Education, Training, & Library Occupations

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    2024 Workforce
    9.97M
    Average Age
    42.5
    Average Salary
    $55,926
    Average Male Salary
    $68,853
    Average Female Salary
    $51,108

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    Education, Training, & Library Occupations are most often employed by the Elementary & secondary schools industry. The average yearly wage for Education, Training, & Library Occupations was $55,926 in 2024.

    The locations that employ the most Education, Training, & Library Occupations are Champaign County (Southwest)--Champaign & Urbana Cities PUMA, IL, Washtenaw County (East Central)--Ann Arbor City Area PUMA, MI, and Middlesex County (East)--Cambridge PUMA, MA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Education, Training, & Library Occupations are Washtenaw County (East Central)--Ann Arbor City Area PUMA, MI, Tompkins County PUMA, NY, and Middlesex County (East)--Cambridge PUMA, MA.

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    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Education, Training, & Library Occupations workforce. Education, Training, & Library Occupations workforce in 2024 was 9,968,451 people, of which 72.8% were women and 27.2% were men.

    Employment Over Time

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    Grouping
    2,706,496
    Male Workforce
    ± 40k
    7,261,955
    Female Workforce
    ± 64.6k

    The Education, Training, & Library Occupations workforce in 2024 was 9,968,451 people (72.8% women and 27.2% men). This implies an average annual growth of 14.9% between 2014 (8,679,072) and 2024 (9,968,451).

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    Employment by Location

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    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Education, Training, & Library Occupations.

    During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($76,898), New York ($68,621), and Massachusetts ($67,061).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $55,926
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #13 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Education, Training, & Library Occupations earned an average of $55,926, $13,952 less than the average national salary of $69,878

    The graph shows the ranking of Education, Training, & Library Occupations in relation to all Broad Occupation in 2014.

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.395
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Education, Training, & Library Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.395, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Education, Training, & Library Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

    The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Education, Training, & Library Occupations compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ Education, Training, & Library Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Elementary & secondary schools is the industry that employs the most Education, Training, & Library Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Education, Training, & Library Occupations, by average wage, is Electric power generation, transmission & distribution ($147,157).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    9.97M
    2024 Workforce
    ± 74,982
    1.39%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 1.05%

    This graphic shows the share of Education, Training, & Library Occupations employed by various industries. Elementary & secondary schools employs the largest share of Education, Training, & Library Occupations at 69.4%, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 19.3% and Child day care services with 7.51%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Education, Training, & Library Occupations in the US. The workforce of Education, Training, & Library Occupations in 2024 was 9,968,451 people, with 72.8% woman, and 27.2% men. The average age of male Education, Training, & Library Occupations in the workforce is 42.9 and of female Education, Training, & Library Occupations is 42.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Education, Training, & Library Occupations is White.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of Education, Training, & Library Occupations in 2024 was 9,968,451 people, with 72.8% woman, and 27.2% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 40 to 44 years (1,197,758 people), 35 to 39 years (1,148,654  people), and 30 to 34 years (1,127,939 people). Among them they concentrated 34.9% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 13.6% of Education, Training, & Library Occupations workers were Hispanic and 86.4% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (52.6%), Puerto Rican (14.2)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (5.26)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 69.4% of the Education, Training, & Library Occupations workforce were White, of which 73.4% were women and 26.6% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (10.1%) and Two or More Races (9.82%).

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    Education & Skills

    Data on higher education choices for Education, Training, & Library Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Education, Training, & Library Occupations is Education but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Education.

    Among the necessary skills for Education, Training, & Library Occupations, Speaking stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Education, Training, & Library Occupations need more than the average amount of Instructing.

    Majors

    ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
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    Degree

    The most common majors achieved by Education, Training, & Library Occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Education (2,857,169 people), Business (555,536 people), and Social Sciences (398,211 people).

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    Education Levels

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    The main educational levels achieved by the Education, Training, & Library Occupations workers were Graduate Degree (4,229,739 people), Bachelors Degree (3,353,515 people), and Some college (992,361 people).

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    Skills

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    Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Education, Training, & Library Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Education, Training, & Library Occupations need many skills, but most especially Speaking, Instructing, Reading Comprehension.

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