Bus service & urban transit

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
524k
2023
Average Employee Age
50.7
2023
Estimated Job Growth
4.72%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$54,116
2023
Average Male Salary
$61,487
2023
Average Female Salary
$41,951
2023

About

The top three occupations in the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group are bus drivers, transit and intercity, bus drivers, school, and bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists. On average, full-time employees in the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group work 42.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $64,989. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $22,821.

The workforce of Bus service & urban transit Industry Group in 2023 was 523,597 people, with 37.7% woman, and 62.3% men.

In 2023, 46.9% of the workforce in the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group was White (245,520 people), of which 37.5% were women and 62.5% men.

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group.

The workforce in Bus service & urban transit Industry Group was 523,597 people and is concentrated in New York (93,469 workers). The average annual salary was $54,116, being $13,611 less than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

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0.946%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 28.9M people employed in the Trade, Transportation, and Utilities industry. This represents a 0.946% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were New York (93.5k), California (60.4k), and Pennsylvania (36.1k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Bus service & urban transit Industry Group had an average annual wage of $54,116, $13,611 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

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Wage Distribution

0.403
WAGE GINI

Bus service & urban transit has a wage GINI of 0.403, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Bus service & urban transit (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group.

Bus drivers, transit and intercity are the most common position with 188,721 workers, but the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Bus drivers, school and Bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists.

The highest average salary in Bus service & urban transit goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were bus drivers, transit and intercity (188,721 people), bus drivers, school (90,339 people), and bus & truck mechanics & diesel engine specialists (24,068 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$61,487
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$2,153
$41,951
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$2,470

On average, Male workers in the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group make 1.47 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group.

The Bus service & urban transit Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry.

New York and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Bus service & urban transit is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

Transportation and warehousing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group is Transportation and warehousing.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Bus service & urban transit is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Transportation and warehousing
  2. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
  3. Manufacturing

The Bus service & urban transit Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Bus service & urban transit is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.
LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Transportation and warehousing
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Wholesale trade

The Transportation and warehousing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022
  1. New York
    3,376
  2. California
    2,122
  3. Florida
    1,173

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Bus service & urban transit industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Bus service & urban transit Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 37.7% corresponds to women and 62.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $61,487 and $41,951.

77.1% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

197,555
Women
37.7%
326,042
Men
62.3%

The workforce of Bus service & urban transit industry in 2023 was 523,597 people, with 37.7% woman, and 62.3% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Bus service & urban transit industry.

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Races

In 2023, 46.9% of the workforce in the Bus service & urban transit industry was White (245,520 people), of which 37.5% were women and 62.5% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Bus service & urban transit workers in 2023 were high school or equivalent (198,970 people), some college (141,252 people), and bachelors degree (63,421 people).

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Projections

Growth projections of the Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 4.72% in the next ten years. The Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 4.72%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (14.1%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (14.1%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation.
4.72%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
4.72%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 4.72%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Transit and Ground Passenger Transportation.
14.1%
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10-year Projection

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