Sales & Office Occupations

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2020 Workforce

31.8M

Average Age

41.3

Average Salary

$44,646

Average Male Salary

$59,750

Average Female Salary

$35,871

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Sales & Office Occupations are most often employed by the Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores industry. The average yearly wage for Sales & Office Occupations was $44,646 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Sales & Office Occupations by wage are Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations, Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations, and Military specific occupations.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Sales & Office Occupations are Norman, Oklahoma City (South) & Moore Cities PUMA, OK, Walton, Washington, Holmes & Bay Counties PUMA, FL, and Cedar Rapids City PUMA, IA. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Sales & Office Occupations are Doral, Sweetwater Cities & Fontainebleau PUMA, FL, Bayamón Municipio (OEste) PUMA, PR, and Carr 852-Carr 185 PUMA, PR.

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Sales & Office Occupations and on wages and locations for those in the field. Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores is the industry that employs the most Sales & Office Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Sales & Office Occupations, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals. Sales & Office Occupations are paid most in Battery Park City, Greenwich Village & Soho PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Doral, Sweetwater Cities & Fontainebleau PUMA, FL.

Yearly Wage

$44,646

AVERAGE SALARY

± $241

In 2020, Sales & Office Occupations earned an average of $44,646, $11,308 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations make somewhat more than Sales & Office Occupations while Production, Transportation, & Material Moving Occupations make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Sales & Office Occupations as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.471

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Sales & Office Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.471, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Sales & Office Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Sales & Office Occupations.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Sales & Office Occupations

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Sales & Office Occupations.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Sales & Office Occupations, by number of employees, are Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores, General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters, Restaurants & Food Services, Insurance carriers, General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Clothing stores, Lessors of real estate, and offices of real estate agents and brokers, Banking & related activities, Building material & supplies dealers, Construction, and Car Dealers.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Sales & Office Occupations, by average wage, are Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, Software publishing, and Securities, commodities, funds, trusts & other financial investments.

Industries by Share

31.8M

2020 Workforce

± 122,703

−1.31%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 0.55%

The number of people employed as Sales & Office Occupations has been declining at a rate of −1.31%, from 32,223,351 people in 2019 to 31,800,923 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Sales & Office Occupations employed by various industries. Supermarkets and Other Grocery (except Convenience) Stores employs the largest share of Sales & Office Occupations at 4.23%, followed by General merchandise stores, including warehouse clubs and supercenters with 3.92% and Restaurants & Food Services with 3.6%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Sales & Office Occupations in the US. The average age of male Sales & Office Occupations in the workforce is 40.6 and of female Sales & Office Occupations is 41.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Sales & Office Occupations is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

11.7M

MALE WORKFORCE

± 80,552

20.1M

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 102,368

63.3% of Sales & Office Occupations are Female, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Sales & Office Occupations.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Sales & Office Occupations

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

63.3% of Sales & Office Occupations are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 12.1% of Sales & Office Occupations, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Sales & Office Occupations.

Age by Sex

40.6

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.109

41.7

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.0844

The median age of Sales & Office Occupations is 41.3, and Male employees are generally 1.1 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Sales & Office Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Sales & Office Occupations is Business but a relatively high number of Sales & Office Occupations hold a major in Business.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Sales & Office Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sales & Office Occupations need many skills, but most especially Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Sales & Office Occupations need more than the average amount of Negotiation, Persuasion, and Speaking.