Individual & family services

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

1.82M

2024

Average Employee Age

44.9

2024

Estimated Job Growth

17.3%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$46,571

2024

Average Male Salary

$52,572

2024

Average Female Salary

$44,856

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Individual & family services Industry Group are personal care aides, social workers, all other, and social & community service managers. On average, full-time employees in the Individual & family services Industry Group work 42.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $56,809. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $21,433.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Individual & family services Industry Group are NYC-Bronx Community District 7--Fordham, Bedford Park, & Norwood PUMA, NY, NYC-Bronx Community District 9--Soundview & Parkchester PUMA, NY, and NYC-Brooklyn Community District 13--Coney Island & Brighton Beach PUMA, NY.

The workforce of Individual & family services Industry Group in 2024 was 1,822,479 people, with 77.8% woman, and 22.2% men.

In 2024, 51.5% of the workforce in the Individual & family services Industry Group was White (939,075 people), of which 78.4% were women and 21.6% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Individual & family services Industry Group.

The workforce in Individual & family services Industry Group was 1,822,479 people and is concentrated in California (337,103 workers). The average annual salary was $46,571, being $23,307 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

8.11%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.27M people employed in the Individual and Family Services industry. This represents a 8.11% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (337k), New York (212k), and Pennsylvania (96.6k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Individual & family services Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Individual & family services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $46,571, $23,307 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Individual & family services Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.41

WAGE GINI

Individual & family services has a wage GINI of 0.41, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Individual & family 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 Individual & family services Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Individual & family services Industry Group.

Personal care aides are the most common position with 477,016 workers, but the Individual & family services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Social workers, all other and Social & community service managers.

The highest average salary in Individual & family services goes to Physicians.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Individual & family services Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were personal care aides (477,016 people), social workers, all other (199,304 people), and social & community service managers (168,943 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$52,572

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$2,188

$44,856

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$850

On average, Male workers in the Individual & family services Industry Group make 1.17 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Individual & family services Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Individual & family services 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 Individual & family services Industry Group.

The Individual & family services 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 Missouri stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Individual & family services Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Individual & family services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

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

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

California
10,470
Missouri
7,053
New York
5,733

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Individual & family services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Individual & family services Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 77.8% corresponds to women and 22.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $52,572 and $44,856.

66.4% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or high school or equivalent.

Gender and Age

1,417,474

Women

77.8%

405,005

Men

22.2%

The workforce of Individual & family services industry in 2024 was 1,822,479 people, with 77.8% woman, and 22.2% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Individual & family services industry.

Races

In 2024, 51.5% of the workforce in the Individual & family services industry was White (939,075 people), of which 78.4% were women and 21.6% 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 Individual & family services workers in 2024 were bachelors degree (492,424 people), graduate degree (361,061 people), and high school or equivalent (357,250 people).

The chart shows the Individual & family services workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Individual and Family Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 17.3% in the next ten years. The Individual and Family Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 17.3%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (47.4%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (47.4%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Individual and Family Services.

17.3%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

17.3%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Individual and Family Services. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 17.3%, the average rate of national job growth.