Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services

Industry Sector

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Workforce Population
18.1M
2023
Average Employee Age
42.2
2023
Estimated Job Growth
7.15%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$92,840
2023
Average Male Salary
$106,456
2023
Average Female Salary
$74,632
2023

About

The top three occupations in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector are other managers, software developers, and lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers. On average, full-time employees in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector work 43.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $102,361. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $33,823.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector are King County (Northwest)--Redmond, Kirkland Cities, Ingelwood & Finn Hill PUMA, WA, Fairfax County (Northeast)--McLean & Idylwood PUMA, VA, and Loudoun County (East Central)--Ashburn (Southwest/Belmont Ridge) & Dulles Airport PUMA, VA.

The workforce of Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector in 2023 was 18,098,894 people, with 42.8% woman, and 57.2% men.

In 2023, 64.7% of the workforce in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector was White (11,710,464 people), of which 42.5% were women and 57.5% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

The workforce in Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector was 18,098,894 people and is concentrated in California (2,378,849 workers). The average annual salary was $92,840, being $25,113 more than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Professional and Business Services industry sector.
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2.24%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 22.8M people employed in the Professional and Business Services industry. This represents a 2.24% 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 (2.38M), Texas (1.6M), and Florida (1.29M).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector had an average annual wage of $92,840, $25,113 more than the average national salary of $67,727.

The graph shows the position of Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

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Wage Distribution

0.475
WAGE GINI

Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services has a wage GINI of 0.475, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services (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 Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

Other managers are the most common position with 1,032,082 workers, but the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector employs a relatively high number of Software developers and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

The highest average salary in Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services goes to Physicians.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were other managers (1,032,082 people), software developers (1,012,493 people), and lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (746,745 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$106,456
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$871
$74,632
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$727

On average, Male workers in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector make 1.43 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services 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 Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

The Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Industrial Flow

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector is Professional and business services.

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

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

The Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services 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. Professional and business services
  2. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
  3. Wholesale trade

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Median Earnings

States with the highest median earnings in 2023
  1. District of Columbia
    $104,083
  2. Massachusetts
    $87,243
  3. Washington
    $85,960

The charts shows the median earnings of the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services 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 Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 42.8% corresponds to women and 57.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $106,456 and $74,632.

70.8% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

Gender and Age

7,743,825
Women
42.8%
10,355,069
Men
57.2%

The workforce of Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services industry in 2023 was 18,098,894 people, with 42.8% woman, and 57.2% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services industry.

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Races

In 2023, 64.7% of the workforce in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services industry was White (11,710,464 people), of which 42.5% were women and 57.5% 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 Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services workers in 2023 were bachelors degree (6,105,154 people), graduate degree (3,797,327 people), and some college (2,917,423 people).

The chart shows the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services workforce by gender and educational level.

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Projections

Growth projections of the Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services and Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 10.5% in the next ten years. The Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services and Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 7.15%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (23.4%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (23.5%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services and Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services.
7.15%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
10.5%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services and Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services. This industry is expected to grow less than than 10.5%, 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 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services and Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services.
23.4%
Estimate Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services and Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services industry.

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