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Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services: NAICS 56

About the Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services sector

The administrative and support and waste management and remediation services sector is part of the professional and business services supersector.

The Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services sector comprises establishments performing routine support activities for the day-to-day operations of other organizations. These essential activities are often undertaken in-house by establishments in many sectors of the economy. The establishments in this sector specialize in one or more of these support activities and provide these services to clients in a variety of industries and, in some cases, to households. Activities performed include: office administration, hiring and placing of personnel, document preparation and similar clerical services, solicitation, collection, security and surveillance services, cleaning, and waste disposal services.

North American Industry Classification System

The administrative and support and waste management and remediation services sector consists of these subsectors:

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in administrative and support and waste management and remediation services. These data are obtained from employer or establishment surveys. The following tables present an overview of the industry including the number of jobs, union membership and representation, data for occupations common to the industry, and projections of occupational employment change.

Employment

Data series Back
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Nov.
2023
Dec.
2023
Jan.
2024
Feb.
2024

Employment (in thousands)

Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)

9,405.5 9,389.2 (p)9,408.0 (p)9,397.8

Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees

8,359.5 8,217.0 (p)7,910.3  

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Union Membership and Representation

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2020 2021 2022 2023

Union membership and representation

Members of unions (percent of wage and salary workers)

4.0% 4.2% 4.3% 4.2%

Represented by unions (percent of wage and salary workers)

4.9% 5.1% 4.9% 5.1%

(Source: Current Population Survey)

Employment by Occupation

Data series Employment,
2022

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners

956,400

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

632,490

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers

576,540

Office clerks, general

217,010

Security guards

719,720

(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 administrative and support and waste management and remediation 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, as well as weekly earnings by union membership status, are shown. In addition, recent hourly and annual earnings are shown for occupations commonly found in administrative and support and waste management and remediation services. This section also contains information on the average cost of benefits paid by employers, as well as recent rates of change in wages and total compensation.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees

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Oct.
2023
Nov.
2023
Dec.
2023
Jan.
2024

Average hourly earnings

$27.31 $27.36 $27.66 (p)$28.09

Average weekly hours

35.4 35.1 35.0 (p)34.2

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series Back
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Oct.
2023
Nov.
2023
Dec.
2023
Jan.
2024

Average hourly earnings

$25.15 $25.29 $25.51 (p)$25.86

Average weekly hours

35.7 35.3 35.2 (p)34.4

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series Wages, 2022
Hourly Annual
Median Mean Median Mean

Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners

$14.53 $15.24 $30,210 $31,690

Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

$15.30 $15.98 $31,830 $33,240

Landscaping and groundskeeping workers

$17.45 $18.11 $36,290 $37,670

Office clerks, general

$17.43 $18.89 $36,250 $39,290

Security guards

$16.20 $16.74 $33,690 $34,820

(Source: Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics)

Employee Benefits

This section presents data on the incidence (the percentage of workers with access to and participation in employer-provided benefit plans) and provisions of selected employee benefits from the National Compensation Survey. More Benefits estimates are also accessible from the Benefits database, the archived NCS publications page, and the complete Employee Benefits Excel dataset (XLSX).

Data series Access Participation
Back
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2023 Back
data
2023

Private industry

Retirement benefit plans

44 26

Defined benefit plans

3 2

Defined contribution plans

43 25

(Source: Employee Benefits in the United States)

Data series After 1 year of service After 20 years of service
Back
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2023 Back
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2023

Mean number of vacation days for private industry workers without consolidated leave plans

7 15

(Source: Employee Benefits in the United States)

Data series Back
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2023

Percent of private industry workers with access to employer-sponsored benefits

Health care

60

Paid vacation

66

Paid sick leave

71

(Source: Employee Benefits in the United States)

Employer Compensation Costs

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1st quarter
2023
2nd quarter
2023
3rd quarter
2023
4th quarter
2023

Private industry

12-month percent change

Total compensation

5.2% 4.5% 4.5% 3.9%

Wages and salaries

5.5% 4.7% 4.4% 4.0%

3-month percent change

Total compensation

1.7% 0.8% 0.9% 0.4%

Wages and salaries

1.7% 0.8% 1.0% 0.4%

(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)

Data series Private industry
Compensation component
($ per hour worked)
Percent of total compensation
Back
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4th quarter 2023 Back
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4th quarter 2023

Total compensation

33.26 100.0

Wages and salaries

24.69 74.2

Total benefits

8.57 25.8

Insurance

2.25 6.8

Retirement

0.56 1.7

Paid leave

1.80 5.4

(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)

Union Membership and Representation

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Median weekly earnings
2020 2021 2022 2023

Union membership and representation

Full-time workers

$726 $742 $796 $868

Members of unions

$781 $766 $842 $838

Represented by unions

$770 $767 $835 $848

Nonunion

$724 $740 $794 $870

(Source: Current Population Survey)

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 administrative and support and waste management and remediation 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 2019 2020 2021 2022

Fatalities

Number of fatalities

517 432 485 535

Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Data series 2022

Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers

Total recordable cases

1.9

Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer

1.2

Cases involving days away from work

0.9

Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction

0.4

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 administrative and support and waste management and remediation services.

Establishments

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

Number of establishments

Private industry

671,223 (p)675,187 (p)682,832 (p)691,178

Local government

3,473 (p)3,519 (p)3,532 (p)3,531

State government

565 (p)535 (p)541 (p)549

Federal government

152 (p)152 (p)153 (p)155

Footnotes
(p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

 

Data extracted on: March 15, 2024