This is a good example of things are not quite what they seem…
work
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More hiring, because more quitting
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How teenagers’ job ambitions have changed
The Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), run by the OECD since 2000,…
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How much AI will affect your job
Research by Edward W. Felten, Manav Raj, and Robert Seamans provides estimates for…
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Income Sources
Most people have a job and receive wages in return, but that starts to change when you get into the higher income groups.
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Declining vacation time from work
Despite available vacation days, it appears that American workers are taking less and…
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Data Visualization State of the Industry, 2022
The 2022 results from the State of the Industry survey, run by the…
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Wealthy Percentiles Rising
The rich continue to get richer, and everyone else either only kind of earns more or stays where they’re at.
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Where Else You Can Work
If you’re searching for a new job, it’s worth looking in different industries instead of doing more of the same elsewhere.
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Tom Brady of other jobs
Tom Brady, the quarterback for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, is 45 years old,…
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Feelings at Work
We spend a lot of time working. It seems worth thinking about how we feel during all those hours.
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Tracked while reading about being tracked at work
While reading this NYT article, by Jodi Kantor and Arya Sundaram, on the…
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Time splits from a visualization freelancer
Eli Holder shows how he split his freelance time across various projects and…
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Working the triple peak
Microsoft researchers analyzed keystrokes by time of day, for a sample of Microsoft…
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Most people think their employers don’t care about their well-being
Based on polls by Gallup, almost half of U.S. employees thought their employers…
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How Much Women and Men Work
This chart shows the shifts since 1960.
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Simulating how just a little gender bias in the workplace can lead to big effects up the chain
Yuhao Du, Jessica Nordell, and Kenneth Joseph used simulations to study the effects…
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Age and Occupation
Whether it’s because of experience, physical ability, or education level, some jobs tend towards a certain age of worker more than others.
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Jobs that Marry Together the Most
Find out which jobs most often pair together among married couples.
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Income in Each State, Adjusted for Cost of Living
A dollar might not buy you as much in one state as it does in the other.
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Minimum Wage and Cost of Living
We already looked at minimum wage over time, but when it comes to geography and income, you also have to consider the cost of living for a fair comparison.