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In 2003, The BLS Predicted The Employment Growth Of 16 Different Industries - Here's How Those Predictions Turned Out
*BLS industry categories changed slightly during the past 10 years. In 2002, there was one category…
Danny Vinik
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The state of every US state economy in 6 maps
Finally, as a measure of each state's finances, we estimated each state's 2013 government surplus o…
Andy Kiersz
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How much the average American millennial, Gen Xer, and baby boomer spends each year on groceries
Here's what Americans of different ages spent on food at home in 2017, on average. We loosely assig…
Andy Kiersz
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Here Are The States Where Unemployment Is Dropping The Fastest
The Bureau of Labor Statistics just released the June 2014 unemployment rates for each state. In ev…
Andy Kiersz
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Here's how much elementary school teachers make in each state
Tuesday, May 5 is National Teacher Appreciation Day, celebrated each year on the Tuesday of the fir…
Andy Kiersz
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Here's every state's unemployment rate in April
Unemployment rates ranged from 2.5% in South Dakota to 6.6% in Alaska and Illinois. The Bureau of L…
Andy Kiersz
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This Map Shows The States Where The Most People Hold Multiple Jobs
The main reasons people take on multiple jobs are economic - to meet expenses or make extra money. …
Andy Kiersz
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Here's the most disproportionately high-paying job in every state
The Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment Statistics program provides detailed inform…
Andy Kiersz
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Here's how much firefighters make in each state
Every year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics releases a comprehensive set of statistics on employment…
Andy Kiersz
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How much the average American millennial, Gen Xer, and baby boomer spends each year eating out
Here's what Americans of different ages spent on food away from home in 2017 on average. We loosely…
Andy Kiersz
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Here is how we ranked the economies of the states and DC
For our state economy ranking, we used six different labor-market and overall economic datasets and…
Madison Hoff
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Here's every US state's October unemployment rate
According to the Bureau, seven states had a statistically significant drop in the unemployment rate…
Andy Kiersz
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Grocery prices see a record-breaking spike as US shoppers continue to stock up at the supermarket during the coronavirus pandemic
The United Staets Bureau of Labor Statistics just released its Consumer Price Index Summary for Apr…
Áine Cain
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Here's Which Industries Saw Incredible Growth In Productivity In The Last Decade
Unsurprisingly, the wireless telecommunications industry had the greatest growth in labor productiv…
Danny Vinik
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Here's what your mom does with her time
The chart is based on results from the 2009-2013 editions of the American Time Use Survey, an annua…
Andy Kiersz
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The current unemployment rate in each state
Even though the oil industry continues to be shaky, with the number of active US oil rigs dropping …
Andy Kiersz
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The Most Abnormal States In America
We considered 31 indicators from the Census Bureau's 2012 American Community Survey, along with 201…
Andy Kiersz
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Here's how much money 7 types of dentists actually make
Here are seven types of dental professions, along with their average annual salaries and number of …
Ivan De Luce
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Nurses and software developers have a bright future - here are 30 of the fastest-growing high-paying jobs in the US
The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released projections for how the US workforce is likely to …
Andy Kiersz
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Here's what firefighters earn in every US state
The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Occupational Employment Statistics for May 2017, an ann…