Periodical, book, & directory publishers

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

198k

2021

Average Employee Age

44.4

2021

Estimated Job Growth

−33.2%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$81,836

2021

Average Male Salary

$97,335

2021

Average Female Salary

$70,329

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group are editors, other managers, and advertising sales agents. On average, full-time employees in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group work 43 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $89,253. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $30,449.

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, Chinatown & Lower East Side PUMA, NY, and Upper West Side & West Side PUMA, NY.

The workforce of Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group in 2021 was 198,465 people, with 57.4% woman, and 42.6% men.

In 2021, 81.9% of the workforce in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group was White (162,528 people), of which 57.2% were women and 42.8% men.

Information

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group.

The workforce in Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group was 198,465 people and is concentrated in New York (33,874 workers). The average annual salary was $81,836, being $22,241 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Information industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

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.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were New York (33.9k), California (17.7k), and New Jersey (12.6k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group had an average annual wage of $81,836, $22,241 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.434

WAGE GINI

Periodical, book, & directory publishers has a wage GINI of 0.434, 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).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group.

Editors are the most common position with 34,354 workers, but the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other managers and Advertising sales agents.

The highest average salary in Periodical, book, & directory publishers goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were editors (34,354 people), other managers (23,090 people), and advertising sales agents (14,293 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$97,335

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$8,646

$70,329

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$5,064

On average, Male workers in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group make 1.38 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.

Business

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.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group.

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.

California and New York stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

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

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.

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.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
3,516
New York
2,832
Texas
2,122

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Periodical, book, & directory publishers Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 57.4% corresponds to women and 42.6% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $97,335 and $70,329.

83.6% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

Gender and Age

113,899

Women

57.4%

84,566

Men

42.6%

The workforce of Periodical, book, & directory publishers industry in 2021 was 198,465 people, with 57.4% woman, and 42.6% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Periodical, book, & directory publishers industry.

Races

In 2021, 81.9% of the workforce in the Periodical, book, & directory publishers industry was White (162,528 people), of which 57.2% were women and 42.8% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian and Black.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Periodical, book, & directory publishers workers in 2021 were bachelors degree (98,793 people), graduate degree (43,152 people), and some college (23,895 people).

The chart shows the Periodical, book, & directory publishers workforce by gender and educational level.

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 comparable 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.