Personal Care & Service Occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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2024 Workforce
3.12M
Average Age
37.7
Average Salary
$29,140
Average Male Salary
$34,343
Average Female Salary
$27,143

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Personal Care & Service Occupations are most often employed by the Beauty salons industry. The average yearly wage for Personal Care & Service Occupations was $29,140 in 2024.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Personal Care & Service Occupations workforce. Personal Care & Service Occupations workforce in 2024 was 3,123,914 people, of which 72.3% were women and 27.7% were men. Personal Care & Service Occupations are paid most in NYC-Manhattan Community District 10--Harlem PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Clark County (Central)--Spring Valley (East) PUMA, NV.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
866,275
Male Workforce
± 22.8k
2,257,639
Female Workforce
± 36.6k

The Personal Care & Service Occupations workforce in 2024 was 3,123,914 people (72.3% women and 27.7% men). This implies an average annual growth of −26.3% between 2014 (4,238,576) and 2024 (3,123,914).

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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 Personal Care & Service Occupations.

During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Nevada ($40,230), Washington ($34,450), and Rhode Island ($33,706).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$29,140
AVERAGE WAGE
#16 in the ranking (2014)
$69,878
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Personal Care & Service Occupations earned an average of $29,140, $40,738 less than the average national salary of $69,878

The graph shows the ranking of Personal Care & Service Occupations in relation to all Minor Occupation Group in 2014.

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.481
WAGE GINI

In 2024, Personal Care & Service Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.481, which is higher than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly for Personal Care & Service Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Personal Care & Service Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Beauty salons is the industry that employs the most Personal Care & Service Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Personal Care & Service Occupations, by average wage, is Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments ($97,494).

Occupations by Industries

Metric
Value
3.12M
2024 Workforce
± 42,954
−0.454%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 1.95%

This graphic shows the share of Personal Care & Service Occupations employed by various industries. Beauty salons employs the largest share of Personal Care & Service Occupations at 33.1%, followed by Amusement & Recreation with 32.6% and Child day care services with 21.8%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Personal Care & Service Occupations in the US. The workforce of Personal Care & Service Occupations in 2024 was 3,123,914 people, with 72.3% woman, and 27.7% men. The average age of male Personal Care & Service Occupations in the workforce is 37.6 and of female Personal Care & Service Occupations is 37.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Personal Care & Service Occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Personal Care & Service Occupations in 2024 was 3,123,914 people, with 72.3% woman, and 27.7% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 20 to 24 years (571,615 people), 25 to 29 years (368,349  people), and 30 to 34 years (326,689 people). Among them they concentrated 40.6% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2024, 19.2% of Personal Care & Service Occupations workers were Hispanic and 80.8% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (50.4%), Puerto Rican (13)%, and Dominican (5.74)%

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Races

In 2024, 57.9% of the Personal Care & Service Occupations workforce were White, of which 73.8% were women and 26.2% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (12.2%) and Black (11.7%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Personal Care & Service Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Personal Care & Service Occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Personal & Culinary Services.

Among the necessary skills for Personal Care & Service Occupations, Service Orientation stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Personal Care & Service Occupations need more than the average amount of Service Orientation.

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 Personal Care & Service Occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (105,258 people), Education (68,544 people), and Visual & Performing Arts (44,796 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Personal Care & Service Occupations workers were High School or Equivalent (973,283 people), Some college (897,620 people), and Bachelors Degree (482,825 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Personal Care & Service Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Personal Care & Service Occupations need many skills, but most especially Service Orientation, Speaking, Active Listening.

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