Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges

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Workforce Population

4.33M

2020

Average Employee Age

40.3

2020

Average Salary

$54,017

2020

Average Male Salary

$62,428

2020

Average Female Salary

$47,147

2020

About

The top three occupations in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group are postsecondary teachers, education administrators, and secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive. On average, full-time employees in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group work 43.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $71,879. Part-time employees in the same industry work 17.5 hours and earn an average annual salary of $15,315.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group are Ann Arbor City Area PUMA, MI, Tompkins County PUMA, NY, and Centre County PUMA, PA.

The workforce of Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group in 2020 was 4,325,656 people, with 55% woman, and 45% men.

In 2020, 72.2% of the workforce in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group was White (3,122,782 people), of which 55.2% were women and 44.8% men.

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Educational Services Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group.

The workforce in Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group was 4,325,656 people and is concentrated in California (458,008 workers). The average annual salary was $54,017, being $1,937 less than the national average salary, which was $55,954.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Education and Health Services industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

4.16%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 25.2M people employed in the Education and Health Services industry. This represents a 4.16% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Education and Health Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2020 were California (458k), New York (302k), and Texas (301k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2020, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group had an average annual wage of $54,017, $1,937 less than the average national salary of $55,954.

The graph shows the position of Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.49

WAGE GINI

Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges has a wage GINI of 0.49, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group.

Postsecondary teachers are the most common position with 1,383,585 workers, but the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Education administrators and Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive.

The highest average salary in Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges goes to Surgeons.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group according to occupations. In 2020, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were postsecondary teachers (1,383,585 people), education administrators (320,472 people), and secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive (140,258 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$62,428

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,268

$47,147

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$763

On average, Male workers in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group make 1.32 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges 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.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group.

The Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and New York stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group is Educational services, health care, and social assistance.

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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Educational services, health care, and social assistance Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
28,428
New York
16,544
Texas
14,180

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 55% corresponds to women and 45% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $62,428 and $47,147.

86.3% of workers have a graduate degree, bachelors degree or some college.

Gender and Age

2,381,023

Women

55%

1,944,633

Men

45%

The workforce of Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges industry in 2020 was 4,325,656 people, with 55% woman, and 45% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges industry.

Races

In 2020, 72.2% of the workforce in the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges industry was White (3,122,782 people), of which 55.2% were women and 44.8% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Asian.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges workers in 2020 were graduate degree (1,885,108 people), bachelors degree (1,033,169 people), and some college (814,173 people).

The chart shows the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges workforce by gender and educational level.