Software publishing

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

149k

2021

Average Employee Age

40.2

2021

Estimated Job Growth

20.5%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$137,332

2021

Average Male Salary

$148,749

2021

Average Female Salary

$113,881

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Software publishing Industry Group are software developers, other managers, and sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel. On average, full-time employees in the Software publishing Industry Group work 44.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $140,218. Part-time employees in the same industry work 20.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $48,872.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Software publishing Industry Group are Dane County (West) PUMA, WI, Apex & Holly Springs Towns PUMA, NC, and Sunnyvale & San Jose (North) Cities PUMA, CA.

The workforce of Software publishing Industry Group in 2021 was 149,279 people, with 32.7% woman, and 67.3% men.

In 2021, 69.3% of the workforce in the Software publishing Industry Group was White (103,417 people), of which 33.1% were women and 66.9% men.

Information

Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Software publishing Industry Group.

The workforce in Software publishing Industry Group was 149,279 people and is concentrated in California (40,400 workers). The average annual salary was $137,332, being $77,737 more than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Information industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

0.878%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 3.05M people employed in the Information industry. This represents a 0.878% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

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

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were California (40.4k), Massachusetts (11k), and Texas (10.4k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Software publishing Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Software publishing Industry Group had an average annual wage of $137,332, $77,737 more than the average national salary of $59,596.

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

Wage Distribution

0.366

WAGE GINI

Software publishing has a wage GINI of 0.366, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Software publishing (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 Software publishing Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Software publishing Industry Group.

Software developers are the most common position with 29,876 workers, but the Software publishing Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Other managers and Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel.

The highest average salary in Software publishing goes to Architectural & engineering managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Software publishing Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were software developers (29,876 people), other managers (14,758 people), and sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel (11,372 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$148,749

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$9,013

$113,881

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$10,464

On average, Male workers in the Software publishing Industry Group make 1.31 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Software publishing Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Software publishing 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 Software publishing Industry Group.

The Software publishing 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 Software publishing Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Software publishing is from Information.

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

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 Software publishing is from Information.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Software publishing 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 Software publishing is from Information.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

California
4,178
Texas
1,276
New York
1,150

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

Diversity

Demographic information on the Software publishing Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 32.7% corresponds to women and 67.3% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $148,749 and $113,881.

90.6% of workers have a bachelors degree, graduate degree or some college.

Gender and Age

48,878

Women

32.7%

100,401

Men

67.3%

The workforce of Software publishing industry in 2021 was 149,279 people, with 32.7% woman, and 67.3% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Software publishing industry.

Races

In 2021, 69.3% of the workforce in the Software publishing industry was White (103,417 people), of which 33.1% were women and 66.9% 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 Software publishing workers in 2021 were bachelors degree (78,547 people), graduate degree (41,247 people), and some college (15,498 people).

The chart shows the Software publishing workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Software publishers 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 Software publishers industry has a higher projected workforce growth at 20.5%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (59.9%) is higher 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 Software publishers.

20.5%

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 Software publishers. This industry is expected to grow more than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.