Traveler accommodation

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

1.34M

2021

Average Employee Age

41.5

2021

Average Salary

$37,322

2021

Average Male Salary

$45,078

2021

Average Female Salary

$31,657

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Traveler accommodation Industry Group are maids & housekeeping cleaners, hotel, motel, & resort desk clerks, and lodging managers. On average, full-time employees in the Traveler accommodation Industry Group work 42.3 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $43,789. Part-time employees in the same industry work 24.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $16,473.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Traveler accommodation Industry Group are Whitney, Sunrise Manor (South) & Paradise (Northeast) PUMA, NV, Paradise (Northwest) & Winchester PUMA, NV, and Maui, Kalawao & Kauai Counties PUMA, HI.

The workforce of Traveler accommodation Industry Group in 2021 was 1,339,539 people, with 57.8% woman, and 42.2% men.

In 2021, 55.2% of the workforce in the Traveler accommodation Industry Group was White (739,926 people), of which 57% were women and 43% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Traveler accommodation Industry Group.

The workforce in Traveler accommodation Industry Group was 1,339,539 people and is concentrated in California (161,782 workers). The average annual salary was $37,322, being $22,273 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

15.3%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 76.8k people employed in the Traveler Accommodation industry. This represents a 15.3% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Traveler Accommodation over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (162k), Florida (157k), and Nevada (96.9k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Traveler accommodation Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Traveler accommodation Industry Group had an average annual wage of $37,322, $22,273 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Traveler accommodation Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.444

WAGE GINI

Traveler accommodation has a wage GINI of 0.444, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Traveler accommodation (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 Traveler accommodation Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Traveler accommodation Industry Group.

Maids & housekeeping cleaners are the most common position with 299,196 workers, but the Traveler accommodation Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Hotel, motel, & resort desk clerks and Lodging managers.

The highest average salary in Traveler accommodation goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Traveler accommodation Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were maids & housekeeping cleaners (299,196 people), hotel, motel, & resort desk clerks (126,119 people), and lodging managers (89,937 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$45,078

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$1,683

$31,657

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$967

On average, Male workers in the Traveler accommodation Industry Group make 1.42 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Traveler accommodation Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Traveler accommodation 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 Traveler accommodation Industry Group.

The Traveler accommodation Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Traveler accommodation Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Traveler accommodation is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Traveler accommodation Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Traveler accommodation Industry Group is Professional and business services.

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 Traveler accommodation is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Traveler accommodation Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Traveler accommodation is from Arts, Entertainment & Recreation and Accommodation & Food Services.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
11,810
Texas
10,134
Florida
6,764

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Traveler accommodation industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Traveler accommodation Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 57.8% corresponds to women and 42.2% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $45,078 and $31,657.

71% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

774,089

Women

57.8%

565,450

Men

42.2%

The workforce of Traveler accommodation industry in 2021 was 1,339,539 people, with 57.8% woman, and 42.2% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Traveler accommodation industry.

Races

In 2021, 55.2% of the workforce in the Traveler accommodation industry was White (739,926 people), of which 57% were women and 43% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Other.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Traveler accommodation workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (410,727 people), some college (319,562 people), and bachelors degree (221,167 people).

The chart shows the Traveler accommodation workforce by gender and educational level.