Reports

Pennsylvania - How does the Commonwealth stack up on the subject of executive employment?

There are almost 6 million executives in the US and about 260,000 executive opportunities in the past year as individuals changed positions or new jobs were created. Average total annual compensation for this cohort came in at $190,000, their median tenure stood at approximately 3.1 years, and 31% of them were female.

So how does Pennsylvania stack up against these national averages?

The Commonwealth employed about 200,000 executives in 2024, up 0.6% year on year, and offered almost 20,000 executive opportunities through job changes and new positions. Average total compensation stood at $175,200 and the median tenure reached 3.3 years. Again, 31% of these execs were female.

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Top Industries - Worldwide, six industries stand out for the volume of executives employed—more than 10 million!   Although in total, this group only grew (△) by 0.2% in the past year, the rate of job-change was very high (⟳), so that the total opportunities for execs in these industries numbered 370,000 in the last 12 months.  These “Top Industries” include

• Financial Services (2.1 mil., +3%△, 4.2%⟳),

• Manufacturing (3.2 mil., -1%△, 2.9%⟳),

• Real Estate (0.8 mil., +1%△, 2.8%⟳),

• Construction (1.4 mil., -0.7%△, 2.1%⟳)

• Information Technology (1.8 mil., +0.2%△, 3.9%⟳), and

• HealthCare (1.2 mil., -1%△, 3.7%⟳).

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North America - In this report PAL analyses the latest developments for executives in North America.

Subjects addressed include:

• Which industries are growing the fastest and exhibiting the highest hiring demand?

• How many executives work in any given industry, and what is the female share?

• Which titles exhibit the highest hiring demand?

• Which skills are particularly in demand?

• Which locations have grown the fastest and are exhibiting the highest hiring demand?

Manufacturing - Making things may seem outmoded in a world dominated by the internet, but at least 3.2 million executives worldwide are engaged in manufacturing operations, and although their number shrank slightly in the past year (-1%), almost 100,000 of them changed jobs.  Clearly, there is still much fluctuation even as the sector is beset by multiple threats from regional conflicts to tariffs and macroeconomic uncertainty.

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World - In this report PAL highlights the number of executives per major geographic region, and the executive opportunity (growth plus job changes).

The report also quantifies and discusses changes in:

• Industries

• Titles

• Skills / specializations

• Locations