Salaries vary across occupations. Here are some charts that show by how much for 800 of them.
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Salary and Occupation, in 2018
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How Much Commuting is Too Much?
One person’s long commute is another’s dream. Another person’s normal might be someone else’s nightmare. What counts as a long commute depends on where you live.
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When People Find a New Job
Looking at the 100 most common jobs people switched to, a timeline comes into view when we adjust the relative switch rates by age.
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Where Your Job is Most Popular
Some jobs are common nationwide, because they are needed everywhere. Others are more specific to geography. See where job falls on the spectrum.
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Most Uniquely Popular Job in Each State
These are the jobs in each state that are most specific to the place.
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Single-Income Occupations
About 18 percent of couple households are single-income. I wanted to know what the earner in these homes usually do.
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Most Common Jobs, By State
Instead of looking at only the most common job in each state, I found the top five for a slightly wider view.
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Remote Workers vs. Non-Remote Workers
How the schedules between remote and non-remote workers differ during workdays.
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Umpire strike zone changes to finish games earlier
When watching baseball on television, we get the benefit of seeing whether a…
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Most Common Occupation by Age
As we get older, job options shift — along with experience, education, and wear on our bodies.
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Constructed Career Paths from Job Switching Data
Shifting from one occupation to another can take a swing in the career path. Given your current job, what paths could you take? Here are some constructed possibilities.
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Switching Jobs
When people move to different jobs, here’s where they go.
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Who Earns More Income in American Households?
Compared to 1970, a shift towards women making the higher income.
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Stack Overflow salary calculator for developers
Stack Overflow used data from their developer survey to build a prediction model…
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Most Female and Male Occupations Since 1950
The shifting majorities of the sexes in the workplace.
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Occupation Matchmaker
This is who marries whom, based on what one does for a living.
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Calculating the opposite of your job
Here’s a fun calculation from The Upshot.
The Labor Department keeps detailed and… -
Divorce and Occupation, in 2015
Some jobs tend towards higher divorce rates. Some towards lower. Salary also probably plays a role.
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Challenges of visualization in industry
The most recent Data Stories episode with Elijah Meeks is worth a listen…
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How many tables restaurant servers have to wait on to earn minimum wage
In most states, there is minimum wage and there is tipping minimum wage.…




















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