National security & international affairs

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
975k
2022
Average Employee Age
44.8
2022
Average Salary
$93,702
2022
Average Male Salary
$97,204
2022
Average Female Salary
$86,634
2022

About

The top three occupations in the National security & international affairs Industry Group are other managers, miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers, and transportation security screeners. On average, full-time employees in the National security & international affairs Industry Group work 42.7 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $95,866. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $41,361.

The workforce of National security & international affairs Industry Group in 2022 was 975,084 people, with 33.1% woman, and 66.9% men.

In 2022, 64.3% of the workforce in the National security & international affairs Industry Group was White (626,643 people), of which 29.1% were women and 70.9% men.

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the National security & international affairs Industry Group.

The workforce in National security & international affairs Industry Group was 975,084 people and is concentrated in Virginia (138,105 workers). The average annual salary was $93,702, being $29,020 more than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

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Y-Axis
2%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 23.1M people employed in the Government industry. This represents a 2% 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 Virginia (138k), Maryland (98.4k), and California (82.5k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, National security & international affairs Industry Group had an average annual wage of $93,702, $29,020 more than the average national salary of $64,683.

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Wage Distribution

0.294
WAGE GINI

National security & international affairs has a wage GINI of 0.294, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in National security & international affairs (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 National security & international affairs Industry Group.

Other managers are the most common position with 92,981 workers, but the National security & international affairs Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers and Transportation security screeners.

The highest average salary in National security & international affairs goes to Physicians.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the National security & international affairs Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were other managers (92,981 people), miscellaneous engineers, including nuclear engineers (37,775 people), and transportation security screeners (33,529 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$97,204
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$1,665
$86,634
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$2,204

On average, Male workers in the National security & international affairs Industry Group make 1.12 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the National security & international affairs Industry Group.

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Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the National security & international affairs 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 National security & international affairs Industry Group.

The National security & international affairs Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

Industrial Flow

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Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the National security & international affairs Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the National security & international affairs Industry Group is Wholesale trade.

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 National security & international affairs is from Public Administration.

The National security & international affairs Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing 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 National security & international affairs is from Public Administration.

The Wholesale trade Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the National security & international affairs Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the National security & international affairs Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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Diversity

Demographic information on the National security & international affairs Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 33.1% corresponds to women and 66.9% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $97,204 and $86,634.

76.6% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

Gender and Age

323,036
Women
33.1%
652,048
Men
66.9%

The workforce of National security & international affairs industry in 2022 was 975,084 people, with 33.1% woman, and 66.9% men.

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Races

In 2022, 64.3% of the workforce in the National security & international affairs industry was White (626,643 people), of which 29.1% were women and 70.9% 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 National security & international affairs workers in 2022 were bachelors degree (289,797 people), graduate degree (262,188 people), and some college (195,326 people).

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