Minding the (Wage) Gap: A current look at the longstanding problem
Friday Factday: Wage Changes for High, Middle, and Low-Wage Occupations
This week's Friday Factday is the last post in our three-part series visualizing Occupational Employment Survey (OES) data for 2017 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In our first post post using the OES data, we provided an interactive tool for comparing occupations by total employment, median annual wages, and the prevalence of regional employment in [...]
Friday Factday: Employment and Wage Growth by Occupation
In this Friday Factday, we are taking another look at the Occupational Employment Survey (OES) data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In a previous post using the OES data, we provided an interactive tool for comparing occupations by total employment, median annual wages, and the prevalence of regional employment in each occupation to [...]
Friday Factday: National Homeless Persons Remembrance Day
Today, the first day of winter, is recognized annually as National Homeless Persons Remembrance Day. Sponsored since 1990 by the National Coalition for the Homeless and the National Health Care for the Homeless Council, this day of recognition is intended to bring attention to the nation's homeless population and to encourage action for their [...]
Friday Factday: Profile of Opportunity Zones in the Atlanta Metro Region
The Opportunity Zones Program, enacted in 2017 as part of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, is designed to encourage long-term investment in economically distressed rural and urban neighborhoods across the country. Opportunity Zones are census tracts that have been nominated by governors and certified by the U.S. Department of the Treasury to receive [...]
Friday Factday: Explore BLS’s Occupational Employment Survey (OES) Data
Have you wondered how concentrated employment in a particular occupation is in the metro region? If so, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)'s Occupational Employment Survey (OES) data is a good source for this information. The most recent release is for 2017 (the data for 2018 will be released in March or April of [...]
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Friday Factday: 2018 Metro Atlanta Speaks Survey Results ReleasedFriday Factday: 2018 Metro Atlanta Speaks Survey Results Released
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Friday Factday: 2018 Metro Atlanta Speaks Survey Results Released
Now in its sixth year, the Atlanta Regional Commission’s Metro Atlanta Speaks survey offers a snapshot of residents’ viewpoints on the area’s top challenges, local assets and what matters most to them. The survey polls residents from 13 metro counties on questions about transportation, the economy, amenities and quality of life, civic engagement and [...]
Friday Factday: Deeper Dive into Metro Atlanta Voter Trends
The deadline to register to vote in the 2018 General Election in Georgia is Tuesday, October 9, 2018. With this deadline on the horizon, we thought it a good time to take a closer look at who votes in the Atlanta metro region. Using data on voter registration and voter turnout from the last [...]