Business Career Statistics
- A sample of business jobs, the number of people employed in these jobs in 2002, and what the average (median) earnings for each position were that year: o Management Analysts (or Consultants): 577,000 jobs; $60,340 o Statisticians: 20,000 jobs; $57,080 o Healthcare Managers: 244,000 jobs; $61,370 o Administrative Assistant and Secretaries: 4.1 million jobs; $33,410 o General and Operations Managers: 2,049,000 jobs; $68,210
- Most businesses have between one and four employees.
- The manufacturing sector employees more people than other (almost 16 million in 2001); retail trade and health care & social assistance were close behind (over 14 million employees each).
- According to 2002 statistics, almost half of all business firms are owned by women. Number of businesses owned by: o Females – 6,492,795 o Males – 13,185,703 o Equally owned by male & female – 2,691,722
- Almost 75% of all U.S. businesses do not have payroll – most are self-employed professionals operating an unincorporated business. Interestingly, these businesses without employees account for only 3% of business sales/receipts, so they are not even included in many surveys and business analyses.