Visual Sedimentation

I simulated a day for employed Americans to see when and where they work.

Here’s the current landscape of supermarket parent companies and their subsidiaries — national chains, regional, local, co-ops, specialty, ethnic, and discount.

Some states have high rates. Some have low. But whether a state is lower or higher for you depends on more than just the high brackets.

Work changed over the years. Salaries changed over the years. I was curious: If you compared your personal income from present day, how would it compare to the distribution of salaries in previous decades?