Spectator sports

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

125k

2021

Average Employee Age

38.1

2021

Estimated Job Growth

9.3%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$62,314

2021

Average Male Salary

$69,102

2021

Average Female Salary

$46,165

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Spectator sports Industry Group are other managers, athletes and sports competitors, and coaches and scouts. On average, full-time employees in the Spectator sports Industry Group work 46 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $81,291. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $19,488.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Spectator sports Industry Group are Mooresville Town & Statesville City PUMA, NC, Lexington-Fayette County (Central) PUMA, KY, and Philadelphia City (Central) PUMA, PA.

The workforce of Spectator sports Industry Group in 2021 was 124,932 people, with 29.6% woman, and 70.4% men.

In 2021, 76.4% of the workforce in the Spectator sports Industry Group was White (95,430 people), of which 29.2% were women and 70.8% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Spectator sports Industry Group.

The workforce in Spectator sports Industry Group was 124,932 people and is concentrated in California (16,937 workers). The average annual salary was $62,314, being $2,718 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

24.2%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 15.9k people employed in the Spectator Sports industry. This represents a 24.2% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (16.9k), Florida (10.9k), and New York (9.92k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Spectator sports Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Spectator sports Industry Group had an average annual wage of $62,314, $2,718 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Spectator sports Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.574

WAGE GINI

Spectator sports has a wage GINI of 0.574, which is more than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Spectator sports (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 Spectator sports Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Spectator sports Industry Group.

Other managers are the most common position with 10,299 workers, but the Spectator sports Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Athletes and sports competitors and Coaches and scouts.

The highest average salary in Spectator sports goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Spectator sports Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were other managers (10,299 people), athletes and sports competitors (10,092 people), and coaches and scouts (9,404 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$69,102

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$8,281

$46,165

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$7,927

On average, Male workers in the Spectator sports Industry Group make 1.5 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Spectator sports Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Spectator sports 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 Spectator sports Industry Group.

The Spectator sports 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 Spectator sports is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Spectator sports 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 Spectator sports 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 Spectator sports Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Spectator sports Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Spectator sports Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 29.6% corresponds to women and 70.4% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $69,102 and $46,165.

74.4% of workers have a bachelors degree, some college or high school or equivalent.

Gender and Age

36,972

Women

29.6%

87,960

Men

70.4%

The workforce of Spectator sports industry in 2021 was 124,932 people, with 29.6% woman, and 70.4% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Spectator sports industry.

Races

In 2021, 76.4% of the workforce in the Spectator sports industry was White (95,430 people), of which 29.2% were women and 70.8% 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 Spectator sports workers in 2021 were bachelors degree (47,206 people), some college (23,611 people), and high school or equivalent (22,109 people).

The chart shows the Spectator sports workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Spectator sports 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 Spectator sports industry has a higher projected workforce growth at 9.3%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (24.2%) is higher than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

9.3%

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 Spectator sports. This industry is expected to grow more than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.