Scenic & sightseeing transportation

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Workforce

38k

2018 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

43.5

Average Salary

$35,380

Average Male Salary

$36,936

Average Female Salary

$33,202

About

The top three occupations in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group are Tour & travel guides, Bus drivers, transit and intercity, Other managers, Ship & boat captains & operators, and Customer service representatives. On average, full-time employees in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group work 43.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $43,329. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $14,665.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group are East Honolulu to Kapahulu PUMA, HI, Flagstaff City PUMA, AZ, and Rural Oahu PUMA, HI. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Scenic & sightseeing transportation.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group. Tour & travel guides are the most common position, but the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Tour & travel guides, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Scenic & sightseeing transportation goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

38k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 4.79k

40.2%

1 Year Growth

± 13.9%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 40.2%, , from 27.1k people in 2017 to 38k people in 2018.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Scenic & sightseeing transportation by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Tour & travel guides represent the largest share of positions held in Scenic & sightseeing transportation at 18.7%, followed by Bus drivers, transit and intercity with 15.2% and Other managers with 7.94%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group, by number of employees, are Tour & travel guides, Bus drivers, transit and intercity, Other managers, Ship & boat captains & operators, and Customer service representatives.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Scenic & sightseeing transportation employs an unusually high number of Tour & travel guides, Ship & boat captains & operators, and Fishing and hunting workers.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Scenic & sightseeing transportation, by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, Aircraft pilots & flight engineers, and Accountants & auditors.

Wages

Average Salary

$35,380

AVERAGE WAGE

± $4,291

On average, employees in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group make $35,380 per year. This number makes Scenic & sightseeing transportation the 227 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.388

WAGE GINI

Scenic & sightseeing transportation has a wage GINI of 0.388, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Scenic & sightseeing transportation (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $36,936 and $33,202. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

15.8k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±3.09k

22.2k

MALE WORKFORCE

±3.66k

58.3% of workers in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$36,936

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$6,061

$33,202

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$5,808

On average, Male workers in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group make 1.11 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

White
Asian
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

On average, White employees in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group earn 1.1 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Scenic & sightseeing transportation 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. Transportation and warehousing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group is Manufacturing.

In this visualization, click on a category to expand or collapse it. 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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Scenic & sightseeing transportation is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Scenic & sightseeing transportation is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Scenic & sightseeing transportation Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Transportation and warehousing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Scenic & sightseeing transportation is from Transportation & Warehousing, and Utilities.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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