Finance & Insurance

Industry Sub-Sector

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    Workforce Population
    7.65M
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    43.4
    2024
    Estimated Job Growth
    3.38%
    10-Year Projection
    Average Salary
    $114,048
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $152,166
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $83,870
    2024

    About

    The top three occupations in the Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector are financial managers, insurance sales agents, and personal financial advisors. On average, full-time employees in the Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector work 43.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $118,496. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $51,490.

    The workforce of Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector in 2024 was 7,653,974 people, with 55.8% woman, and 44.2% men.

    In 2024, 66.4% of the workforce in the Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector was White (5,083,701 people), of which 54% were women and 46% men.

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    Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing

    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector.

    The workforce in Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector was 7,653,974 people and is concentrated in Texas (709,752 workers). The average annual salary was $114,048, being $44,171 more than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    0.832%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 6.56M people employed in the Finance and Insurance industry. This represents a 0.832% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

    This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Finance and Insurance over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were Texas (710k), California (649k), and New York (550k).

    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector had an average annual wage of $114,048, $44,171 more than the average national salary of $69,878.

    The graph shows the position of Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.453
    WAGE GINI

    Finance & Insurance has a wage GINI of 0.453, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Finance & Insurance (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 Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector.

    Financial managers are the most common position with 853,874 workers, but the Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector employs a relatively high number of Insurance sales agents and Personal financial advisors.

    The highest average salary in Finance & Insurance goes to Lodging managers.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were financial managers (853,874 people), insurance sales agents (548,999 people), and personal financial advisors (374,174 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $152,166
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$2,114
    $83,870
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$1,013

    On average, Male workers in the Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector make 1.81 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Finance & Insurance 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 Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector.

    The Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing Industry.

    California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector.

    Industrial Flow

    The closest comparable data for Finance & Insurance is from Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing.

    Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector is Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing.

    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.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    The closest comparable data for Finance & Insurance is from Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
    2. Professional and business services
    3. Information

    The Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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    Use of Output by Other Industries

    The closest comparable data for Finance & Insurance is from Finance & Insurance, and Real Estate, Rental & Leasing.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
    2. Professional and business services
    3. Transportation and warehousing

    The Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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    Establishments

    States with more establishments in 2022
    1. California
      51,105
    2. Texas
      42,783
    3. Florida
      36,243

    The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Finance & Insurance industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Finance & Insurance Industry Sub-Sector in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 55.8% corresponds to women and 44.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $152,166 and $83,870.

    76.8% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or graduate degree.

    Gender and Age

    4,271,828
    Women
    55.8%
    3,382,146
    Men
    44.2%

    The workforce of Finance & Insurance industry in 2024 was 7,653,974 people, with 55.8% woman, and 44.2% men.

    The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Finance & Insurance industry.

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    Races

    In 2024, 66.4% of the workforce in the Finance & Insurance industry was White (5,083,701 people), of which 54% were women and 46% men.

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

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Finance & Insurance workers in 2024 were bachelors degree (3,085,889 people), some college (1,487,945 people), and graduate degree (1,303,104 people).

    The chart shows the Finance & Insurance workforce by gender and educational level.

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    Projections

    Growth projections of the Finance and Insurance industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 3.38% in the next ten years. The Finance and Insurance industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 3.38%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (21.8%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (21.8%).

    Job Growth

    For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Finance and Insurance.
    3.38%
    Estimated Job Growth
    10-year Projection
    3.38%
    National Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Finance and Insurance. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 3.38%, the average rate of national job growth.

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    Output Growth

    For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Finance and Insurance.
    21.8%
    Estimate Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Finance and Insurance industry.

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