Professional, Scientific & Technical Services

Industry Sub-Sector

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Workforce Population
12M
2023
Average Employee Age
42.3
2023
Estimated Job Growth
10.5%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$113,214
2023
Average Male Salary
$132,784
2023
Average Female Salary
$88,094
2023

About

The top three occupations in the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector are software developers, other managers, and lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers. On average, full-time employees in the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector work 43.7 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $121,942. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $44,600.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector are Fairfax County (Northeast)--McLean & Idylwood PUMA, VA, King County (Northwest)--Redmond, Kirkland Cities, Ingelwood & Finn Hill PUMA, WA, and Arlington County (North) PUMA, VA.

The workforce of Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector in 2023 was 11,988,075 people, with 43.8% woman, and 56.2% men.

In 2023, 69.4% of the workforce in the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector was White (8,314,979 people), of which 43.5% were women and 56.5% men.

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector.

The workforce in Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector was 11,988,075 people and is concentrated in California (1,640,013 workers). The average annual salary was $113,214, being $45,487 more than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

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4.43%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 10.8M people employed in the Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services industry. This represents a 4.43% 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 (1.64M), Texas (1.03M), and New York (798k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector had an average annual wage of $113,214, $45,487 more than the average national salary of $67,727.

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Wage Distribution

0.433
WAGE GINI

Professional, Scientific & Technical Services has a wage GINI of 0.433, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Professional, Scientific & Technical 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 & Technical Services Industry Sub-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 & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector.

Software developers are the most common position with 976,496 workers, but the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector employs a relatively high number of Other managers and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

The highest average salary in Professional, Scientific & Technical Services goes to Physicians.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were software developers (976,496 people), other managers (765,000 people), and lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (736,155 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$132,784
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$1,178
$88,094
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$962

On average, Male workers in the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector make 1.51 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-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 & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector.

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

California and Florida stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Professional, Scientific & Technical Services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-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

The closest comparable data for Professional, Scientific & Technical Services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-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

The closest comparable data for Professional, Scientific & Technical Services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.
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 & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-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
    142,540
  2. Florida
    92,313
  3. Texas
    81,011

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services Industry Sub-Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 43.8% corresponds to women and 56.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $132,784 and $88,094.

83.6% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

Gender and Age

5,249,632
Women
43.8%
6,738,443
Men
56.2%

The workforce of Professional, Scientific & Technical Services industry in 2023 was 11,988,075 people, with 43.8% woman, and 56.2% men.

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

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Races

In 2023, 69.4% of the workforce in the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services industry was White (8,314,979 people), of which 43.5% were women and 56.5% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Professional, Scientific & Technical Services workers in 2023 were bachelors degree (4,995,632 people), graduate degree (3,441,991 people), and some college (1,581,729 people).

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Projections

Growth projections of the Professional, Scientific, and Technical 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 industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 10.5%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (23.5%) 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.
10.5%
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. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same 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.
23.5%
Estimate Growth
10-year Projection

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

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