Sound recording industries

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
36.4k
2022
Average Employee Age
38.5
2022
Average Salary
$87,582
2022
Average Male Salary
$89,111
2022
Average Female Salary
$84,111
2022

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The top three occupations in the Sound recording industries Industry Group are broadcast & sound engineering technicians & radio operators, & media & communication equipment workers, all other, music directors and composers, and other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Sound recording industries Industry Group work 45.2 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $99,474. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $29,050.

The workforce of Sound recording industries Industry Group in 2022 was 36,431 people, with 30.6% woman, and 69.4% men.

In 2022, 68.9% of the workforce in the Sound recording industries Industry Group was White (25,111 people), of which 30.2% were women and 69.8% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Sound recording industries Industry Group.

The workforce in Sound recording industries Industry Group was 36,431 people and is concentrated in California (10,304 workers). The average annual salary was $87,582, being $22,899 more than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

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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.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were California (10.3k), New York (5.79k), and Tennessee (4.05k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Sound recording industries Industry Group had an average annual wage of $87,582, $22,899 more than the average national salary of $64,683.

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Wage Distribution

0.519
WAGE GINI

Sound recording industries has a wage GINI of 0.519, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Sound recording industries (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Sound recording industries Industry Group.

Broadcast & sound engineering technicians & radio operators, & media & communication equipment workers, all other are the most common position with 6,961 workers, but the Sound recording industries Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Music directors and composers and Other managers.

The highest average salary in Sound recording industries goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Sound recording industries Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were broadcast & sound engineering technicians & radio operators, & media & communication equipment workers, all other (6,961 people), music directors and composers (4,463 people), and other managers (4,383 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$89,111
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$17,896
$84,111
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$26,293

On average, Male workers in the Sound recording industries Industry Group make 1.06 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Sound recording industries Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Sound recording industries 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 Sound recording industries Industry Group.

The Sound recording industries 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 Sound recording industries Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Sound recording industries is from Information.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Sound recording industries Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Sound recording industries 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.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Sound recording industries is from Information.
HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
  1. Professional and business services
  2. Information
  3. Manufacturing

The Sound recording industries 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.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Sound recording industries is from Information.
LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
  1. Information
  2. Professional and business services
  3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

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

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016
  1. California
    2,032
  2. New York
    1,102
  3. Tennessee
    498

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Sound recording industries Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 30.6% corresponds to women and 69.4% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $89,111 and $84,111.

79.2% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or graduate degree.

Gender and Age

11,144
Women
30.6%
25,287
Men
69.4%

The workforce of Sound recording industries industry in 2022 was 36,431 people, with 30.6% woman, and 69.4% men.

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Races

In 2022, 68.9% of the workforce in the Sound recording industries industry was White (25,111 people), of which 30.2% were women and 69.8% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Sound recording industries workers in 2022 were bachelors degree (17,626 people), some college (6,961 people), and graduate degree (4,284 people).

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