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

Minor Occupation Group

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2021 Workforce

16.5M

Average Age

42.7

Average Salary

$59,913

Average Male Salary

$77,249

Average Female Salary

$50,989

About

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 $59,913 in 2021.

The locations that employ the most Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations are District of Columbia (Central) PUMA, DC, Upper West Side & West Side PUMA, NY, and Upper East Side PUMA, NY. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations are District of Columbia (West) PUMA, DC, Park Slope, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook PUMA, NY, and Ann Arbor City Area PUMA, MI.

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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 2021 was 16,529,214 people, of which 66% were women and 34% were men. Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations are paid most in Bethesda, Potomac & North Bethesda PUMA, MD but are relatively concentrated in District of Columbia (West) PUMA, DC.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

5,617,109

Male Workforce

± 57.1k

10,912,105

Female Workforce

± 78.1k

The Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workforce in 2021 was 16,529,214 people (66% women and 34% men). This implies an average annual growth of 12.7% between 2014 (14,671,525) and 2021 (16,529,214).

Employment by Location

Level

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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 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($116,960), New York ($76,512), and Maryland ($73,080).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$59,913

AVERAGE WAGE

#4 in the ranking (2021)

$59,596

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations earned an average of $59,913, $318 more than the average national salary of $59,596

The graph shows the ranking of Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations in relation to all Minor Occupation Group in 2021.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.447

WAGE GINI

In 2021, Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.447, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. 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).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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 Not specified food industries, manufacturing ($276,300).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

16.5M

2021 Workforce

± 94,150

1.92%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 0.794%

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 67.4%, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 21.3% and Legal services with 11.3%.

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 2021 was 16,529,214 people, with 66% woman, and 34% men. The average age of male Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations in the workforce is 43.7 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 2021 was 16,529,214 people, with 66% woman, and 34% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 35 to 39 years (2,002,594 people), 30 to 34 years (2,002,061 people), and 25 to 29 years (1,992,182 people). Among them they concentrated 36.3% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2021, 12% of Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workers were Hispanic and 88% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (75.9%), Puerto Rican (16)%, and Cuban (8.09)%

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Races

In 2021, 75% of the Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workforce were White, of which 65.9% were women and 34.1% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (10.7%) and Two or More Races (5.52%).

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 2021 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.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations in 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Education (3,149,602 people), Business (1,043,372 people), and Social Sciences (1,040,396 people).

You can review this information for different academic grades by modifying the option selected in the selector above.

Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workers were Graduate Degree (6,656,088 people), Bachelors Degree (5,621,709 people), and Some college (1,888,395 people).

The graphic shows the Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations workforce by gender and educational level.

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, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking.