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We can see the changing scales of who works and for how long through employment rates by age and time.

There are hundreds of occupations, and while the exact number varies by classification system, most U.S. government organizations list about 500 of them. These are the standouts.

China recently increased their retirement age to 63 for men and 55 for women. Even with the adjustment, the country is still on the lower end when compared to other countries.

Normal retirement age, also known as full retirement age, is 67 years old for those born in 1960 or later. It’s common for people to stop working before this age, but they’re veering older.

Job types changed over the years, because there were these things called computers that created occupations and shifted others. How did income change for different jobs, relative to everyone else?

In our younger years, we have school and more important things to do, but then we get older and there are bills to pay.

Asian workers are more than three times more likely to be physicians. What other jobs jump out? What’s it like for other races and ethnicity?

Some occupations are more race-dominant than others. This is the percentage of employed persons 16 years and older who are a given race or ethnicity for each.

We often associate high income with older people, but young people can also earn higher incomes. Let’s see what those people studied and what they do for a living.

So people earn a six-figure income without working all the time. What do they do?

These are income ranges for the ten most common jobs at different income levels.

Most people have a job and receive wages in return, but that starts to change when you get into the higher income groups.