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

About

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.

Education, Training, & Library Occupations are part of the Education, legal, community service, arts, & media occupations, along with Community & Social Service Occupations, Legal Occupations, Education, Training, & Library Occupations, and Arts, design, entertainment, sports, & media 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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Employment

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.

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).

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.

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.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Education, Training, & Library Occupations, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, Child day care services, Other schools & instruction and educational support services, Libraries & archives, Museums, art galleries, historical sites, & similar institutions, Business, technical & trade schools and training, Individual & family services, Religious organizations, General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, and Restaurants & Food Services.

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.

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%.

Diversity

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.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Education, Training, & Library Occupations

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
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.

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.

Education

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

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

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

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.