Credit Intermediation and Related Activities: NAICS 522

About the Credit Intermediation and Related Activities subsector

The credit intermediation and related activities subsector is part of the finance and insurance sector.

The credit intermediation and related activities subsector consists of these industry groups:

• Depository Credit Intermediation: NAICS 5221
• Nondepository Credit Intermediation: NAICS 5222
• Activities Related to Credit Intermediation: NAICS 5223

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment in credit intermediation and related activities. 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

Data series	Back data	Sep. 2021	Oct. 2021	Nov. 2021	Dec. 2021
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)		2,665.9	2,664.8	(p)2,663.6	(p)2,662.7
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees		1,999.2	2,004.3	(p)2,008.1
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Employment by Occupation

Data series	Employment, 2020
Customer service representatives	209,530
Financial managers	118,320
Loan interviewers and clerks	166,290
Loan officers	258,640
Tellers	409,580

(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 credit intermediation and related activities.

(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 credit intermediation and related activities. 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

Data series	Back data	Aug. 2021	Sep. 2021	Oct. 2021	Nov. 2021
Average hourly earnings		$41.81	$41.07	$41.60	(p)$42.25
Average weekly hours		39.0	38.1	38.2	(p)38.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees

Data series	Back data	Aug. 2021	Sep. 2021	Oct. 2021	Nov. 2021
Average hourly earnings		$27.56	$27.32	$27.72	(p)$28.03
Average weekly hours		38.8	37.7	37.8	(p)37.8
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation

Data series	Wages, 2020
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Customer service representatives	18.28	19.10	38,020	39,720
Financial managers	49.76	61.25	103,510	127,400
Loan interviewers and clerks	19.78	20.40	41,140	42,430
Loan officers	30.28	36.57	62,980	76,070
Tellers	15.65	15.81	32,560	32,890

(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 data	2021	Back data	2021
Private industry
Retirement benefit plans		94		87
Defined benefit plans		50		28
Defined contribution plans		93		84

(Source: Employee Benefits in the United States)

Data series	After 1 year of service		After 20 years of service
	Back data	2021	Back data	2021
Mean number of vacation days for private industry workers without consolidated leave plans		13		20

(Source: Employee Benefits in the United States)

Data series	Back data	2021
Percent of private industry workers with access to employer-sponsored benefits
Health care		98
Paid vacation		99
Paid sick leave		98

(Source: Employee Benefits in the United States)

Employer Compensation Costs

Data series	Back data	4th quarter 2020	1st quarter 2021	2nd quarter 2021	3rd quarter 2021
Private industry
12-month percent change
Total compensation		2.5%	2.0%	3.4%	8.6%
Wages and salaries		2.4%	1.7%	4.9%	12.2%
3-month percent change
Total compensation		-0.1%	0.5%	2.8%	5.2%
Wages and salaries		-0.2%	0.5%	4.1%	7.4%

(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)

Data series	Private industry
	Compensation component ($ per hour worked)		Percent of total compensation
	Back data	3rd quarter 2021	Back data	3rd quarter 2021
Total compensation		55.74		100.0
Wages and salaries		38.29		68.7
Total benefits		17.45		31.3
Insurance		4.70		8.4
Retirement		1.92		3.4
Paid leave		4.81		8.6

(Source: Compensation Cost Trends)

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 credit intermediation and related activities. 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	2018	2019	2020
Fatalities
Number of fatalities	20	10	9	9
Blank cells indicate no data reported or data that do not meet publication criteria.

Data series	2020
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	0.4
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	0.2
Cases involving days away from work	0.2
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	(1)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 credit intermediation and related activities.

Establishments

Data series	Back data	3rd quarter 2020	4th quarter 2020	1st quarter 2021	2nd quarter 2021
Number of establishments
Private industry		183,874	185,260	(p)186,465	(p)187,679
Local government		40	39	(p)39	(p)41
State government		22	22	(p)22	(p)23
Federal government		632	627	(p)627	(p)628
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

 

Data extracted on: January 26, 2022