Friday Eye Candy: Map Shows Every Job in the United States

Emily Badger shares news of a new data mapping project that shows every job in the United States:

"[Economic differences] form economic identities that shape each city as much as their culture and geography do. And they're starkly — and beautifully — visible in a new visualization, made by Harvard Ph.D. student Robert Manduca, that maps nearly every job in America, one dot per job. His project, which draws on Census data reported by employers, is modeled off Dustin Cable's well-known racial dot map that mapped every person in the country."

The map uses red dots to represent manufacturing and trade; blue dots for professional services; green dots for healthcare, education, and government; and yellow dots for retail, hospitality, and other services.

Laura Bliss also picked up on the news of the new map, highlighting the benefits of dot maps and some of the job trends visible in maps of New York, San Jose, and San Francisco.