Software publishing

Industry Group

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Workforce

461k

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

40.1

Estimated Job Growth

20.5%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$129,998

Average Male Salary

$142,099

Average Female Salary

$140,833

About

The top three occupations in the Software publishing Industry Group are Software developers, Other managers, Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel, Computer support specialists, and Computer & information systems managers. On average, full-time employees in the Software publishing Industry Group work 44.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $132,813. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $45,436.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Software publishing Industry Group are Dane County (West) PUMA, WI, Sunnyvale & San Jose (North) Cities PUMA, CA, and Apex & Holly Springs Towns PUMA, NC. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Software publishing.

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Software publishing Industry Group. Software developers are the most common position, but the Software publishing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Software quality assurance analysts and testers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Software publishing goes to Architectural & engineering managers.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

−0.0414%

Year-over-year decline

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 242k people employed in the Software Publishers industry. This represents a −0.0414% decrease in employment when compared to May 2020.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Software Publishers over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Occupations by Share

461k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 145k

−2.55%

1 Year Growth

± 9.29%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 461k people employed in the Software publishing Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Software publishing Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −2.55%, , from 149k people in 2019 to 145k people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Software publishing by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Software developers represent the largest share of positions held in Software publishing at 19.8%, followed by Other managers with 9.64% and Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel with 8.08%.

Average Salary

$129,998

AVERAGE WAGE

± $6,699

On average, employees in the Software publishing Industry Group make $129,998 per year. This number makes Software publishing the 3 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Software publishing Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.367

WAGE GINI

Software publishing has a wage GINI of 0.367, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Software publishing (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Software publishing Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Software publishing Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Software publishing Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Software publishing Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $142,099 and $140,833. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

47k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±5.32k

97.9k

MALE WORKFORCE

±7.68k

67.5% of workers in the Software publishing Industry Group are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Software publishing Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$142,099

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$8,778

$140,833

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$8,765

On average, Male workers in the Software publishing Industry Group make 1.01 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Software publishing Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Asian
White
Two or More Races

On average, Asian employees in the Software publishing Industry Group earn 1.13 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Software publishing Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Software publishing Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries. Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Software publishing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Software publishing Industry Group is Information.

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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Software publishing is from Information.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Software publishing is from Information.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Software publishing Industry Group 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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Software publishing is from Information.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Information Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Software publishing Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Software publishing Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Projections

Growth projections of the Software publishers industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Software publishers industry has a higher projected workforce growth at 20.5%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (59.9%) is higher than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Software publishers.

20.5%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Software publishers. This industry is expected to grow more than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.