Other Computer Occupations

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2017 Workforce
577k
Average Age
41
Average Salary
$74,098
Average Male Salary
$75,951
Average Female Salary
$68,038

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Other Computer Occupations are most often employed by the Computer Systems Design industry. The average yearly wage for Other Computer Occupations was $74,098 in 2017.

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Employment and salary information for the Other Computer Occupations workforce. Other Computer Occupations workforce in 2017 was 577,371 people, of which 23.4% were women and 76.6% were men. Other Computer Occupations are paid most in LENOWISCO & Cumberland Plateau Planning District Commissions PUMA, VA but are relatively concentrated in Somerset County (South) PUMA, NJ.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
442,164
Male Workforce
± 16.3k
135,207
Female Workforce
± 9.02k

The Other Computer Occupations workforce in 2017 was 577,371 people (23.4% women and 76.6% men). This implies an average annual growth of 47.8% between 2014 (390,575) and 2017 (577,371).

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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 Other Computer Occupations.

During 2017, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were New Jersey ($94,739), Virginia ($87,752), and Connecticut ($86,168).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$74,098
AVERAGE WAGE
#88 in the ranking (2017)
$59,596
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2017, Other Computer Occupations earned an average of $74,098, $14,502 more than the average national salary of $59,596

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.337
WAGE GINI

In 2017, Other Computer Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.337, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Other Computer Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Information on the industries that employ Other Computer Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Computer Systems Design is the industry that employs the most Other Computer Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Other Computer Occupations, by average wage, is Sawmills & wood preservation ($150,742).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
577k
2017 Workforce
± 18,618
14.6%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 4.12%

This graphic shows the share of Other Computer Occupations employed by various industries. Computer Systems Design employs the largest share of Other Computer Occupations at 62.5%, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 20.1% and Hospitals with 17.4%.

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Demographic information on Other Computer Occupations in the US. The workforce of Other Computer Occupations in 2017 was 577,371 people, with 23.4% woman, and 76.6% men. The average age of male Other Computer Occupations in the workforce is 40.4 and of female Other Computer Occupations is 42.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Other Computer Occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Other Computer Occupations in 2017 was 577,371 people, with 23.4% woman, and 76.6% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 35 to 39 years (83,182 people), 40 to 44 years (81,227  people), and 30 to 34 years (79,532 people). Among them they concentrated 42.3% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2017, 8.64% of Other Computer Occupations workers were Hispanic and 91.4% non-Hispanic.

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Races

In 2017, 70.1% of the Other Computer Occupations workforce were White, of which 22.8% were women and 77.2% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (13.9%) and Black (10.8%).

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Data on higher education choices for Other Computer Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Other Computer Occupations is Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2017 were Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services.

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Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Other Computer Occupations in 2017 (counting all academic degrees) were Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services (90,315 people), Business (64,999 people), and Engineering (37,924 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Other Computer Occupations workers were Bachelors Degree (220,835 people), Some college (131,447 people), and Graduate Degree (89,780 people).

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