Elementary & secondary schools

Industry Group

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Workforce

1.11M

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

44.6

Estimated Job Growth

13.4%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$46,352

Average Male Salary

$53,672

Average Female Salary

$52,496

About

The top three occupations in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group are Elementary & middle school teachers, Teaching assistants, Secondary school teachers, Education administrators, and Janitors & building cleaners. On average, full-time employees in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group work 42.9 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $53,109. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $18,055.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group are Hempstead Town (East Central) PUMA, NY, Oyster Bay Town (South) PUMA, NY, and Smithtown Town PUMA, NY. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Elementary & secondary schools.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group. Elementary & middle school teachers are the most common position, but the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Elementary & middle school teachers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Elementary & secondary schools goes to Physicians.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

2.32%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 476k people employed in the Elementary and Secondary Schools industry. This represents a 2.32% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Elementary and Secondary Schools over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Occupations by Share

1.11M

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 9.11M

0.893%

1 Year Growth

± 1.11%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 1.11M people employed in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 0.893%, , from 9.03M people in 2019 to 9.11M people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Elementary & secondary schools by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Elementary & middle school teachers represent the largest share of positions held in Elementary & secondary schools at 37%, followed by Teaching assistants with 10.8% and Secondary school teachers with 10.4%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Teaching assistants, Secondary school teachers, Education administrators, and Janitors & building cleaners.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Elementary & secondary schools employs an unusually high number of Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Special education teachers.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Elementary & secondary schools, by average wage, are Physicians, Chief executives & legislators, and Environmental engineers.

Average Salary

$46,352

AVERAGE WAGE

± $274

On average, employees in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group make $46,352 per year. This number makes Elementary & secondary schools the 186 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.361

WAGE GINI

Elementary & secondary schools has a wage GINI of 0.361, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Elementary & secondary schools (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $53,672 and $52,496. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

6.85M

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±62.7k

2.27M

MALE WORKFORCE

±36.7k

75.1% of workers in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group are Female, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$53,672

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$617

$52,496

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$611

On average, Male workers in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group make 1.02 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

White
Asian
Two or More Races

On average, White employees in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group earn 1.02 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Elementary & secondary schools 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. Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Elementary & secondary schools Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Elementary & secondary schools 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Elementary & secondary schools is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Elementary & secondary schools is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

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

Projections

Growth projections of the Elementary and secondary schools industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Elementary and secondary schools industry has a higher projected workforce growth at 13.4%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (15.8%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Elementary and secondary schools.

13.4%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Elementary and secondary schools. This industry is expected to grow more than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.