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Industries at a Glance
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Other Information Services: NAICS 519
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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 | Back data |
Aug. 2024 |
Sep. 2024 |
Oct. 2024 |
Nov. 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Employment (in thousands) |
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Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted) |
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175.2 | 175.8 | (p)177.0 | (p)178.0 |
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144.5 | 143.0 | (p)144.7 | ||
Unemployment |
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8.7% | 4.4% | 6.2% | 4.2% | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Current Population Survey
Employment by Occupation
| Data series | Employment, 2023 |
|---|---|
| 1,030 | |
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers |
1,350 |
| 6,900 | |
| 7,580 | |
| 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 | Back data |
Jul. 2024 |
Aug. 2024 |
Sep. 2024 |
Oct. 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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$42.62 | $41.85 | $42.34 | (p)$42.40 | |
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32.1 | 31.8 | 32.4 | (p)31.6 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees
| Data series | Back data |
Jul. 2024 |
Aug. 2024 |
Sep. 2024 |
Oct. 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
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$33.87 | $33.56 | $33.67 | (p)$33.82 | |
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30.0 | 29.1 | 30.1 | (p)29.3 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Current Employment Statistics)
Earnings by Occupation
| Data series | Wages, 2023 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hourly | Annual | |||
| Median | Mean | Median | Mean | |
| 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 |
| 28.72 | 29.18 | 59,730 | 60,700 | |
| 15.60 | 16.51 | 32,440 | 34,340 | |
| 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 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Fatalities |
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| 6 | 2 | |||
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Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
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| Data series | 2023 |
|---|---|
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers |
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Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer |
0.1 |
| 0.1 | |
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Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria. |
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(Source: Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities)
Workplace Trends
This section presents data on the number of establishments in other information services.
Establishments
| Data series | Back data |
3rd quarter 2023 |
4th quarter 2023 |
1st quarter 2024 |
2nd quarter 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Number of establishments |
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17,538 | 17,621 | (p)17,610 | (p)17,833 | |
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4,919 | 4,920 | (p)4,945 | (p)4,951 | |
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225 | 224 | (p)223 | (p)224 | |
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134 | 130 | (p)129 | (p)133 | |
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Footnotes |
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(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)
Data extracted on: December 13, 2024