Specialized design services

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The top three occupations in the Specialized design services Industry Group are graphic designers, other designers, and interior designers. On average, full-time employees in the Specialized design services Industry Group work 43.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $80,050. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $32,453.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Specialized design services Industry Group are NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 1 & 2--Financial District & Greenwich Village PUMA, NY, NYC-Brooklyn Community District 6--Park Slope & Carroll Gardens PUMA, NY, and NYC-Manhattan Community District 4--Chelsea & Hell's Kitchen PUMA, NY.

The workforce of Specialized design services Industry Group in 2022 was 269,867 people, with 57.3% woman, and 42.7% men.

In 2022, 75.3% of the workforce in the Specialized design services Industry Group was White (203,280 people), of which 58.5% were women and 41.5% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Specialized design services Industry Group.

The workforce in Specialized design services Industry Group was 269,867 people and is concentrated in California (47,401 workers). The average annual salary was $69,359, being $4,676 more than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

6.64%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 49.8k people employed in the Specialized Design Services industry. This represents a 6.64% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were California (47.4k), New York (31.7k), and Florida (21.2k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Specialized design services Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Specialized design services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $69,359, $4,676 more than the average national salary of $64,683.

The graph shows the position of Specialized design services Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.451

WAGE GINI

Specialized design services has a wage GINI of 0.451, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Specialized design services (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 Specialized design services Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Specialized design services Industry Group.

Graphic designers are the most common position with 54,391 workers, but the Specialized design services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other designers and Interior designers.

The highest average salary in Specialized design services goes to Public relations and fundraising managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Specialized design services Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were graphic designers (54,391 people), other designers (48,032 people), and interior designers (47,854 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$82,726

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$6,016

$59,405

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$4,043

On average, Male workers in the Specialized design services Industry Group make 1.39 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Specialized design services Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Specialized design services 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 Specialized design services Industry Group.

The Specialized design services 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 New York stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Specialized design services Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Specialized design services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Specialized design services Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Specialized design services Industry Group is Professional and business services.

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 Specialized design services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Specialized design services 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 Specialized design services is from Professional, Scientific & Management, and Administrative & Waste Management Services.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Specialized design services Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Specialized design services Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
10,428
New York
7,418
Florida
6,226

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Specialized design services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Specialized design services Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 57.3% corresponds to women and 42.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $82,726 and $59,405.

79.7% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or graduate degree.

Gender and Age

154,673

Women

57.3%

115,194

Men

42.7%

The workforce of Specialized design services industry in 2022 was 269,867 people, with 57.3% woman, and 42.7% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Specialized design services industry.

Races

In 2022, 75.3% of the workforce in the Specialized design services industry was White (203,280 people), of which 58.5% were women and 41.5% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Specialized design services workers in 2022 were bachelors degree (141,586 people), some college (40,420 people), and graduate degree (33,046 people).

The chart shows the Specialized design services workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Specialized Design Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 2.63% in the next ten years. The Specialized Design Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 2.63%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (22.7%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (22.7%).

Job Growth

2.63%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

2.63%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Specialized Design Services. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 2.63%, the average rate of national job growth.

Output Growth

22.7%

Estimate Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Specialized Design Services industry.

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