Residential advisors

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Total Workforce

82.3k

Average Age

28.1

Average Salary

$16,030

Average Male Salary

$15,747

Average Female Salary

$16,192

About

Residential advisors are most often employed by the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges industry. The average yearly wage for Residential advisors was $16,030 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Residential advisors by wage are School bus monitors, Childcare workers, and Other entertainment attendants and related workers.

Residential advisors are part of the Personal Care & Service Occupations, along with Supervisors of personal care and service workers, Animal trainers, Nonfarm animal caretakers, Gaming services workers, Ushers, lobby attendants, & ticket takers, and 15 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Residential advisors are Chapel Hill Town PUMA, NC, Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission (Northeast) PUMA, VA, and Grant, Miami & Wabash Counties PUMA, IN. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Residential advisors are Grant, Miami & Wabash Counties PUMA, IN, Chapel Hill Town PUMA, NC, and Central Shenandoah Planning District Commission (Northeast) PUMA, VA.

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Residential advisors and on wages and locations for those in the field. Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges is the industry that employs the most Residential advisors, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Residential advisors, by average wage, is Civic, social, advocacy organizations, & grantmaking & giving services. Residential advisors are paid most in Worcester County (West Central) PUMA, MA but are relatively concentrated in Grant, Miami & Wabash Counties PUMA, IN.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$16,030

AVERAGE SALARY

± $1,477

In 2018, Residential advisors earned an average of $16,030, $37,858 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

School bus monitors make somewhat more than Residential advisors while Other entertainment attendants and related workers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Residential advisors as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.497

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Residential advisors had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.497, which is higher than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly for Residential advisors (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Residential advisors.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Residential advisors

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Residential advisors.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Residential advisors, by number of employees, are Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, Residential care facilities, except skilled nursing facilities, and Elementary & secondary schools.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Residential advisors, by average wage, are Vocational rehabilitation services, Nursing Care Facilities, Civic, social, advocacy organizations, & grantmaking & giving services, Individual & family services, Outpatient care centers, and Residential care facilities, except skilled nursing facilities.

Industries by Share

82.3k

2018 Workforce

± 7,040

-4.63%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 12.5%

The number of people employed as Residential advisors has been declining at a rate of -4.63%, from 86,269 people in 2017 to 82,274 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Residential advisors employed by various industries. Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges employs the largest share of Residential advisors at 62.3%, followed by Residential care facilities, except skilled nursing facilities with 17.6% and Elementary & secondary schools with 4.25%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Residential advisors in the US. The average age of male Residential advisors in the workforce is 26.8 and of female Residential advisors is 28.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Residential advisors is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

30k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 4,250

52.3k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 5,614

63.6% of Residential advisors are Female, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Residential advisors.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Residential advisors

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

58.2% of Residential advisors are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 24.1% of Residential advisors, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Residential advisors.

Age by Gender

26.8

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.7

28.8

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.38

The median age of Residential advisors is 28.1, and Male employees are generally 1.96 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Residential advisors from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Residential advisors is Psychology but a relatively high number of Residential advisors hold a major in Language & Linguistics.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degree-majorss. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree-majors obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Residential advisors from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Residential advisors need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Speaking, and Critical Thinking. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Residential advisors need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, and Negotiation.