We’re used to seeing median wage data for occupations. But Visualizing Economics’ new book gives us insight into the full range of many occupations’ real earnings potential.
Mar. 27, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensPosts Tagged ‘Employment Data’
EMSI Data Looks Even Better In Visualizing Economics’ New Book
In her new book, An Illustrated Guide to Income in the United States, Catherine Mulbrandon illuminates the world of economic data in fascinating detail. And we’re proud to see that EMSI data is the backbone of some of the book’s most interesting charts.
Mar. 25, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensNorth Dakota’s Oil and Gas Industry Just Keeps Growing
North Dakota has spent the last few years at the forefront of the national conversation, thanks to its enormous part in the American oil and gas production boom. With the recent release of EMSI’s new 2013.1 dataset, we thought it was time to check in and see how North Dakota has been faring.
Mar. 6, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensThe Decline of Traditional Retail Industries
In The Atlantic, Derek Thompson revisited what he calls the end of retail for office supply stores and other retailers with diminishing relevance in the Walmart/e-commerce age. But retail is still a big sector, and in some regions, it is actually growing.
Feb. 22, 2013 | Posted by Joshua WrightMetros with Thriving Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Sectors
Joel Kotkin and Mark Schill looked at the nation’s 51 largest metros to see which had thriving professional, scientific, and technical services sectors. As a followup, we provide more detail on the top metros in their list, which is topped by Austin and Jacksonville.
Feb. 12, 2013 | Posted by Joshua WrightThe Financial Sector Anomaly In New York’s Economy
With a 2012 workforce of more than 5 million people, New York City’s five boroughs are a larger economy than many of the world’s countries. They’re also a perfect case study of how to put labor market data in context, by looking at the effect unusually high-earning New Yorkers have on the economy.
Feb. 12, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensOntario’s Utility-Generated Economy
In almost every province of Canada, the utilities sector is one of the highest-paying sets of industries in the economy, and Ontario is no exception to this trend. Here’s a look at how jobs in the electric power generation sector are doing.
Jan. 30, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensAspen Institute’s Labor Market Data Guide for Community Colleges References EMSI
The Aspen Institute, an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C., mentioned EMSI as a leading source of labor market data in a recent report aimed at US community colleges.
Jan. 17, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensThe Unbalanced Canadian Skilled-Labour Market, Pt. 2
Recently we started looking at the CIBC’s list of Canadian occupations facing a skills shortage. To follow up on that post, we used Analyst for Canada to find occupations from the CIBC list that are growing unusually quickly in specific Census Divisions and Census Metropolitan Areas.
Jan. 16, 2013 | Posted by Fraser MartensInteractive Graphic: Job Gains & Losses by Industry Sector Since 2007
We worked with Tableau Software and Mish Shedlock to update an interactive graphic showing year-over-year job change by industry supersector since 2007.
Jan. 14, 2013 | Posted by Joshua WrightCanada’s Fastest-Growing Jobs
To give you an idea of what Analyst for Canada can do, we thought we would start by getting a broad picture of Canada’s workforce in 2012. We’re going to use Analyst to find out what the best-paying, fastest-growing jobs in Canada were in 2012, and where they’re growing the fastest.
Dec. 19, 2012 | Posted by Fraser MartensEMSI Releases 2012.3 Beta Data
The beta, or preview, release of EMSI’s 2012.3 dataset is now available to subscribers of our web-based tools.
Sep. 11, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightAmerica’s Music Scene
Playing off an Atlantic article on the geography of music jobs in the US, we dig into EMSI data on two occupations — musicians & singers and music directors & composers — for the 10 metros that serve as music hubs.
Aug. 13, 2012 | Posted by Christian LeithartThe Growing Number of Freelancers in Entertainment
EMSI’s new class-of-worker data shows that proprietors account for 242,000-plus, or nearly 80%, of the jobs added since 2001 in the 10 main entertainment and sports-related fields.
Aug. 13, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightThe Stunning Difference Between Private-Sector and Government Jobs since ’07
In advance of Friday’s July jobs report, NPR’s consistently excellent Planet Money blog charted the difference in total jobs gained and lost since 2007 in the private and government sectors.
