Job Market Insights

Job Market Insights is a powerful tool that consolidates and displays data that originates from the U.S. Department of Labor and is available from multiple pages across the MCS website. Some of the key insights include employment trends, top employers, and annual earnings based on student searches by keyword, industry, occupation, and U.S. geography.

The keywords “Marketing Manager” and the location “District of Columbia” were used to generate the example results below.

Employment Trends

Trends help you answer the question, “Is this a growing field? ” The Job Market Insights tool produces a graph with two years of past data and the anticipated trend for 10 years into the future. The example below indicates that the demand for Marketing Managers will increase +8.22% over the next 10 years.

Graphical data accompanied by the text: The number of jobs in the career for the past two years, the current year, and projections for the next 10 years. Job counts include both employed and self-employed persons, and do not distinguish between full- and part-time jobs. Sources include Emsi industry data, staffing patterns, and OES data. Over the next 10 years, employment demand is expected to change by +8.22% for Marketing Managers.
The keywords “Marketing Manager” and the location “District of Columbia” were used to generate this example.

Annual Earnings

When you are using data from the Job Market Insights tool for salary research, keep in mind that the earnings data is based on the U.S. Department of Labor records for *everyone* who holds a job with that title, whether they were hired right from college or have been working in the field for 10 years or more.

screenshot with text: Earnings figures are based on OES data from the BLS and include base rate, cost of living allowances, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay (including commissions and bonuses), on-call pay, and tips. Graphical image of earnings with medial annual earnings $160,139.
The keywords “Marketing Manager” and the location “District of Columbia” were used to generate this example.

Top Employers

The example below indicates “Top Employers” based on search/filter criteria for Marketing Manager roles in the Washington D.C. area. These are not the same results that you would see for other geographic locations.

Text from screenshot reads: These companies are currently hiring for Marketing Managers. CoStar Group Upside Agency AARP Georgetown University Humana The Washington Post Elevance Health Meta Torchlight Hire American University EAB JPMorgan Chase Mozilla Natural Resources Defense Council Relx UnitedHealth Group Pearson Education VMware Johnson & Johnson Stride K12
The keywords “Marketing Manager” and the location “District of Columbia” were used to generate this example.
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