Client Work: Follow The Money..

Posted on 04. Nov, 2009 by Jess in Uncategorized

So i was doing some research for another infographic and I was deep in to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ spreadsheets and I had to do something with all the fun data. The BLS keeps track of salaries for thousands of occupations in thousands of locations, everything from astronauts to watch makers. While I find it very interesting to know how much these folks make, I needed something more. So I extrapolated the top and bottom locations by salary for each occupation. I only chose 40 occupations, but this is only part 1.

I tried to be efficient with the data display, even though the actual graphic is drawn out over 10k pixels in height. The top and bottom 10% of each salary and the US national average are also listed for reference.

There is lots of conclusions and insights to make with this data, so have fun.

If you want to support my work, please digg it and retweet it. Thanks!

Tags: client work, infographic, jobs, money

4 Comments

Dan Weese, December 2, 2009:

I would think you would also have to take cost of living into account. You might make 150k as a programmer in New York City, but you also pay $4000 a month for a 700 sq ft apartment.
Jay, January 16, 2010:

I think you have a point well made Dan! NYC is an expensive one
Brad, February 1, 2010:

If these are not in real purchasing power they are very problematic.
Brad, February 1, 2010:

More generally though this type of graphic work is very interesting and exciting. I would love to see the work of Cox and Alm in graphical display (Dallas Fed Annual Report 1997) and their book too.