Age Demographics for Industry Workforces. Employment survey data indicates groups of public sector workers tend to be older than the workforce as a whole. In 2012, the median age for all workers employed nationwide was 42.3 years. The following data shows 2012 annual estimates of ages for employed persons, by industry.
guest2 Fri Jun 06, 2008 9:46 pm GMT. Average native speakers (and even unaverage) know nowhere near 60,000 words in English or any other language. The most careful studies show that even university-educated speakers top out at about 20,000 base words--and that's receptive, not active. For example, see the following study, which shows the average for university-educated speakers at about 17,000 base words:
The 25 âmust haveâ words are part of a much larger list of 310 words that should be in a toddlerâs vocabulary and designed to be ticked off in 10 minutes by parents. The average child will know 150 of the words in the Language Development Survey but scores of 75 to 225 are normal.