Administrative, support & waste management services

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The top three occupations in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector are landscaping and groundskeeping workers, janitors & building cleaners, and security guards & gaming surveillance officers. On average, full-time employees in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector work 42.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $60,374. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.5 hours and earn an average annual salary of $21,761.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector are Houston City (West)--Westpark Tollway, Between Loop I-610 & Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX, Palm Beach County (East Central)--Lake Worth City, Lantana Town & Atlantis City PUMA, FL, and Houston (Southwest) & Bellaire (Southeast) Cities--Between Loop I-610 & Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector in 2024 was 5,963,281 people, with 40.4% woman, and 59.6% men.

In 2024, 51.9% of the workforce in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector was White (3,094,659 people), of which 39.4% were women and 60.6% men.

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

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector.

The workforce in Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector was 5,963,281 people and is concentrated in California (719,044 workers). The average annual salary was $52,863, being $17,015 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

−0.496%

Year-over-year decline

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 9.31M people employed in the Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services industry. This represents a −0.496% decrease in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (719k), Texas (556k), and Florida (527k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector had an average annual wage of $52,863, $17,015 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.456

WAGE GINI

Administrative, support & waste management services has a wage GINI of 0.456, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Administrative, support & 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 Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector.

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers are the most common position with 621,613 workers, but the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector employs a relatively high number of Janitors & building cleaners and Security guards & gaming surveillance officers.

The highest average salary in Administrative, support & waste management services goes to Nuclear medicine technologists and medical dosimetrists.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were landscaping and groundskeeping workers (621,613 people), janitors & building cleaners (614,094 people), and security guards & gaming surveillance officers (535,369 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$57,444

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$867

$46,115

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$829

On average, Male workers in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector make 1.25 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-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 Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector.

The Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-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 Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Administrative, support & waste management services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-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

The closest comparable data for Administrative, support & waste management services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Professional and business services
Manufacturing
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Administrative, support & waste management services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

California
48,607
Florida
42,040
Texas
32,532

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Administrative, support & waste management services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Administrative, support & waste management services Industry Sub-Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 40.4% corresponds to women and 59.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $57,444 and $46,115.

70.9% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

2,411,369

Women

40.4%

3,551,912

Men

59.6%

The workforce of Administrative, support & waste management services industry in 2024 was 5,963,281 people, with 40.4% woman, and 59.6% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Administrative, support & waste management services industry.

Races

In 2024, 51.9% of the workforce in the Administrative, support & waste management services industry was White (3,094,659 people), of which 39.4% were women and 60.6% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Administrative, support & waste management services workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (1,886,343 people), some college (1,278,636 people), and bachelors degree (1,065,584 people).

The chart shows the Administrative, support & waste management services workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 1.11% in the next ten years. The Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 1.11%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (25.1%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (25.1%).

Job Growth

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

1.11%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

1.11%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 1.11%, the average rate of national job growth.

Output Growth

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

25.1%

Estimate Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services industry.

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

Industry Sector

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