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Dynamic graph of occupations in the U.S. (1850-2000)
- smikhanov 17y agoIf hackers fall into "Engineer" category, there's only around 0.25% of them
- tocomment 17y agoOne trend I see is towards more specialization i.e,. less big blocks as you go to the right. It's neat to see how farming has gone from a major percentage of workers to almost nothing. I kept hoping to see some big block of jobs in our time that could go away in the next 100 years. But nothing jumped out at me.
- tocomment 17y agoDoes anyone know what "operative" is?
- febeling 17y agoInteresting, that "Manager/Owner" is the most stable occupation. And all the other (larger) occupations are coming and going.
- aristus 17y agoAlso carpenters and general artisans. Fairly constant % of the population for the last 100 years.
- lliiffee 17y agoThe most interesting thing might be the fraction of workers that are male. There is a large jump in female employment around 1960, which isn't surprising. But apparently, there was also a big jump in 1860!?
- bitslayer 17y agoThe civil war killed a lot of dudes.
- jrwoodruff 17y agoI didn't notice at first, but if you start typing in the search box in the upper left, it pulls out individual professions. Pretty cool.
- gurtwo 17y agoBus drivers in 1850?? Unless 'bus' is taken as a generic term
- herdrick 17y agoSame then as now: a mass transit vehicle. Pulled by horses back then, though. And usually a private business.
- radu_floricica 17y agoGrowing I can see only Manager/Owner, Clerical worker, Nurse and Cook. Oh, and Professional.
- herdrick 17y agoThis is so great. If only it had more granularity, a longer tail of obscure occupations. There's a lot to be observed here about terminology, too: compare 'constable' and 'police*'.