Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance

Industry Sector

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Workforce Population
36.6M
2023
Average Employee Age
42.9
2023
Estimated Job Growth
9.12%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$63,693
2023
Average Male Salary
$86,338
2023
Average Female Salary
$55,624
2023

About

The top three occupations in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector are registered nurses, elementary & middle school teachers, and postsecondary teachers. On average, full-time employees in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector work 42.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $73,920. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $28,613.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector are Olmsted County--Rochester City PUMA, MN, Washtenaw County (East Central)--Ann Arbor City Area PUMA, MI, and Tompkins County PUMA, NY.

The workforce of Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector in 2023 was 36,590,789 people, with 73.7% woman, and 26.3% men.

In 2023, 64.8% of the workforce in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector was White (23,703,275 people), of which 74.1% were women and 25.9% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector.

The workforce in Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector was 36,590,789 people and is concentrated in California (3,905,814 workers). The average annual salary was $63,693, being $4,034 less than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

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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.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were California (3.91M), Texas (2.97M), and New York (2.72M).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector had an average annual wage of $63,693, $4,034 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

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Wage Distribution

0.454
WAGE GINI

Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance has a wage GINI of 0.454, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance (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 Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector.

Registered nurses are the most common position with 3,203,578 workers, but the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector employs a relatively high number of Elementary & middle school teachers and Postsecondary teachers.

The highest average salary in Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance goes to Surgeons.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were registered nurses (3,203,578 people), elementary & middle school teachers (3,037,889 people), and postsecondary teachers (1,456,872 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$86,338
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$850
$55,624
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$259

On average, Male workers in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector make 1.55 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector. 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 Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector.

The Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector.

Industrial Flow

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector is Educational services, health care, and social assistance.

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Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Educational services, health care, and social assistance
  2. Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services
  3. Retail trade

The Educational services, health care, and social assistance Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022
  1. California
    143,828
  2. Texas
    85,686
  3. Florida
    79,942

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Median Earnings

States with the highest median earnings in 2023
  1. District of Columbia
    $65,300
  2. Massachusetts
    $58,097
  3. New Jersey
    $58,081

The charts shows the median earnings of the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance industry by state and the annual evolution of the median earnings of the industry compared to the national level.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance Industry Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 73.7% corresponds to women and 26.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $86,338 and $55,624.

71.1% of workers have a graduate degree, bachelors degree or some college.

Gender and Age

26,978,606
Women
73.7%
9,612,183
Men
26.3%

The workforce of Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance industry in 2023 was 36,590,789 people, with 73.7% woman, and 26.3% men.

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Races

In 2023, 64.8% of the workforce in the Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance industry was White (23,703,275 people), of which 74.1% were women and 25.9% 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 Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance workers in 2023 were graduate degree (10,042,915 people), bachelors degree (9,754,987 people), and some college (6,222,828 people).

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Projections

Growth projections of the Educational Services and Health Care and Social Assistance industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 3.42% in the next ten years. The Educational Services and Health Care and Social Assistance industry has a higher projected workforce growth at 9.12%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (28.9%) is higher than the projected national growth in output (14.4%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Educational Services and Health Care and Social Assistance.
9.12%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
3.42%
National Growth
10-year Projection

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Educational Services and Health Care and Social Assistance.
28.9%
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10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Educational Services and Health Care and Social Assistance industry.

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