This data is from the May 2023 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here is a [direct link](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm23nat.zip) to download a spreadsheet with all this data and more. I chose the jobs shown in this graph based on what interested me. You can use the spreadsheet to see data for about 800 more specific jobs.
Software used: R (ggplot2)
where do internal medicine docs work such that they are making only $60k a year? clearly there’s very few of them since the median is so much greater than the 10th percentile
For some of those jobs, wages are not reflective of total compensation.
I wanted to see what job I was most “average” in, so I found my salary and went up the chart until I hit a median value. Turns out it’s my current job.
I can’t wait to hit the zeroth percentile
lumping admins in with K-8 is a choice
So it’s then very common to earn at least $60K in the US? It’s much higher than in Europe.
My brother changes tires on medium sized construction equipment, he makes 150k. This chart is useless.
![[OC] The wage distribution for selected common jobs in the United States.](https://www.europesays.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/kdpu9rzzh1ld1-1920x1024.png)
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This data is from the May 2023 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Here is a [direct link](https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm23nat.zip) to download a spreadsheet with all this data and more. I chose the jobs shown in this graph based on what interested me. You can use the spreadsheet to see data for about 800 more specific jobs.
Software used: R (ggplot2)
where do internal medicine docs work such that they are making only $60k a year? clearly there’s very few of them since the median is so much greater than the 10th percentile
For some of those jobs, wages are not reflective of total compensation.
I wanted to see what job I was most “average” in, so I found my salary and went up the chart until I hit a median value. Turns out it’s my current job.
I can’t wait to hit the zeroth percentile
lumping admins in with K-8 is a choice
So it’s then very common to earn at least $60K in the US? It’s much higher than in Europe.
My brother changes tires on medium sized construction equipment, he makes 150k. This chart is useless.