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Where are the Jobs?
In: Employment Interactive Source: Washington Post US Economy
20 May 2011A fantastic annotated heatmap from the Washington Post breaking down job creation/loss by sector. On the right is an interactive, slightly more annotated, line chart version of the same data. I prefer the heatmap. (related article)
Update: Economic Indicators Dashboard
25 Apr 2011
Teachers Salaries World Wide
In: Culture Employment
19 Apr 2011I’m sure the devil is in the details, as usual, but aggregate statistics like this are always good background to any debate. Thanks to KD Kelly for the link!
Patchwork Nation
28 Mar 2011Patchwork Nation tracks a number of traditional economic and social indicators over time – but they also include some interesting alternative ones:
Cracker Barrel restaurants and Whole Foods Stores:
Gun shops and Casinos:
Bankruptcies 2007 vs 2010:
Change in family income 1980-2010:
Update: Economic Indicators Dashboard
23 Mar 2011One of my favorite economic dashboards. It highlights major macro indicators, what direction they are trending, and what the typical ranges are. It also lets you drill down to explanations of why you should care, and historical values.
The Wonderful Work of Karl Hartig
In: Culture Employment Finance Graphic Design (general) History Innovative Politics Science US Economy
22 Mar 2011Karl Hartig was creating beautiful complex data visualizations back when most of us “graphics experts” were still trying to figure out how to change colors in excel. Here is a selection of his work on population, electronics, energy, stocks, immigration, politics, and music. Soak it up!
Are Public Employees Paid More?
19 Mar 2011
Peace Corps Volunteers
In: Culture Employment
16 Mar 2011
College Degrees (1940-2009)
12 Mar 2011An interactive map of adults with college degrees. Filter by race or income or drill down to your county. I’m not sure if it’s more surprising that it went from 4.6% to 27.5%, or that we’re only at 27.5% today. How long do you suppose before someone puts this next to a red/blue state map? (via Sociological Images)
1940 vs 2009:
The Gender Gap
8 Mar 2011The Wall Street Journal has pulled together some interesting differences between the sexes concerning marital, educational, and employment trends.
Where are the Happiest People in America?
7 Mar 2011Gallup surveyed Americans on 20 different quality of life indicators (stress, depression, health problems, job satisfaction, exercise, etc), and the New York Times threw them all on a map for contemplation. Below is the composite “Well-Being index”. Thanks to Allison Stanfill for the link! (related article)
Gallup’s website compares the indicators over time:
A similar Gallup index of “US Satisfaction” was also recently visualized by Good:
Usefulness of Education
In: Employment Humor
2 Mar 2011I had a conversation last night about “knowledge” education vs “skill” education that reminded me of this xkcd chart. The skills I learned hacking computers and building art projects have contributed much more to my career success than anything I learned in graduate school.
MBA Student Mobility
25 Feb 2011The Financial Times surveyed 5000+ alumni from the top 50 MBA programs in the world and mapped out where they came from, where they went to school, and where they ended up. It’s slightly confusing at first, because they do not map all of the students at once – it shows only one country of origin at a time. Still, it’s very cool if you pay attention to where the dots flow when you change categories. (related article)
note: access to some FT features requires a subscription.
It’s the Inequality Stupid
22 Feb 2011“Eight charts that explain everything that’s wrong with America”, from Mother Jones. (Thanks to Matt Brown for the link!)
Jobs that Pay Women Less
In: Employment
22 Feb 2011Women who worked full time in wage and salary jobs had median weekly earnings of $657 in 2009. This represented 80 percent of men’s median weekly earnings ($819).
But it differs a lot by industry:
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