Performing arts companies

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

128k

2021

Average Employee Age

2021

Estimated Job Growth

−14.8%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$52,006

2021

Average Male Salary

$60,931

2021

Average Female Salary

$42,439

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Performing arts companies Industry Group are musicians and singers, other managers, and artists & related workers. On average, full-time employees in the Performing arts companies Industry Group work 44.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $68,725. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.6 hours and earn an average annual salary of $25,410.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Performing arts companies Industry Group are East Harlem PUMA, NY, Washington Heights, Inwood & Marble Hill PUMA, NY, and Chelsea, Clinton & Midtown Business District PUMA, NY.

The workforce of Performing arts companies Industry Group in 2021 was 128,436 people, with 48.3% woman, and 51.7% men.

In 2021, 76% of the workforce in the Performing arts companies Industry Group was White (97,550 people), of which 48.9% were women and 51.1% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Performing arts companies Industry Group.

The workforce in Performing arts companies Industry Group was 128,436 people and is concentrated in New York (19,675 workers). The average annual salary was $52,006, being $7,590 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

12.8%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 16.7k people employed in the Performing Arts Companies industry. This represents a 12.8% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were New York (19.7k), California (18.3k), and Florida (7.83k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Performing arts companies Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Performing arts companies Industry Group had an average annual wage of $52,006, $7,590 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Performing arts companies Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.547

WAGE GINI

Performing arts companies has a wage GINI of 0.547, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Performing arts companies (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 Performing arts companies Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Performing arts companies Industry Group.

Musicians and singers are the most common position with 19,685 workers, but the Performing arts companies Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other managers and Artists & related workers.

The highest average salary in Performing arts companies goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Performing arts companies Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were musicians and singers (19,685 people), other managers (13,591 people), and artists & related workers (5,332 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$60,931

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$8,375

$42,439

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$5,789

On average, Male workers in the Performing arts companies Industry Group make 1.44 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Performing arts companies Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Performing arts companies 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 Performing arts companies Industry Group.

The Performing arts companies Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Performing arts companies is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Performing arts companies Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Performing arts companies 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 Performing arts companies is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Performing arts companies 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 Performing arts companies is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Performing arts companies Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 48.3% corresponds to women and 51.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $60,931 and $42,439.

77.7% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or graduate degree.

Gender and Age

61,992

Women

48.3%

66,444

Men

51.7%

The workforce of Performing arts companies industry in 2021 was 128,436 people, with 48.3% woman, and 51.7% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Performing arts companies industry.

Races

In 2021, 76% of the workforce in the Performing arts companies industry was White (97,550 people), of which 48.9% were women and 51.1% 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 Performing arts companies workers in 2021 were bachelors degree (50,499 people), some college (25,221 people), and graduate degree (24,062 people).

The chart shows the Performing arts companies workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Performing arts companies 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 Performing arts companies industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −14.8%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (21.9%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

−14.8%

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 Performing arts companies. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.