Broadcasting (except internet)

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

435k

2021

Average Employee Age

41.6

2021

Estimated Job Growth

−7.35%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$81,267

2021

Average Male Salary

$84,824

2021

Average Female Salary

$74,681

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group are producers & directors, advertising sales agents, and telecommunications line installers & repairers. On average, full-time employees in the Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group work 43.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $85,800. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21 hours and earn an average annual salary of $34,742.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group are LA City (Central/Pacific Palisades) PUMA, CA, Burbank City PUMA, CA, and Upper East Side PUMA, NY.

The workforce of Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group in 2021 was 434,911 people, with 35.1% woman, and 64.9% men.

In 2021, 70.6% of the workforce in the Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group was White (307,051 people), of which 33.4% were women and 66.6% men.

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Information

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group.

The workforce in Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group was 434,911 people and is concentrated in California (53,973 workers). The average annual salary was $81,267, being $21,671 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Information industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

0.878%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 3.05M people employed in the Information industry. This represents a 0.878% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (54k), New York (44.3k), and Florida (31.2k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group had an average annual wage of $81,267, $21,671 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.434

WAGE GINI

Broadcasting (except internet) has a wage GINI of 0.434, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Broadcasting (except internet) (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 Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group.

Producers & directors are the most common position with 44,059 workers, but the Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Advertising sales agents and Telecommunications line installers & repairers.

The highest average salary in Broadcasting (except internet) goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were producers & directors (44,059 people), advertising sales agents (29,431 people), and telecommunications line installers & repairers (26,561 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$84,824

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$4,160

$74,681

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$5,080

On average, Male workers in the Broadcasting (except internet) 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 Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Broadcasting (except internet) 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 Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group.

The Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Broadcasting (except internet) is from Information.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group is Information.

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 Broadcasting (except internet) is from Information.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Broadcasting (except internet) 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 Broadcasting (except internet) is from Information.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Information Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
1,792
Texas
1,146
Florida
1,036

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Broadcasting (except internet) industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Broadcasting (except internet) Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 35.1% corresponds to women and 64.9% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $84,824 and $74,681.

78.2% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or high school or equivalent.

Gender and Age

152,520

Women

35.1%

282,391

Men

64.9%

The workforce of Broadcasting (except internet) industry in 2021 was 434,911 people, with 35.1% woman, and 64.9% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Broadcasting (except internet) industry.

Races

In 2021, 70.6% of the workforce in the Broadcasting (except internet) industry was White (307,051 people), of which 33.4% were women and 66.6% 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 Broadcasting (except internet) workers in 2021 were bachelors degree (179,435 people), some college (96,369 people), and high school or equivalent (64,507 people).

The chart shows the Broadcasting (except internet) workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Broadcasting, except Internet 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 Broadcasting, except Internet industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −7.35%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (25.2%) is higher than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Broadcasting, except Internet.

−7.35%

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 Broadcasting, except Internet. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.