Comments on: Employment Change by Industry

By: Cloud

Cloud — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:05:18 +0000

I was wondering why finance and insurance industry has lower wages than construction.

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Employment Change by Industry — Simple Complexity — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:05:13 +0000

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By: Martin Sanchez

Martin Sanchez — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 20:11:04 +0000

Those wages must be averages that include the substantially higher compensation given to managers. People who work in accommodation make at most $8 per hour.

By: Mac

Mac — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 17:12:38 +0000

What scale are you using here? Manufacturing lost 674…. 674 what?

By: william

william — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:51:16 +0000

Um…where is the IT category, which is one of the “giant sucking sounds” in the US economy? Sure, evil companies that are engaging in the practice only eliminate a few hundred jobs per month scattered across the US, but at the end of 3-4 years some are approaching HALF of their US workforce.

By: Good

Good — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 15:46:47 +0000

I’m surprised you would have something as niche as Motion Picture and Sound Recording but not have bigger industries such as Retail or IT as a category.

By: Unemployment by Industry: Another terrific infographic from Visual Economics « Karl Bakeman

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 12:29:29 +0000

[...] by Industry: Another terrific infographic from Visual Economics August 21, 2009 Came across this figure from Visual Economics this morning. The data on construction and manufacturing unemployment rates [...]