Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

574k

2021

Average Employee Age

43.5

2021

Estimated Job Growth

5.36%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$118,755

2021

Average Male Salary

$126,364

2021

Average Female Salary

$109,782

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group are other managers, miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors, and sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing. On average, full-time employees in the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group work 44.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $121,021. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $51,121.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group are Carr 30 PUMA, PR, Carr 53 PUMA, PR, and Somerset County (South) PUMA, NJ.

The workforce of Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group in 2021 was 573,733 people, with 45.9% woman, and 54.1% men.

In 2021, 64.9% of the workforce in the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group was White (372,126 people), of which 44.4% were women and 55.6% men.

Manufacturing

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group.

The workforce in Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group was 573,733 people and is concentrated in California (75,481 workers). The average annual salary was $118,755, being $59,159 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

0.315%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 159k people employed in the Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing industry. This represents a 0.315% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (75.5k), New Jersey (66.1k), and Pennsylvania (61.1k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $118,755, $59,159 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.414

WAGE GINI

Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing has a wage GINI of 0.414, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing (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 Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group.

Other managers are the most common position with 50,218 workers, but the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors and Sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing.

The highest average salary in Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing goes to Physicians.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were other managers (50,218 people), miscellaneous production workers, including semiconductor processors (32,427 people), and sales representatives, wholesale & manufacturing (30,875 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$126,364

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$5,123

$109,782

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$4,721

On average, Male workers in the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group make 1.15 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing 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 Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group.

The Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

California and New Jersey stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing 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 Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing 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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing is from Manufacturing.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 45.9% corresponds to women and 54.1% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $126,364 and $109,782.

79.7% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or high school or equivalent.

Gender and Age

263,264

Women

45.9%

310,469

Men

54.1%

The workforce of Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing industry in 2021 was 573,733 people, with 45.9% woman, and 54.1% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing industry.

Races

In 2021, 64.9% of the workforce in the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing industry was White (372,126 people), of which 44.4% were women and 55.6% men.

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

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing workers in 2021 were bachelors degree (213,747 people), graduate degree (172,190 people), and high school or equivalent (71,576 people).

The chart shows the Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing 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 Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 5.36%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (19.9%) 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 Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing.

5.36%

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 Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing. This industry is expected to grow less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.