Fishing, hunting & trapping

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

31.6k

2021

Average Employee Age

42.7

2021

Estimated Job Growth

−8.67%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$49,774

2021

Average Male Salary

$51,982

2021

Average Female Salary

$37,953

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group are fishing and hunting workers, biological scientists, and farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers. On average, full-time employees in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group work 52.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $55,196. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $23,104.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group are Subsistence Alaska PUMA, AK, Hancock, Knox, Waldo & Lincoln Counties PUMA, ME, and Aroostook & Washington Counties PUMA, ME.

The workforce of Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group in 2021 was 31,630 people, with 15.7% woman, and 84.3% men.

In 2021, 76.9% of the workforce in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group was White (24,339 people), of which 16% were women and 84% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group.

The workforce in Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group was 31,630 people and is concentrated in Washington (4,107 workers). The average annual salary was $49,774, being $9,822 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

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.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Mining, Logging, and Construction over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were Washington (4.11k), Florida (3.45k), and Alaska (2.57k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group had an average annual wage of $49,774, $9,822 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.463

WAGE GINI

Fishing, hunting & trapping has a wage GINI of 0.463, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Fishing, hunting & trapping (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 Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group.

Fishing and hunting workers are the most common position with 17,147 workers, but the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Biological scientists and Farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers.

The highest average salary in Fishing, hunting & trapping goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were fishing and hunting workers (17,147 people), biological scientists (1,248 people), and farmers, ranchers, & other agricultural managers (1,097 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$51,982

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$8,624

$37,953

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$13,040

On average, Male workers in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group make 1.37 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Fishing, hunting & trapping 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 Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group.

The Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry.

Washington and Alaska stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Fishing, hunting & trapping is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Fishing, hunting & trapping 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.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Fishing, hunting & trapping is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Fishing, hunting & trapping is from Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting, and Mining.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

Washington
900
Alaska
858
Maine
832

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Fishing, hunting & trapping industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Fishing, hunting & trapping Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 15.7% corresponds to women and 84.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $51,982 and $37,953.

71.8% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

4,978

Women

15.7%

26,652

Men

84.3%

The workforce of Fishing, hunting & trapping industry in 2021 was 31,630 people, with 15.7% woman, and 84.3% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Fishing, hunting & trapping industry.

Races

In 2021, 76.9% of the workforce in the Fishing, hunting & trapping industry was White (24,339 people), of which 16% were women and 84% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Fishing, hunting & trapping workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (10,346 people), some college (7,313 people), and bachelors degree (5,038 people).

The chart shows the Fishing, hunting & trapping workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Fishing, hunting and trapping 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 Fishing, hunting and trapping industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −8.67%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (13.4%) 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 Fishing, hunting and trapping.

−8.67%

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 Fishing, hunting and trapping. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.