Active Duty Military

Industry Sector

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Workforce Population

1.19M

2021

Average Employee Age

29.5

2021

Average Salary

$53,390

2021

Average Male Salary

$54,057

2021

Average Female Salary

$49,654

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector are military, rank not specified, military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members, and firstline enlisted military supervisors. On average, full-time employees in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector work 49.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $54,673. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.3 hours and earn an average annual salary of $28,115.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector are Jacksonville City PUMA, NC, Hope Mills & Spring Lake Towns PUMA, NC, and Fountain City PUMA, CO.

The workforce of Active Duty Military Industry Sector in 2021 was 1,189,003 people, with 15.2% woman, and 84.8% men.

In 2021, 68% of the workforce in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector was White (808,913 people), of which 12.4% were women and 87.6% men.

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Active Duty Military

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector.

The workforce in Active Duty Military Industry Sector was 1,189,003 people and is concentrated in California (149,212 workers). The average annual salary was $53,390, being $6,206 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Government industry sector.

Start Year

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Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 23.1M people employed in the Government industry. This represents a 2% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (149k), Virginia (130k), and Texas (102k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Active Duty Military Industry Sector.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Active Duty Military Industry Sector had an average annual wage of $53,390, $6,206 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Active Duty Military Industry Sector in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.363

WAGE GINI

Active Duty Military has a wage GINI of 0.363, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Active Duty Military (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 Active Duty Military Industry Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector.

Military, rank not specified are the most common position with 297,031 workers, but the Active Duty Military Industry Sector employs a relatively high number of Military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members and Firstline enlisted military supervisors.

The highest average salary in Active Duty Military goes to Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were military, rank not specified (297,031 people), military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members (169,429 people), and firstline enlisted military supervisors (68,486 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$54,057

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$978

$49,654

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$2,180

On average, Male workers in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector make 1.09 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Active Duty Military Industry Sector.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Active Duty Military 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 Active Duty Military Industry Sector.

The Active Duty Military Industry Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

Industrial Flow

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Active Duty Military Industry Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Active Duty Military Industry 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.

Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Active Duty Military Industry Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Active Duty Military Industry Sector in the US.

Of the total workforce, 15.2% corresponds to women and 84.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $54,057 and $49,654.

77.5% of workers have a some college, high school or equivalent or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

180,172

Women

15.2%

1,008,831

Men

84.8%

The workforce of Active Duty Military industry in 2021 was 1,189,003 people, with 15.2% woman, and 84.8% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Active Duty Military industry.

Races

In 2021, 68% of the workforce in the Active Duty Military industry was White (808,913 people), of which 12.4% were women and 87.6% 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 Active Duty Military workers in 2021 were some college (381,461 people), high school or equivalent (327,529 people), and bachelors degree (212,367 people).

The chart shows the Active Duty Military workforce by gender and educational level.