Periodical, book, & directory publishers

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The top three occupations in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group are Editors, Other managers, Advertising sales agents, Writers & authors, and Graphic designers. On average, full-time employees in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group work 43.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $84,926. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $29,501.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group are Park Slope, Carroll Gardens & Red Hook PUMA, NY, Upper West Side & West Side PUMA, NY, and Battery Park City, Greenwich Village & Soho PUMA, NY. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Periodical, book, & directory publishers.

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group. Editors are the most common position, but the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Editors, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Periodical, book, & directory publishers goes to Architectural & engineering managers.

Monthly Employment

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3.88%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 2.73M people employed in the Information industry. This represents a 3.88% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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

Occupations by Share

299k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 205k

−8.36%

1 Year Growth

± 8.18%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 299k people employed in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −8.36%, , from 224k people in 2019 to 205k people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Periodical, book, & directory publishers by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Editors represent the largest share of positions held in Periodical, book, & directory publishers at 16.9%, followed by Other managers with 11.3% and Advertising sales agents with 7.54%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group, by number of employees, are Editors, Other managers, Advertising sales agents, Writers & authors, and Graphic designers.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Periodical, book, & directory publishers employs an unusually high number of Editors, Advertising sales agents, and Proofreaders & copy markers.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Periodical, book, & directory publishers, by average wage, are Architectural & engineering managers, Chief executives & legislators, and Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Average Salary

$78,025

AVERAGE WAGE

± $4,468

On average, employees in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group make $78,025 per year. This number makes Periodical, book, & directory publishers the 48 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 Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.438

WAGE GINI

Periodical, book, & directory publishers has a wage GINI of 0.438, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Periodical, book, & directory publishers (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 Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $94,282 and $89,979. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

120k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±8.49k

85.6k

MALE WORKFORCE

±7.18k

58.3% of workers in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group are Female, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$94,282

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$8,318

$89,979

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$7,582

On average, Male workers in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group make 1.05 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

White
Asian
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

On average, White employees in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group earn 1.03 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 Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers 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 Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Periodical, book, & directory publishers 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Periodical, book, & directory publishers is from Information.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Periodical, book, & directory publishers is from Information.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Periodical, book, & directory publishers 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 Periodical, book, & directory publishers is from Information.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Projections

Growth projections of the Newspaper, book, and directory publishers 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 Newspaper, book, and directory publishers industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −33.2%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (1.32%) 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 Newspaper, book, and directory publishers.

−33.2%

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 Newspaper, book, and directory publishers. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.

Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Newspaper, book, and directory publishers.

1.32%

Estimate Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Newspaper, book, and directory publishers industry.

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