Management, business, & financial occupations

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2021 Workforce

24.3M

Average Age

44.7

Average Salary

$100,025

Average Male Salary

$117,678

Average Female Salary

$79,656

About

Management, business, & financial occupations are most often employed by the Construction industry. The average yearly wage for Management, business, & financial occupations was $100,025 in 2021.

The locations that employ the most Management, business, & financial occupations are Upper East Side PUMA, NY, District of Columbia (Central) PUMA, DC, and Lake View & Lincoln Park PUMA, IL. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Management, business, & financial occupations are Murray Hill, Gramercy & Stuyvesant Town PUMA, NY, Battery Park City, Greenwich Village & Soho PUMA, NY, and Chelsea, Clinton & Midtown Business District PUMA, NY.

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Employment and salary information for the Management, business, & financial occupations workforce. Management, business, & financial occupations workforce in 2021 was 24,334,161 people, of which 46.4% were women and 53.6% were men. Management, business, & financial occupations are paid most in Fairfield, New Canaan, Wilton, Weston & Easton Towns PUMA, CT but are relatively concentrated in Murray Hill, Gramercy & Stuyvesant Town PUMA, NY.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

13,035,896

Male Workforce

± 84.7k

11,298,265

Female Workforce

± 79.4k

The Management, business, & financial occupations workforce in 2021 was 24,334,161 people (46.4% women and 53.6% men). This implies an average annual growth of 24.5% between 2014 (19,539,142) and 2021 (24,334,161).

Employment by Location

Level

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Management, business, & financial occupations.

During 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Connecticut ($131,661), New Jersey ($126,763), and District of Columbia ($123,863).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$100,025

AVERAGE WAGE

#1 in the ranking (2021)

$59,596

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2021, Management, business, & financial occupations earned an average of $100,025, $40,429 more than the average national salary of $59,596

Management, business, & financial occupations are the highest paid occupation in the US followed by Computer, engineering, & science occupations. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Management, business, & financial occupations as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.421

WAGE GINI

In 2021, Management, business, & financial occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.421, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Management, business, & financial occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Management, business, & financial occupations compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Management, business, & financial occupations and on wages for those in the field. Construction is the industry that employs the most Management, business, & financial occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Management, business, & financial occupations, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals ($193,224).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

24.3M

2021 Workforce

± 110,842

3.93%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 0.627%

This graphic shows the share of Management, business, & financial occupations employed by various industries. Construction employs the largest share of Management, business, & financial occupations at 42.1%, followed by Restaurants & Food Services with 30.1% and Banking & related activities with 27.8%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Management, business, & financial occupations in the US. The workforce of Management, business, & financial occupations in 2021 was 24,334,161 people, with 46.4% woman, and 53.6% men. The average age of male Management, business, & financial occupations in the workforce is 45.5 and of female Management, business, & financial occupations is 43.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Management, business, & financial occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Management, business, & financial occupations in 2021 was 24,334,161 people, with 46.4% woman, and 53.6% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 35 to 39 years (3,073,754 people), 45 to 49 years (3,004,521 people), and 50 to 54 years (2,982,286 people). Among them they concentrated 37.2% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2021, 11.2% of Management, business, & financial occupations workers were Hispanic and 88.8% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (75.6%), Puerto Rican (16)%, and Cuban (8.37)%

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Races

In 2021, 75.7% of the Management, business, & financial occupations workforce were White, of which 44.6% were women and 55.4% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (8.69%) and Asian (6.92%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Management, business, & financial occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Management, business, & financial occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2021 were Construction.

Among the necessary skills for Management, business, & financial occupations, Reading Comprehension stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Management, business, & financial occupations need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources.

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 Management, business, & financial occupations in 2021 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (5,501,696 people), Social Sciences (1,306,160 people), and Engineering (1,228,449 people).

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Education Levels

Metric

The main educational levels achieved by the Management, business, & financial occupations workers were Bachelors Degree (9,677,588 people), Graduate Degree (5,386,779 people), and Some college (4,045,009 people).

The graphic shows the Management, business, & financial occupations workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Management, business, & financial occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Management, business, & financial occupations need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Active Listening.