Posted on 04/03/2014 12:08:21 PM PDT by blam
The Most Popular Job In Every State
Andy Kiersz
Apr. 2, 2014, 4:59 PM
Some jobs are disproportionately concentrated in certain states. Fashion designers flock to New York, Texas has an outsize share of petroleum engineers, and Floridians are much more likely to be motorboat operators than are other Americans.
We made a map that shows the most over-represented job in each state, using the Bureau of Labor Statistics' recently released May 2013 "Occupational Employment Statistics." Each state has far more of these jobs per capita than the nation as a whole.
We'll discuss the methodology later. First check out the map:
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Except for "Democrat Politician" I can't think of a single one.
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Yes, though to be precise I believe the map shows which jobs are the most overrepresented, relatively, for each state, which isn’t necessarily the same thing as the biggest category.
A bartender who is a good listener.
chainsaw repairman
Someone is lying. They left “Community Organizing Technician” off of several states.
Couldn’t find “Obamacare Navigator” either, LOL
There are no subways on the eastern shore of Maryland. So, WTH?
I completely agree.
While entertaining this list really isn’t that useful.
It is interesting however.
Ooh! That's a good one. Maybe this poll was taken before all the Acorn and New Black Panther people were hired.
I see what you did there.
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