Aug. 2, 2012 | Posted by Joshua Wright‘In-Demand’ Occupations for the Self-Employed
Our friends over at CareerBuilder posted a helpful lineup of 10 occupations that are “in demand.” Here at EMSI, we’re always looking for a chance to show off our data and tools, so we saw this article as an opportunity to use our new “class of worker” categories and compare salaried workers to the self-employed.
Jul. 31, 2012 | Posted by Christian LeithartFew Americans are Moving, and What That Means for Jobs
In the wake of Friday’s underwhelming jobs report, GOOD business editor Tim Fernholz has an intriguing (and sobering) look at migration patterns in the US.
Jun. 4, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightThe Overwhelmingly Aging Postal Service Workforce
The Postal Service, to no one’s surprise, has been bleeding jobs for years. But what’s striking is how old, on average, the postal workforce is across America.
Apr. 20, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightThe Demise of Retail Jobs? Not So Fast
The retail trade sector has bled jobs in the last four years, but a select few subsectors within retail — particularly warehouse clubs such as Costco and Sam’s Club — have flourished. We look at EMSI data for the retail sector in detail.
Apr. 16, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightThe Prevalence of Low-Wage/Low-Skill Jobs in the US
The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Editor’s Desk highlighted two compelling employment charts, both of which point to just how many low-wage/low-skill jobs there are in the US.
Apr. 3, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightEMSI Data 2012.1 Beta Release
EMSI is pleased to announce the “beta” or preview release of our 2012.1 dataset. Please note that there are major changes and improvements in this release. Read the following pages carefully and don’t hesitate to call your EMSI customer service representative with any questions.
Mar. 30, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightOccupation Report: ‘Technical’ Sales
In this post, we will focus on two different occupations: sales engineers and sales representatives that sell wholesale and manufacturing products.
Mar. 1, 2012 | Posted by Rob SentzThe Good (and Bad) News With the Latest Job Openings Survey
New data from JOLTS, released this week from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, offers some good (and not-so-good) news about the economy.
Feb. 8, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightMaking a Key Distinction: Real-Time LMI & Traditional Labor Market Data
Real-time data gives a glimpse into current trends based primarily on recent want ads and a database of résumés. Traditional data, on the other hand, includes past trends and projections on hundreds of standardized industries and occupations, all of which have been collected for decades.
Feb. 7, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightFour New Categories for EMSI Data
In the next few months, EMSI data will update to include four new categories for our data. This change lets users combine and separate out unsuppressed Quarterly Census of Wages and Employment (QCEW), self-employment, non-QCEW, and extended proprietor data. Read the article for details.
Feb. 2, 2012 | Posted by Josh StevensonUnemployment by College Major: The Dim Job Prospects for Architecture Grads, New and Old
The employment outlook for all architects — not just new grads — started to sour in 2007, in conjunction with the onset of the Great Recession. It has only started to recover in the past year or so — and perhaps most perplexing, the number of architecture graduates in the nation continues to rise.
Jan. 5, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightThe Hardest Job To Fill In 2012? A Look At The Supply of Web Developers
“The demand for top-tier [software] engineering talent sharply outweighs the supply in almost every market especially in San Francisco, New York, and Boston,” writes Inc.com’s Keith Cline. But is there really a shortage of web developers? We take a look.
Jan. 3, 2012 | Posted by Joshua WrightOn Labor Force Dropouts and the Share of Women in Local & State Government
Catherine Rampell took a look at the drop in the labor force this week, noting that women made up the entire net loss (315,000). One theory Rampell posited, before her followup post, is perhaps some of the drop can be traced to state and local government employees who were let go.
Dec. 8, 2011 | Posted by Joshua WrightUnderstanding Shift Share
Shift share is a standard regional analysis method that attempts to determine how much of regional job growth can be attributed to national trends and how much is due to unique regional factors. Shift share helps answer why employment is growing or declining in a regional industry, cluster, or occupation.
Dec. 5, 2011 | Posted by Rob SentzThe Top 20 Highest-Paying Jobs To Start 2012
EMSI has once again compiled the highest-paying jobs in the US, and headlining our list are three healthcare occupations: oral surgeons, dentists, and physician/surgeons. Each pays at least $76 per hour on average.
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