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Other Information Services: NAICS 519

About the Other Information Services subsector

The other information services subsector is part of the information sector.

Industries in the Other Information Services subsector group establishments supplying information, storing and providing access to information, searching and retrieving information, operating Web sites that use search engines to allow for searching information on the Internet, or publishing and/or broadcasting content exclusively on the Internet. The main components of the subsector are news syndicates, libraries, archives, exclusive Internet publishing and/or broadcasting, and Web Search Portals.

North American Industry Classification System

The other information services subsector consists of a single industry group, Other Information Services: NAICS 5191.

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment and unemployment in other information services. While most data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys, information on industry unemployment comes from a national survey of households. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, the unemployment rate of those previously employed in the industry, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment and Unemployment


Data series	Dec. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024	Mar. 2024
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)	177.6	178.5	(p)178.5	(p)178.0
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees	142.5	142.9	(p)143.5
Unemployment
Unemployment rate	2.1%	8.4%	8.6%	0.0%
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Current Population Survey

Employment by Occupation


Data series	Employment, 2023
Editors	1,030
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	1,350
Librarians	6,900
Library assistants, clerical	7,580
Library technicians	4,470

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Projections

For projected (future) employment estimates, see the National Employment Matrix, which includes employment estimates by industry and occupation for other information services.

(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)

Earnings and Hours

This section presents data on employee earnings and weekly hours. The latest industry averages of hourly earnings and weekly hours are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in other information services.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees


Data series	Nov. 2023	Dec. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024
Average hourly earnings	$43.46	$43.07	$43.10	(p)$43.13
Average weekly hours	30.8	31.7	31.9	(p)31.4
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees


Data series	Nov. 2023	Dec. 2023	Jan. 2024	Feb. 2024
Average hourly earnings	$33.71	$33.32	$33.78	(p)$33.90
Average weekly hours	29.5	29.8	29.8	(p)29.5
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation


Data series	Wages, 2023
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Editors	30.57	35.00	63,590	72,790
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	34.14	38.00	71,020	79,030
Librarians	28.72	29.18	59,730	60,700
Library assistants, clerical	15.60	16.51	32,440	34,340
Library technicians	19.07	20.94	39,660	43,550

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Work-related Fatalities, Injuries, and Illnesses

This section presents data for the industry on the number of workplace fatalities and the rates of workplace injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers in other information services. An injury or illness is considered to be work-related if an event or exposure in the work environment either caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing condition.


Data series	2017	2019
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	6	2
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.


Data series	2021
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	0.1
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	0.1
Cases involving days away from work	(1)0.0
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	(1)0.0
Footnotes (1) Rate rounded to zero
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)

Workplace Trends

This section presents data on the number of establishments in other information services.

Establishments


Data series	4th quarter 2022	1st quarter 2023	2nd quarter 2023	3rd quarter 2023
Number of establishments
Private industry	16,810	(p)17,297	(p)17,498	(p)17,701
Local government	4,918	(p)4,918	(p)4,919	(p)4,922
State government	227	(p)226	(p)225	(p)225
Federal government	130	(p)130	(p)135	(p)135
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Data extracted on: April 19, 2024