Ammount of people in the us that practice acting

Actors are most often employed by the Independent artists, writers, and performers industry. The average yearly wage for Actors was $55,663 in 2022.

Employment and salary information for the Actors workforce. Actors workforce in 2022 was 33,865 people, of which 46.3% were women and 53.7% were men. Actors are paid most in Los Angeles County--LA City (Mount Washington, Highland Park & Glassell Park) PUMA, CA but are relatively concentrated in Los Angeles County (Central)--Burbank City PUMA, CA.

Employment Over Time

The Actors workforce in 2022 was 33,865 people (46.3% women and 53.7% men). This implies an average annual growth of 30.4% between 2014 (25,963) and 2022 (33,865).

Employment by Location

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Actors.

During 2022, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Connecticut ($264,064), Nevada ($90,821), and Massachusetts ($81,502).

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Actors earned an average of $55,663, $9,020 less than the average national salary of $64,683

The graph shows the ranking of Actors in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2022.

Wage Distribution

In 2022, Actors had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.633, which is higher than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly for Actors (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Actors compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Information on the industries that employ Actors and on wages for those in the field. Independent artists, writers, and performers is the industry that employs the most Actors, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Actors, by average wage, is Telecommunications, except wired telecommunications carriers ($133,920).

Occupations by Industries

This graphic shows the share of Actors employed by various industries. Independent artists, writers, and performers employs the largest share of Actors at 39.7%, followed by Motion pictures & video industries with 39.2% and Performing arts companies with 21.1%.

Demographic information on Actors in the US. The workforce of Actors in 2022 was 33,865 people, with 46.3% woman, and 53.7% men. The average age of male Actors in the workforce is 40.9 and of female Actors is 38.2, and the most common race/ethnicity for Actors is White.

Gender and Age

The workforce of Actors in 2022 was 33,865 people, with 46.3% woman, and 53.7% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 25 to 29 years (5,092 people), 30 to 34 years (4,873 people), and 35 to 39 years (4,496 people). Among them they concentrated 43.2% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

In 2022, 15.6% of Actors workers were Hispanic and 84.4% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (57%), Puerto Rican (31.9)%, and Cuban (11.1)%

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Races

In 2022, 67.3% of the Actors workforce were White, of which 45.2% were women and 54.8% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (12.8%) and Two or More Races (9.66%).

Data on higher education choices for Actors from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Actors is Visual & Performing Arts but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2022 were Visual & Performing Arts.

Among the necessary skills for Actors, Speaking stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Actors need more than the average amount of Social Perceptiveness.

Majors

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

The most common majors achieved by Actors in 2022 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (8,596 people), Communications (2,173 people), and Business (1,829 people).

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