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Part of the problem is that each profession isn't scaled to how many people are in it. "47-5031 Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters" had
by sbierwagen 11y ago
Part of the problem is that each profession isn't scaled to how many people are in it. "47-5031 Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters" had a total employment of 7,970 in 2012, but there were 1,353,020 people employed as "25-2021 Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education"
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes475031.htm http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes475031.htm
http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes252021.htm http://www.bls.gov/oes/current/oes252021.htm
- coda_ 11y agoYeah, that makes the whole thing meaningless if you ask me. Well, maybe not meaningless... I supposed I can say... as an X, I'm most likely to marry an elementary school teacher. But if I meet an explosive worker, this will not tell me how likely I am to marry them... which I think is more interesting.
- svachalek 11y agoYeah it says male software developers are most likely to marry female teachers or administrative assistants, like practically every other majority-male profession. Would be more interesting to show trends relative to males in others professions rather than in absolute numbers. (edit: replace 'male' with 'majority-male' as I didn't mean to sound 1950s, just meant the left side of the chart)