Business, technical & trade schools and training

Industry Group

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Workforce

111k

2020 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

44.2

Average Salary

$51,899

Average Male Salary

$62,185

Average Female Salary

$61,289

About

The top three occupations in the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group are Postsecondary teachers, Education administrators, Other teachers and instructors, Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, and Teaching assistants. On average, full-time employees in the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group work 42.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $63,282. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $19,191.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group are Jacksonville City (Southwest) PUMA, FL, Enid City PUMA, OK, and Scottsdale City (Southeast) & Fountain Hills Town PUMA, AZ. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Business, technical & trade schools and training.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group. Postsecondary teachers are the most common position, but the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Business, technical & trade schools and training goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Education and Health Services industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

5.86%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 23.6M people employed in the Education and Health Services industry. This represents a 5.86% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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

Occupations by Share

111k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 8.16k

0.567%

1 Year Growth

± 10.4%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 0.567%, , from 110k people in 2019 to 111k people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Business, technical & trade schools and training by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Postsecondary teachers represent the largest share of positions held in Business, technical & trade schools and training at 23%, followed by Education administrators with 9.34% and Other teachers and instructors with 4.07%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group, by number of employees, are Postsecondary teachers, Education administrators, Other teachers and instructors, Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, and Teaching assistants.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Business, technical & trade schools and training employs an unusually high number of Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, Postsecondary teachers, and Training & development specialists.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Business, technical & trade schools and training, by average wage, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Chief executives & legislators, and Information security analysts.

Average Salary

$51,899

AVERAGE WAGE

± $3,930

On average, employees in the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group make $51,899 per year. This number makes Business, technical & trade schools and training the 161 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.44

WAGE GINI

Business, technical & trade schools and training has a wage GINI of 0.44, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Business, technical & trade schools and training (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $62,185 and $61,289. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

61.5k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±6.09k

49.2k

MALE WORKFORCE

±5.44k

55.5% of workers in the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group are Female, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$62,185

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$6,976

$61,289

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$7,218

On average, Male workers in the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group make 1.01 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Asian
White
American Indian and Alaska Native tribes specified; or American Indian or Alaska Native, not specified and no other races

On average, Asian employees in the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group earn 1.1 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Business, technical & trade schools and training 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. Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Business, technical & trade schools and training 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Business, technical & trade schools and training is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Business, technical & trade schools and training is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Business, technical & trade schools and training 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 Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Business, technical & trade schools and training Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.