Personal Care & Service Occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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2023 Workforce
3.14M
Average Age
37.7
Average Salary
$28,202
Average Male Salary
$33,374
Average Female Salary
$26,227

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Personal Care & Service Occupations are most often employed by the Beauty salons industry. The average yearly wage for Personal Care & Service Occupations was $28,202 in 2023.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Personal Care & Service Occupations workforce. Personal Care & Service Occupations workforce in 2023 was 3,138,161 people, of which 72.4% were women and 27.6% were men. Personal Care & Service Occupations are paid most in Maricopa County--Surprise City (Central) PUMA, AZ but are relatively concentrated in Clark County (Central)--Spring Valley (East) PUMA, NV.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
867,364
Male Workforce
± 22.8k
2,270,797
Female Workforce
± 36.7k

The Personal Care & Service Occupations workforce in 2023 was 3,138,161 people (72.4% women and 27.6% men). This implies an average annual growth of −26% between 2014 (4,238,576) and 2023 (3,138,161).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Personal Care & Service Occupations.

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Nevada ($40,018), District of Columbia ($33,015), and Washington ($32,057).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$28,202
AVERAGE WAGE
#16 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Personal Care & Service Occupations earned an average of $28,202, $39,525 less than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.48
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Personal Care & Service Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.48, which is higher than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly for Personal Care & Service Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Personal Care & Service Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Beauty salons is the industry that employs the most Personal Care & Service Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Personal Care & Service Occupations, by average wage, is Industrial & miscellaneous chemicals ($140,356).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
3.14M
2023 Workforce
± 43,045
−2.54%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 1.98%

This graphic shows the share of Personal Care & Service Occupations employed by various industries. Beauty salons employs the largest share of Personal Care & Service Occupations at 33.5%, followed by Amusement & Recreation with 32.7% and Child day care services with 22%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Personal Care & Service Occupations in the US. The workforce of Personal Care & Service Occupations in 2023 was 3,138,161 people, with 72.4% woman, and 27.6% men. The average age of male Personal Care & Service Occupations in the workforce is 37.7 and of female Personal Care & Service Occupations is 37.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Personal Care & Service Occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Personal Care & Service Occupations in 2023 was 3,138,161 people, with 72.4% woman, and 27.6% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 20 to 24 years (567,878 people), 25 to 29 years (374,640  people), and 30 to 34 years (326,323 people). Among them they concentrated 40.4% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 18.7% of Personal Care & Service Occupations workers were Hispanic and 81.3% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (50.9%), Puerto Rican (12.8)%, and Dominican (6.06)%

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Races

In 2023, 60.5% of the Personal Care & Service Occupations workforce were White, of which 73.8% were women and 26.2% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (12%) and Two or More Races (10.1%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Personal Care & Service Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Personal Care & Service Occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2023 were Personal & Culinary Services.

Among the necessary skills for Personal Care & Service Occupations, Social Perceptiveness stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Personal Care & Service Occupations need more than the average amount of Operation and Control.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Personal Care & Service Occupations in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (105,867 people), Education (71,625 people), and Visual & Performing Arts (45,811 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Personal Care & Service Occupations workers were High School or Equivalent (970,197 people), Some college (917,039 people), and Bachelors Degree (489,097 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Personal Care & Service Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Personal Care & Service Occupations need many skills, but most especially Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening, Service Orientation.

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