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Bubbly Jobs Chart

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AAjayyy
Last edited Jul 18, 2018
Created on Jul 18, 2018

This interactive chart displays U.S. occupations as bubbles, with bubble size representing 2014 employment numbers and horizontal position indicating median annual wage. Vertical grouping separates occupations into major categories like management and production. The visualization uses the d3.forceChart plugin, which wraps d3.layout.force to position bubbles with custom gravity and collision detection in an SVG rendered with D3 v3. Hovering reveals occupation details via a tooltip. Data comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, with wages top-coded at $187,000.

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Each bubble is an occupation. Hover bubbles to see info on that occupation

The size of the bubble shows how many jobs in this occupation there are in the US in 2014. Bubbles on the left are lower paying occupations and bubbles on the right are higher paying jobs. Bubbles are bunched vertically into larger occupation categories (management occupations, production occupations, etc.).

Uses the d3.forceChart() plugin to draw the bubble layout. Design inspired by this graphic from the New York Times. Data source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Notes: Because this uses a force layout for bubble positioning, the x-axis only approximates where an occupation's bubble should be based on its wage. Wages from this dataset are top-coded at $187,000. Wages for jobs at this top-coded level may, in reality, have higher median annual wages.

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