Sales & Office Occupations

Major Occupation Group

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    2024 Workforce
    30.7M
    Average Age
    41.7
    Average Salary
    $54,428
    Average Male Salary
    $71,196
    Average Female Salary
    $44,355

    About

    Sales & Office Occupations are most often employed by the Warehouse clubs, supercenters, & other general merchandise retailers industry. The average yearly wage for Sales & Office Occupations was $54,428 in 2024.

    The locations that employ the most Sales & Office Occupations are Washington & Ozaukee Counties PUMA, WI, Denton County (North & West)--Denton City (Outer) PUMA, TX, and Tarrant County (Northwest)--Fort Worth (Northwest) & Saginaw Cities PUMA, TX. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Sales & Office Occupations are Toa Baja & Dorado PUMA, PR, Bayamón PUMA, PR, and Carolina PUMA, PR.

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    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Sales & Office Occupations workforce. Sales & Office Occupations workforce in 2024 was 30,728,925 people, of which 62.5% were women and 37.5% were men.

    Sales & Office Occupations are paid most in NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 1 & 2--Financial District & Greenwich Village PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Toa Baja & Dorado PUMA, PR.

    Employment Over Time

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    Grouping
    11,531,660
    Male Workforce
    ± 80.2k
    19,197,265
    Female Workforce
    ± 101k

    The Sales & Office Occupations workforce in 2024 was 30,728,925 people (62.5% women and 37.5% men). This implies an average annual growth of −9.52% between 2014 (33,962,374) and 2024 (30,728,925).

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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 Sales & Office Occupations.

    During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($75,288), New Jersey ($66,988), and Connecticut ($65,843).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $54,428
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #4 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Sales & Office Occupations earned an average of $54,428, $15,450 less than the average national salary of $69,878

    The graph shows the ranking of Sales & Office Occupations in relation to all Major Occupation Group in 2014.

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.473
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Sales & Office Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.473, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Sales & Office Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ Sales & Office Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Warehouse clubs, supercenters, & other general merchandise retailers is the industry that employs the most Sales & Office Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Sales & Office Occupations, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals ($204,501).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    30.7M
    2024 Workforce
    ± 121,862
    −0.331%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 0.562%

    This graphic shows the share of Sales & Office Occupations employed by various industries. Warehouse clubs, supercenters, & other general merchandise retailers employs the largest share of Sales & Office Occupations at 31%, followed by Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores with 29.3% and Restaurants & Food Services with 21.9%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Sales & Office Occupations in the US. The workforce of Sales & Office Occupations in 2024 was 30,728,925 people, with 62.5% woman, and 37.5% men. The average age of male Sales & Office Occupations in the workforce is 40.9 and of female Sales & Office Occupations is 42.2, and the most common race/ethnicity for Sales & Office Occupations is White.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of Sales & Office Occupations in 2024 was 30,728,925 people, with 62.5% woman, and 37.5% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 20 to 24 years (3,455,833 people), 25 to 29 years (3,319,261  people), and 30 to 34 years (3,230,183 people). Among them they concentrated 32.6% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 19% of Sales & Office Occupations workers were Hispanic and 81% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (55.2%), Puerto Rican (14.2)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (4.83)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 63.3% of the Sales & Office Occupations workforce were White, of which 61.8% were women and 38.2% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (12.3%) and Two or More Races (11.9%).

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    Education & Skills

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

    Among the necessary skills for Sales & Office Occupations, Reading Comprehension stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Sales & Office 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.
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    Degree

    The most common majors achieved by Sales & Office Occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (2,725,669 people), Social Sciences (673,867 people), and Communications (546,586 people).

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    Education Levels

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    The main educational levels achieved by the Sales & Office Occupations workers were Some college (8,605,554 people), High School or Equivalent (8,361,509 people), and Bachelors Degree (6,725,256 people).

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    Skills

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    Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Sales & Office Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sales & Office Occupations need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, Speaking.

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