Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

262k

2024

Average Employee Age

2024

Estimated Job Growth

−0.161%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$72,003

2024

Average Male Salary

$74,142

2024

Average Female Salary

$65,200

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group are water & wastewater treatment plant & system operators, other managers, and plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters. On average, full-time employees in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group work 42.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $74,987. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $31,080.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group are Mohave County North--City of Kingman & Bullhead City PUMA, AZ, Lake & Mendocino Counties PUMA, CA, and West Central Colorado PUMA, CO.

The workforce of Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group in 2024 was 261,880 people, with 23.9% woman, and 76.1% men.

In 2024, 69.1% of the workforce in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group was White (180,873 people), of which 23.4% were women and 76.6% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group.

The workforce in Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group was 261,880 people and is concentrated in California (40,803 workers). The average annual salary was $72,003, being $2,125 more 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 (40.8k), Texas (30.6k), and Florida (18.4k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group had an average annual wage of $72,003, $2,125 more than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

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WAGE GINI

Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems has a wage GINI of 0.34, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems (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 Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group.

Water & wastewater treatment plant & system operators are the most common position with 46,763 workers, but the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other managers and Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters.

The highest average salary in Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were water & wastewater treatment plant & system operators (46,763 people), other managers (16,723 people), and plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters (16,342 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$74,142

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,144

$65,200

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$4,942

On average, Male workers in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group make 1.14 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems 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 Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group.

The Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Utilities Industry.

Texas and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

Utilities has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems 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 Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Utilities
Professional and business services
Transportation and warehousing

The Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Utilities Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 23.9% corresponds to women and 76.1% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $74,142 and $65,200.

77.4% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

62,643

Women

23.9%

199,237

Men

76.1%

The workforce of Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems industry in 2024 was 261,880 people, with 23.9% woman, and 76.1% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems industry.

Races

In 2024, 69.1% of the workforce in the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems industry was White (180,873 people), of which 23.4% were women and 76.6% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (85,168 people), some college (64,276 people), and bachelors degree (53,379 people).

The chart shows the Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Water, Sewage and Other Systems industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow −0.161% in the next ten years. The Water, Sewage and Other Systems industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −0.161%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (4.49%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (4.49%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Water, Sewage and Other Systems.

−0.161%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

−0.161%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Water, Sewage and Other Systems. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than −0.161%, the average rate of national job growth.