Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants

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2020 Workforce

211k

Average Age

35.4

Average Salary

$41,657

Average Male Salary

$45,509

Average Female Salary

$37,835

About

Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants are most often employed by the Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges industry. The average yearly wage for Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants was $41,657 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants by wage are Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers, Directors, religious activities & education, and Counselors, all other.

Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants are part of the Life, physical, & social science occupations, along with Agricultural & food scientists, Biological scientists, Conservation scientists & foresters, Medical scientists, & life scientists, all other, Astronomers & physicists, and 17 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants are Allston, Brighton & Fenway PUMA, MA, Madison City (Central) PUMA, WI, and Lafayette & West Lafayette Cities PUMA, IN. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants are Allston, Brighton & Fenway PUMA, MA, Tompkins County PUMA, NY, and Madison City (Central) PUMA, WI.

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants and on wages and locations for those in the field. Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges is the industry that employs the most Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants, by average wage, is Beverage manufacturing. Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants are paid most in Greater Boynton Beach City (North) PUMA, FL but are relatively concentrated in Allston, Brighton & Fenway PUMA, MA.

Yearly Wage

$41,657

AVERAGE SALARY

± $2,064

In 2020, Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants earned an average of $41,657, $14,297 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Counselors, all other make somewhat more than Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants while Brickmasons, blockmasons, stonemasons, & reinforcing iron & rebar workers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.453

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.453, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants.

Most Common

The most common industries employing Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants, by number of employees, are Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, Scientific research & development services, Architectural, engineering & related services, General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Justice, public order, & safety activities , Administration of environmental quality & housing programs, Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing, Administration of economic programs & space research, Executive offices & legislative bodies, Water, steam, air-conditioning, & irrigation systems, and Management, scientific & technical consulting services.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants, by average wage, are Beverage manufacturing, Restaurants & Food Services, and Petroleum refining.

Industries by Share

211k

2020 Workforce

± 11,272

5.17%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 7.27%

The number of people employed as Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants has been growing at a rate of 5.17%, from 200,716 people in 2019 to 211,084 people in 2020.

This graphic shows the share of Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants employed by various industries. Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges employs the largest share of Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants at 23%, followed by Scientific research & development services with 22.4% and Architectural, engineering & related services with 8.47%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants in the US. The average age of male Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants in the workforce is 35.8 and of female Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants is 34.9, and the most common race/ethnicity for Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

105k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 7,958

106k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 7,989

50.2% of Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants are Female, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants

White (Non-Hispanic)
Asian (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

63.5% of Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 11% of Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants, Asian (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants.

Age by Sex

35.8

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.1

34.9

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 1.07

The median age of Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants is 35.4, and Male employees are generally 0.955 years older than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants is Biology but a relatively high number of Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants hold a major in Biology.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

MOST COMMON MAJORS

MOST SPECIALIZED MAJORS

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants need many skills, but most especially Quality Control Analysis and Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Miscellaneous life, physical, & social science technicians, including social science research assistants need more than the average amount of Quality Control Analysis, Troubleshooting, and Equipment Maintenance.