managers is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2017 were Communications.

Among the necessary skills for Marketing & sales managers, Monitoring stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Marketing & sales managers 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.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Marketing & sales managers in 2017 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (245,217 people), Communications (78,387 people), and Social Sciences (51,438 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Marketing & sales managers workers were Bachelors Degree (465,714 people), Graduate Degree (163,749 people), and Some college (145,475 people).

The graphic shows the Marketing & sales managers workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Marketing & sales managers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Marketing & sales managers need many skills, but most especially Monitoring, Active Listening, Speaking.