U. S Coast Guard

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Workforce

32.5k

2019 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

31.2

Average Salary

$57,790

Average Male Salary

$57,446

Average Female Salary

$48,358

About

The top three occupations in the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group are Military, rank not specified, Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers, Military officer special & tactical operations leaders, Firstline enlisted military supervisors, and Military enlisted tactical operations & air/weapons specialists & crew members. On average, full-time employees in the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group work 48.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $58,562. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $26,715.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group are James City, York Counties, Williamsburg & Poquoson Cities PUMA, VA, Miami-Dade (South/Outside Urban Development Boundary) & Monroe Counties PUMA, FL, and Portsmouth & Norfolk (Southwest) Cities PUMA, VA. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is U. S Coast Guard.

Active Duty Military

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group. Military, rank not specified are the most common position, but the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in U. S Coast Guard goes to Aircraft pilots & flight engineers.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Government industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

1.33%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 22.5M people employed in the Government industry. This represents a 1.33% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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

Occupations

Occupations by Share

32.5k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 4.43k

−1.86%

1 Year Growth

± 19.5%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −1.86%, , from 33.1k people in 2018 to 32.5k people in 2019.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in U. S Coast Guard by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Military, rank not specified represent the largest share of positions held in U. S Coast Guard at 16.2%, followed by Sailors & marine oilers, & ship engineers with 6.6% and Military officer special & tactical operations leaders with 6.59%.

Wages

Average Salary

$57,790

AVERAGE WAGE

± $4,383

On average, employees in the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group make $57,790 per year. This number makes U. S Coast Guard the 118 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 U. S Coast Guard Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.303

WAGE GINI

U. S Coast Guard has a wage GINI of 0.303, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in U. S Coast Guard (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 U. S Coast Guard Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $57,446 and $48,358. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

3.14k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±1.38k

29.4k

MALE WORKFORCE

±4.21k

90.3% of workers in the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$57,446

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$4,658

$48,358

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$5,160

On average, Male workers in the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group make 1.19 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

White
Black
Two or More Races

On average, White employees in the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group earn 1.01 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 U. S Coast Guard Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the U. S Coast Guard 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. Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group is Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing.

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.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for U. S Coast Guard is from Active Duty Military.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for U. S Coast Guard is from Active Duty Military.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The U. S Coast Guard 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 U. S Coast Guard is from Active Duty Military.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the U. S Coast Guard Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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