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Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles: NAICS 525

About the Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles subsector

The funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles subsector is part of the finance and insurance sector.

Industries in the Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles subsector are comprised of legal entities (i.e., funds, plans, and/or programs) organized to pool securities or other assets on behalf of shareholders or beneficiaries of employee benefit or other trust funds. The portfolios are customized to achieve specific investment characteristics, such as diversification, risk, rate of return, and price volatility. These entities earn interest, dividends, and other investment income, but have little or no employment and no revenue from the sale of services.

North American Industry Classification System

The funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles subsector consists of these industry groups:

  • Insurance and Employee Benefit Funds: NAICS 5251
  • Other Investment Pools and Funds: NAICS 5259

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles. These data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment by Occupation

Data series Employment,
2022

Accountants and auditors

1,510

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

960

Financial analysts

 

(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 funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles.

(Source: Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series Wages, 2022
Hourly Annual
Median Mean Median Mean

Accountants and auditors

$37.69 $41.46 $78,390 $86,240

Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

$22.51 $23.17 $46,820 $48,200

Financial analysts

       

(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 funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles. 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 2012 2013 2014 2015

Fatalities

Number of fatalities

      1

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 funds, trusts, and other financial vehicles.

Establishments

Data series Back
data
4th quarter
2022
1st quarter
2023
2nd quarter
2023
3rd quarter
2023

Number of establishments

Private industry

9,230 (p)9,372 (p)9,503 (p)9,927

Local government

23 (p)23 (p)24 (p)23

State government

19 (p)23 (p)28 (p)31

Federal government

1 (p)1 (p)1 (p)1

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

 

Data extracted on: March 15, 2024