Elementary & secondary schools

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

9.66M

2024

Average Employee Age

44.6

2024

Estimated Job Growth

−2.21%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$55,824

2024

Average Male Salary

$64,041

2024

Average Female Salary

$53,049

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group are elementary & middle school teachers, secondary school teachers, and teaching assistants. On average, full-time employees in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group work 42.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $62,938. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $23,775.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group are Ocean County (Lakewood) PUMA, NJ, Nassau County (Central)--Hempstead Town (East Central) PUMA, NY, and South Texas Development Council (South)--Coastal Bend COG (West), Dimmit & La Salle PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group in 2024 was 9,658,830 people, with 74.8% woman, and 25.2% men.

In 2024, 69.2% of the workforce in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group was White (6,687,854 people), of which 75.4% were women and 24.6% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group.

The workforce in Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group was 9,658,830 people and is concentrated in California (1,025,820 workers). The average annual salary was $55,824, being $14,053 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

2.81%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 533k people employed in the Elementary and Secondary Schools industry. This represents a 2.81% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Elementary and Secondary Schools over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (1.03M), Texas (959k), and New York (722k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group had an average annual wage of $55,824, $14,053 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.358

WAGE GINI

Elementary & secondary schools has a wage GINI of 0.358, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Elementary & secondary schools (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 Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group.

Elementary & middle school teachers are the most common position with 3,086,247 workers, but the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Secondary school teachers and Teaching assistants.

The highest average salary in Elementary & secondary schools goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were elementary & middle school teachers (3,086,247 people), secondary school teachers (1,276,447 people), and teaching assistants (1,114,718 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$64,041

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$731

$53,049

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$354

On average, Male workers in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group make 1.21 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Elementary & secondary schools 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 Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group.

The Elementary & secondary schools 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 Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Elementary & secondary schools is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Elementary & secondary schools 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 Elementary & secondary schools is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

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

The Elementary & secondary schools 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 Elementary & secondary schools 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 Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

California
2,736
New York
1,697
Florida
1,662

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Elementary & secondary schools industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 74.8% corresponds to women and 25.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $64,041 and $53,049.

80.6% of workers have a graduate degree, bachelors degree or high school or equivalent.

Gender and Age

7,220,271

Women

74.8%

2,438,559

Men

25.2%

The workforce of Elementary & secondary schools industry in 2024 was 9,658,830 people, with 74.8% woman, and 25.2% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Elementary & secondary schools industry.

Races

In 2024, 69.2% of the workforce in the Elementary & secondary schools industry was White (6,687,854 people), of which 75.4% were women and 24.6% 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 Elementary & secondary schools workers in 2024 were graduate degree (3,585,532 people), bachelors degree (3,049,295 people), and high school or equivalent (1,146,944 people).

The chart shows the Elementary & secondary schools workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Elementary and Secondary Schools industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow −2.21% in the next ten years. The Elementary and Secondary Schools industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −2.21%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (5.41%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (5.41%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Elementary and Secondary Schools.

−2.21%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

−2.21%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Elementary and Secondary Schools. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than −2.21%, the average rate of national job growth.