Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services

Industry Sector

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Workforce Population

17M

2021

Average Employee Age

42.1

2021

Estimated Job Growth

7.34%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$80,760

2021

Average Male Salary

$93,204

2021

Average Female Salary

$63,824

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector are other managers, software developers, and lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers. On average, full-time employees in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector work 43.7 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $89,362. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $28,570.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector are Arlington County (North) PUMA, VA, Redmond, Kirkland Cities, Inglewood & Finn Hill PUMA, WA, and Greater Bellevue City PUMA, WA.

The workforce of Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector in 2021 was 17,038,775 people, with 42.4% woman, and 57.6% men.

In 2021, 69.4% of the workforce in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector was White (11,819,884 people), of which 42.1% were women and 57.9% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

The workforce in Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector was 17,038,775 people and is concentrated in California (2,298,666 workers). The average annual salary was $80,760, being $21,164 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Professional and Business Services industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

2.24%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 22.8M people employed in the Professional and Business Services industry. This represents a 2.24% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (2.3M), Texas (1.45M), and Florida (1.2M).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector had an average annual wage of $80,760, $21,164 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.481

WAGE GINI

Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services has a wage GINI of 0.481, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services (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 Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

Other managers are the most common position with 942,432 workers, but the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector employs a relatively high number of Software developers and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

The highest average salary in Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services goes to Physicians.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were other managers (942,432 people), software developers (843,229 people), and lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (705,238 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$93,204

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$790

$63,824

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$643

On average, Male workers in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector make 1.46 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector. 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 Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

The Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and Florida stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

Industrial Flow

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector is Professional and business services.

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
440,848
Florida
316,202
Texas
259,672

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Median Earnings

States with the highest median earnings in 2021

The charts shows the median earnings of the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services industry by state and the annual evolution of the median earnings of the industry compared to the national level.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 42.4% corresponds to women and 57.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $93,204 and $63,824.

70% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

Gender and Age

7,216,822

Women

42.4%

9,821,953

Men

57.6%

The workforce of Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services industry in 2021 was 17,038,775 people, with 42.4% woman, and 57.6% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services industry.

Races

In 2021, 69.4% of the workforce in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services industry was White (11,819,884 people), of which 42.1% were women and 57.9% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services workers in 2021 were bachelors degree (5,572,796 people), graduate degree (3,454,104 people), and some college (2,896,707 people).

The chart shows the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Professional and Technical Services and Administrative and Waste Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Professional and Technical Services and Administrative and Waste Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 7.34%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (25.3%) is higher than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Professional and Technical Services and Administrative and Waste Services.

7.34%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Professional and Technical Services and Administrative and Waste Services. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.

Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Professional and Technical Services and Administrative and Waste Services.

25.3%

Estimate Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Professional and Technical Services and Administrative and Waste Services industry.