Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

4.48M

2023

Average Employee Age

40.7

2023

Estimated Job Growth

0.7%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$65,059

2023

Average Male Salary

$74,927

2023

Average Female Salary

$57,132

2023

About

The top three occupations in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group are postsecondary teachers, education administrators, and teaching assistants. On average, full-time employees in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group work 43.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $84,214. Part-time employees in the same industry work 17.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $18,962.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group are Washtenaw County (East Central)--Ann Arbor City Area PUMA, MI, Tompkins County PUMA, NY, and Centre County PUMA, PA.

The workforce of Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group in 2023 was 4,480,342 people, with 55.5% woman, and 44.5% men.

In 2023, 66.4% of the workforce in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group was White (2,976,424 people), of which 55.4% were women and 44.6% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group.

The workforce in Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group was 4,480,342 people and is concentrated in California (473,470 workers). The average annual salary was $65,059, being $2,668 less than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Education and Health Services industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

4.16%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 25.2M people employed in the Education and Health Services industry. This represents a 4.16% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Education and Health Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were California (473k), Texas (321k), and New York (320k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group had an average annual wage of $65,059, $2,668 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

The graph shows the position of Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.48

WAGE GINI

Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges has a wage GINI of 0.48, which is more than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group.

Postsecondary teachers are the most common position with 1,412,788 workers, but the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Education administrators and Teaching assistants.

The highest average salary in Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges goes to Surgeons.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were postsecondary teachers (1,412,788 people), education administrators (343,097 people), and teaching assistants (169,984 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$74,927

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,478

$57,132

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$908

On average, Male workers in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group make 1.31 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges 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 Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group.

The Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and New York stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group is Educational services, health care, and social assistance.

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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Professional and business services
Manufacturing
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Educational services, health care, and social assistance Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

California
17,480
New York
8,878
Texas
8,841

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 55.5% corresponds to women and 44.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $74,927 and $57,132.

86.5% of workers have a graduate degree, bachelors degree or some college.

Gender and Age

2,484,468

Women

55.5%

1,995,874

Men

44.5%

The workforce of Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges industry in 2023 was 4,480,342 people, with 55.5% woman, and 44.5% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges industry.

Races

In 2023, 66.4% of the workforce in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges industry was White (2,976,424 people), of which 55.4% were women and 44.6% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian and Black.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges workers in 2023 were graduate degree (2,024,826 people), bachelors degree (1,119,241 people), and some college (733,395 people).

The chart shows the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Educational Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 0.7% in the next ten years. The Educational Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 0.7%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (8.21%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (8.21%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Educational Services.

0.7%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

0.7%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Educational Services. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 0.7%, the average rate of national job growth.