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

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Workforce Population
18.6M
2024
Average Employee Age
42.2
2024
Estimated Job Growth
4.57%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$96,232
2024
Average Male Salary
$110,090
2024
Average Female Salary
$77,825
2024

About

The top three occupations in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector are software developers, other managers, and lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers. On average, full-time employees in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector work 43.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $105,954. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $35,296.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector are King County (Northwest)--Redmond, Kirkland Cities, Ingelwood & Finn Hill PUMA, WA, San Francisco County (Northwest)--Western Addition & Marina PUMA, CA, and Loudoun County (East Central)--Ashburn (Southwest/Belmont Ridge) & Dulles Airport PUMA, VA.

The workforce of Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector in 2024 was 18,634,266 people, with 43% woman, and 57% men.

In 2024, 62.4% of the workforce in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector was White (11,618,986 people), of which 42.7% were women and 57.3% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

The workforce in Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector was 18,634,266 people and is concentrated in California (2,425,049 workers). The average annual salary was $96,232, being $26,354 more than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

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2.24%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 22.8M people employed in the Professional and Business Services industry. This represents a 2.24% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (2.43M), Texas (1.67M), and Florida (1.35M).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector had an average annual wage of $96,232, $26,354 more than the average national salary of $69,878.

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Wage Distribution

0.471
WAGE GINI

Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services has a wage GINI of 0.471, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & 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 Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

Software developers are the most common position with 1,081,103 workers, but the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector employs a relatively high number of Other managers and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

The highest average salary in Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services goes to Physicians.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were software developers (1,081,103 people), other managers (1,080,936 people), and lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers (759,053 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$110,090
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$881
$77,825
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$739

On average, Male workers in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector make 1.41 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry 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 Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

The Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry 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 Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector.

Industrial Flow

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry 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.

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Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Manufacturing
  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector 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.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
  3. Wholesale trade

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry 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
    191,147
  2. Florida
    134,353
  3. Texas
    113,543

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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Median Earnings

States with the highest median earnings in 2024
  1. District of Columbia
    $105,415
  2. Massachusetts
    $90,783
  3. Washington
    $90,266

The charts shows the median earnings of the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services industry by state and the annual evolution of the median earnings of the industry compared to the national level.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services Industry Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 43% corresponds to women and 57% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $110,090 and $77,825.

71.2% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

Gender and Age

8,003,650
Women
43%
10,630,616
Men
57%

The workforce of Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services industry in 2024 was 18,634,266 people, with 43% woman, and 57% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services industry.

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Races

In 2024, 62.4% of the workforce in the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services industry was White (11,618,986 people), of which 42.7% were women and 57.3% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services workers in 2024 were bachelors degree (6,377,723 people), graduate degree (3,973,329 people), and some college (2,915,403 people).

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Projections

Growth projections of the Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services and 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 7.51% in the next ten years. The Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services and Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 4.57%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (25.3%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (25.4%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services and Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services.
4.57%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
7.51%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services and Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.51%, 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 Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services and Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services.
25.3%
Estimate Growth
10-year Projection

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

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