LINK to article (NPR): The most common job in every state (map included)

[Joy H., Group Founder]

NPR ARTICLE: The most common job in every state (map included):
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2015/0...

EXCERPT:
What's with all the truck drivers? Truck drivers dominate the map for a few reasons.

---Driving a truck has been immune to two of the biggest trends affecting U.S. jobs: globalization and automation. A worker in China can't drive a truck in Ohio, and machines can't drive cars (yet).

---Regional specialization has declined. So jobs that are needed everywhere — like truck drivers and schoolteachers — have moved up the list of most-common jobs.

---The prominence of truck drivers is partly due to the way the government categorizes jobs. It lumps together all truck drivers and delivery people, creating a very large category. Other jobs are split more finely; for example, primary school teachers and secondary school teachers are in separate categories.

SEE THE ARTICLE AT THE LINK ABOVE FOR MORE INFO.

[Joy H., Group Founder]

PS-Click on "PLAY" underneath the map! The jobs change with the year on the scale at the bottom. Interesting! Cleverly done.

[Jim]

Interesting, Joy.

[Joy H., Group Founder]

I believe truck drivers make good money, but it must be boring.

[Joy H., Group Founder]

We had a wonderful bus driver on a trip we took once. He could turn that bus in a tight parking lot with no trouble, backing up and all. It was really amazing how he could maneuver that rig! Besides that, he was very good-natured and helpful. I wrote a song parody of praise and we all sang it to him on the last day of the trip. ("Oh how he could drive... he got us back alive!" ... or something like that.) :)

(It was sung to the tune of "Oh Johnny" but we sang "Oh Bobby".)