Animal production & aquaculture

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Workforce Population

359k

2024

Average Employee Age

41.9

2024

Estimated Job Growth

−3.35%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$46,829

2024

Average Male Salary

$50,722

2024

Average Female Salary

$34,850

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group are miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders, farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers, and driver/sales workers & truck drivers. On average, full-time employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group work 50.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $52,562. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $20,394.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group are Panhandle Regional Planning Commission--Outside Potter & Randall Counties PUMA, TX, Elmore, Jerome, Blaine, Minidoka, Gooding, Lincoln & Camas Counties PUMA, ID, and Central Montana--Havre & Livingston City PUMA, MT.

The workforce of Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group in 2024 was 359,349 people, with 24.5% woman, and 75.5% men.

In 2024, 65.6% of the workforce in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group was White (235,893 people), of which 27.1% were women and 72.9% men.

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Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, & Hunting Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

The workforce in Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group was 359,349 people and is concentrated in California (37,344 workers). The average annual salary was $46,829, being $23,049 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

3.88%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 8.27M people employed in the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry. This represents a 3.88% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Mining, Logging, and Construction over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (37.3k), Texas (36.9k), and Wisconsin (19k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group had an average annual wage of $46,829, $23,049 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.449

WAGE GINI

Animal production & aquaculture has a wage GINI of 0.449, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Animal production & aquaculture (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 Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders are the most common position with 172,476 workers, but the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers and Driver/sales workers & truck drivers.

The highest average salary in Animal production & aquaculture goes to Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders (172,476 people), farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers (100,139 people), and driver/sales workers & truck drivers (7,635 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$50,722

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,743

$34,850

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,737

On average, Male workers in the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group 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 Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Animal production & aquaculture 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 Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group.

The Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Animal production & aquaculture is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group is Manufacturing.

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 Animal production & aquaculture is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
Manufacturing
Wholesale trade

The Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Animal production & aquaculture is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Animal production & aquaculture Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 24.5% corresponds to women and 75.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $50,722 and $34,850.

64.7% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or secondary education.

Gender and Age

88,145

Women

24.5%

271,204

Men

75.5%

The workforce of Animal production & aquaculture industry in 2024 was 359,349 people, with 24.5% woman, and 75.5% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Animal production & aquaculture industry.

Races

In 2024, 65.6% of the workforce in the Animal production & aquaculture industry was White (235,893 people), of which 27.1% were women and 72.9% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Animal production & aquaculture workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (116,576 people), some college (60,897 people), and secondary education (55,105 people).

The chart shows the Animal production & aquaculture workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Animal Production and Aquaculture industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow −3.35% in the next ten years. The Animal Production and Aquaculture industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −3.35%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (26.2%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (26.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Animal Production and Aquaculture.

−3.35%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

−3.35%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Animal Production and Aquaculture. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than −3.35%, the average rate of national job growth.