Chief executives & legislators

Detailed Occupation

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2022 Workforce
1.43M
Average Age
51.4
Average Salary
$208,022
Average Male Salary
$224,298
Average Female Salary
$165,698

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Chief executives & legislators workforce. Chief executives & legislators workforce in 2022 was 1,431,268 people, of which 27.8% were women and 72.2% were men. Chief executives & legislators are paid most in NYC-Manhattan Community District 9--Morningside Heights & Hamilton Heights PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Orange County (Southeast)--Rancho Santa Margarita City & Ladera Ranch PUMA, CA.

Employment Over Time

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1,033,743
Male Workforce
± 24.9k
397,525
Female Workforce
± 15.5k

The Chief executives & legislators workforce in 2022 was 1,431,268 people (27.8% women and 72.2% men). This implies an average annual growth of 33.2% between 2014 (1,074,613) and 2022 (1,431,268).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Chief executives & legislators.

During 2022, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Connecticut ($295,297), Massachusetts ($251,010), and New Jersey ($240,166).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$208,022
AVERAGE WAGE
#3 in the ranking (2022)
$64,683
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2022, Chief executives & legislators earned an average of $208,022, $143,339 more than the average national salary of $64,683

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Wage Distribution

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0.38
WAGE GINI

In 2022, Chief executives & legislators had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.38, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Chief executives & legislators (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Industry

Information on the industries that employ Chief executives & legislators and on wages for those in the field. Construction is the industry that employs the most Chief executives & legislators, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Chief executives & legislators, by average wage, is Tobacco manufacturing ($637,576).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
1.43M
2022 Workforce
± 29,234
4.31%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 2.8%

This graphic shows the share of Chief executives & legislators employed by various industries. Construction employs the largest share of Chief executives & legislators at 45.3%, followed by Computer Systems Design with 34.8% and Management, scientific & technical consulting services with 20%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Chief executives & legislators in the US. The workforce of Chief executives & legislators in 2022 was 1,431,268 people, with 27.8% woman, and 72.2% men. The average age of male Chief executives & legislators in the workforce is 51.8 and of female Chief executives & legislators is 50.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Chief executives & legislators is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Chief executives & legislators in 2022 was 1,431,268 people, with 27.8% woman, and 72.2% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 50 to 54 years (230,609 people), 55 to 59 years (228,458  people), and 45 to 49 years (205,718 people). Among them they concentrated 46.5% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2022, 7.4% of Chief executives & legislators workers were Hispanic and 92.6% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (61.5%), Puerto Rican (21.3)%, and Cuban (17.1)%

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Races

In 2022, 82.2% of the Chief executives & legislators workforce were White, of which 26.8% were women and 73.2% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Asian (6.4%) and Two or More Races (5.29%).

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Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Chief executives & legislators from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Chief executives & legislators is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2022 were Construction.

Among the necessary skills for Chief executives & legislators, Judgment and Decision Making stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Chief executives & legislators need more than the average amount of Management of Financial Resources.

Majors

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

The most common majors achieved by Chief executives & legislators in 2022 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (374,137 people), Engineering (117,327 people), and Social Sciences (104,786 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Chief executives & legislators workers were Bachelors Degree (579,436 people), Graduate Degree (449,342 people), and Some college (196,252 people).

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Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Chief executives & legislators from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Chief executives & legislators need many skills, but most especially Judgment and Decision Making, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Personnel Resources.

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