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Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations: NAICS 813

About the Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations subsector

The religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations subsector is part of the other services (except public administration) sector.

Industries in the Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations subsector group establishments that organize and promote religious activities; support various causes through grantmaking; advocate various social and political causes; and promote and defend the interests of their members.

North American Industry Classification System

The religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations subsector consists of these industry groups:

Religious Organizations: NAICS 8131
Grantmaking and Giving Services: NAICS 8132
Social Advocacy Organizations: NAICS 8133
Civic and Social Organizations: NAICS 8134
Business, Professional, Labor, Political, and Similar Organizations: NAICS 8139

Workforce Statistics

This section provides information relating to employment and unemployment in religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations. 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	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025	Jun. 2025
Employment (in thousands)
Employment, all employees (seasonally adjusted)	2,930.8	2,929.4	(p)2,932.4	(p)2,932.1
Employment, production and nonsupervisory employees	2,346.2	2,351.5	(p)2,370.8
Unemployment
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.9%	2.8%	1.8%
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics, Current Population Survey

Employment by Occupation


Data series	Employment, 2024
Clergy	27,760
Public relations specialists	39,500
Self-enrichment education teachers	20,950
Social and community service managers	19,050
Social and human service assistants	29,000

(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 religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations.

(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 religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations.

Earnings and Hours of All Employees


Data series	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025
Average hourly earnings	$37.63	$37.57	$37.29	(p)$37.22
Average weekly hours	31.9	31.8	31.4	(p)31.3
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees


Data series	Feb. 2025	Mar. 2025	Apr. 2025	May 2025
Average hourly earnings	$31.42	$31.41	$31.22	(p)$31.22
Average weekly hours	30.6	30.5	30.2	(p)30.2
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Current Employment Statistics)

Earnings by Occupation


Data series	Wages, 2024
	Hourly		Annual
	Median	Mean	Median	Mean
Clergy	28.16	32.80	58,570	68,220
Public relations specialists	31.95	37.16	66,460	77,290
Self-enrichment education teachers	21.47	26.52	44,670	55,170
Social and community service managers	37.17	42.67	77,320	88,750
Social and human service assistants	22.24	23.12	46,250	48,090

(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 religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations. 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	2020	2021	2022	2023
Fatalities
Number of fatalities				31
There was a series break beginning with 2023 data due to NAICS 2022. Data for years prior to 2023 are available at www.bls.gov/iif.


Data series	2023
Rate of injury and illness cases per 100 full-time workers
Total recordable cases	1.6
Cases involving days away from work, job restriction, or transfer	0.8
Cases involving days away from work	0.6
Cases involving days of job transfer or restriction	0.2
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 religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and similar organizations.

Establishments


Data series	1st quarter 2024	2nd quarter 2024	3rd quarter 2024	4th quarter 2024
Number of establishments
Private industry	(p)179,090	(p)180,588	(p)181,978	(p)182,489
Local government	(p)475	(p)475	(p)471	(p)462
State government	(p)142	(p)141	(p)141	(p)140
Federal government	(p)40	(p)42	(p)44	(p)44
Footnotes (p) Preliminary

(Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages)

Data extracted on: July 18, 2025