Education, Training, & Library Occupations

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2020 Workforce
9.31M
Average Age
42.6
Average Salary
$47,042
Average Male Salary
$58,525
Average Female Salary
$42,801

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Education, Training, & Library Occupations are most often employed by the Elementary & secondary schools industry. The average yearly wage for Education, Training, & Library Occupations was $47,042 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Education, Training, & Library Occupations by wage are Transportation Occupations, Community & Social Service Occupations, and Construction & Extraction Occupations.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Education, Training, & Library Occupations are Champaign & Urbana Cities PUMA, IL, Brazos CountyCollege Station & Bryan Cities PUMA, TX, and Ann Arbor City Area PUMA, MI. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Education, Training, & Library Occupations are Ann Arbor City Area PUMA, MI, Tompkins County PUMA, NY, and Cambridge City PUMA, MA.

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Education, Training, & Library Occupations and on wages and locations for those in the field. Elementary & secondary schools is the industry that employs the most Education, Training, & Library Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Education, Training, & Library Occupations, by average wage, is Oil & gas extraction. Education, Training, & Library Occupations are paid most in N/A but are relatively concentrated in Ann Arbor City Area PUMA, MI.

Yearly Wage

$47,042
AVERAGE SALARY
± $320

In 2020, Education, Training, & Library Occupations earned an average of $47,042, $8,912 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Construction & Extraction Occupations make somewhat more than Education, Training, & Library Occupations while Transportation Occupations make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Education, Training, & Library Occupations as measured by average annual salary in the US.

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Wage Distribution

0.394
WAGE GINI

In 2015, Education, Training, & Library Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.394, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Education, Training, & Library Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Wage by Location

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Education, Training, & Library Occupations.

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Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Education, Training, & Library Occupations

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Education, Training, & Library Occupations.

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Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Education, Training, & Library Occupations, by average wage, are Oil & gas extraction, Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing, and Electric & gas, and other combinations.

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Industries by Share

9.31M
2020 Workforce
± 72,535
1.59%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 1.09%

The number of people employed as Education, Training, & Library Occupations has been growing at a rate of 1.59%, from 9,168,467 people in 2019 to 9,313,887 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Education, Training, & Library Occupations employed by various industries. Elementary & secondary schools employs the largest share of Education, Training, & Library Occupations at  64.1%, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 18.1% and Child day care services with 6.72%.

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Demographic information on Education, Training, & Library Occupations in the US. The average age of male Education, Training, & Library Occupations in the workforce is 42.8 and of female Education, Training, & Library Occupations is 42.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Education, Training, & Library Occupations is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

2.51M
MALE WORKFORCE
± 38,581
6.8M
FEMALE WORKFORCE
± 62,544

73% of Education, Training, & Library Occupations are Female, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Education, Training, & Library Occupations.

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Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Education, Training, & Library Occupations
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
  2. Black (Non-Hispanic)
  3. White (Hispanic)

70.6% of Education, Training, & Library Occupations are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 9.83% of Education, Training, & Library Occupations, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Education, Training, & Library Occupations.

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Age by Sex

42.8
AVERAGE MALE AGE
± 0.225
42.5
AVERAGE FEMALE AGE
± 0.128

The median age of Education, Training, & Library Occupations is 42.6, and Male employees are generally 0.331 years older than than their Female counterparts.

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Data on higher education choices for Education, Training, & Library Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Education, Training, & Library Occupations is Education but a relatively high number of Education, Training, & Library Occupations hold a major in Education.

Majors

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predictive-analysisSkills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Education, Training, & Library Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Education, Training, & Library Occupations need many skills, but most especially Speaking, Instructing, and Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Education, Training, & Library Occupations need more than the average amount of Instructing, Learning Strategies, and Science.

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