Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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2023 Workforce
17.2M
Average Age
42.8
Average Salary
$66,770
Average Male Salary
$85,607
Average Female Salary
$57,171

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Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations are most often employed by the Elementary & secondary schools industry. The average yearly wage for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations was $66,770 in 2023.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workforce. Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workforce in 2023 was 17,204,765 people, of which 66.2% were women and 33.8% were men. Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations are paid most in South Montgomery County--South Bethesda & Chevy Chase PUMA, MD but are relatively concentrated in District of Columbia (West) PUMA, DC.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
5,807,955
Male Workforce
± 58k
11,396,810
Female Workforce
± 79.7k

The Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workforce in 2023 was 17,204,765 people (66.2% women and 33.8% men). This implies an average annual growth of 16.4% between 2014 (14,783,951) and 2023 (17,204,765).

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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 Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations.

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($137,954), New York ($86,343), and Maryland ($80,949).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$66,770
AVERAGE WAGE
#4 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations earned an average of $66,770, $957 less than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.449
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.449, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations and on wages for those in the field. Elementary & secondary schools is the industry that employs the most Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations, by average wage, is Tobacco manufacturing ($339,565).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
17.2M
2023 Workforce
± 95,956
2%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 0.777%

This graphic shows the share of Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations employed by various industries. Elementary & secondary schools employs the largest share of Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations at 62.3%, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 19.6% and Legal services with 10.7%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations in the US. The workforce of Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations in 2023 was 17,204,765 people, with 66.2% woman, and 33.8% men. The average age of male Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations in the workforce is 43.8 and of female Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations is 42.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations in 2023 was 17,204,765 people, with 66.2% woman, and 33.8% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (2,085,678 people), 35 to 39 years (2,059,840  people), and 25 to 29 years (1,999,600 people). Among them they concentrated 35.7% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2023, 13.3% of Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workers were Hispanic and 86.7% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (50.6%), Puerto Rican (14.5)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (5.19)%

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Races

In 2023, 70.9% of the Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workforce were White, of which 66% were women and 34% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (10.6%) and Two or More Races (8.56%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations is Education but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2023 were Education.

Among the necessary skills for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations, Active Listening stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations need more than the average amount of Negotiation.

Majors

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

The most common majors achieved by Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations in 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Education (3,180,469 people), Business (1,109,606 people), and Social Sciences (1,086,227 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workers were Graduate Degree (6,948,601 people), Bachelors Degree (5,837,111 people), and Some college (1,894,641 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations need many skills, but most especially Active Listening, Speaking, Reading Comprehension.

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