Sewage treatment facilities

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
117k
2022
Average Employee Age
46.7
2022
Estimated Job Growth
0.177%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$68,601
2022
Average Male Salary
$69,125
2022
Average Female Salary
$65,966
2022

About

The top three occupations in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group are water & wastewater treatment plant & system operators, firstline supervisors of production & operating workers, and other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group work 42.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $70,870. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $25,396.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group are Grays Harbor & Mason Counties PUMA, WA, Palm Beach County (West)--Glades & Western Communities PUMA, FL, and Osceola County (East) PUMA, FL.

The workforce of Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group in 2022 was 117,057 people, with 16.6% woman, and 83.4% men.

In 2022, 75.9% of the workforce in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group was White (88,856 people), of which 16% were women and 84% men.

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group.

The workforce in Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group was 117,057 people and is concentrated in California (9,904 workers). The average annual salary was $68,601, being $3,918 more than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

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3.88%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 8.27M people employed in the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry. This represents a 3.88% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were California (9.9k), Florida (8.09k), and Texas (7.29k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group had an average annual wage of $68,601, $3,918 more than the average national salary of $64,683.

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Wage Distribution

0.293
WAGE GINI

Sewage treatment facilities has a wage GINI of 0.293, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Sewage treatment facilities (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

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Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group.

Water & wastewater treatment plant & system operators are the most common position with 35,717 workers, but the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Firstline supervisors of production & operating workers and Other managers.

The highest average salary in Sewage treatment facilities goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were water & wastewater treatment plant & system operators (35,717 people), firstline supervisors of production & operating workers (7,034 people), and other managers (5,913 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$69,125
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$3,390
$65,966
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$6,168

On average, Male workers in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group make 1.05 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Sewage treatment facilities 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 Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group.

The Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Utilities Industry.

Texas and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Sewage treatment facilities is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

Utilities has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group is Manufacturing.

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.

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Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Sewage treatment facilities is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

The Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Utilities Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Sewage treatment facilities is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.
LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016
  1. 1,424
  2. 968
  3. 668

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Diversity

Demographic information on the Sewage treatment facilities Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 16.6% corresponds to women and 83.4% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $69,125 and $65,966.

78.4% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

19,415
Women
16.6%
97,642
Men
83.4%

The workforce of Sewage treatment facilities industry in 2022 was 117,057 people, with 16.6% woman, and 83.4% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Sewage treatment facilities industry.

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Races

In 2022, 75.9% of the workforce in the Sewage treatment facilities industry was White (88,856 people), of which 16% were women and 84% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Sewage treatment facilities workers in 2022 were high school or equivalent (41,173 people), some college (29,738 people), and bachelors degree (20,902 people).

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Projections

Growth projections of the Water, Sewage and Other Systems industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 0.177% in the next ten years. The Water, Sewage and Other Systems industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 0.177%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (5.47%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (5.47%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Water, Sewage and Other Systems.
0.177%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
0.177%
National Growth
10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Water, Sewage and Other Systems. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 0.177%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Water, Sewage and Other Systems.
5.47%
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10-year Projection

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