What is the fastest-growing career in
terms of percent growth? In terms of raw quantity?
How many more people are expected to
work as information security analysts by 2031?
Approximately how much does the median musician/singer make hourly?
Which careers have the largest wage gap between the 10th & 75th percentiles?
What percent of 16- to 24-year-olds were employed at the time this data was collected?
Explain why the length of the bar in the first column does not necessarily correlate to (match) the length of the bar in the second column.
If you were going to choose your future career from this list based solely on your prospects for employment, which of these jobs would you choose? Explain your thinking.
Explain what it means if a career has a large wage percent increase between 10th and 75th percentiles.
Your friend Jada asked for your advice: should she pursue a career in the entertainment industry? Using the graph, justify why or why not.
Hotel clerks, farm laborers, and nurses all have low variability in wages with less than a 100% wage increase between the 10th and 75th percentile of workers. Give an example of one job that is not listed that likely has wage variability below 100%. Explain your reasoning..
Look closely at the fine print for what’s included in the Other** category. What can you assume is the highest percentage of teens and young adults working in any one of the fields listed? Justify your response.
This graph covers individuals between 16 and 24 years of age. If the age range were instead cut to 16- to 19-year-olds, predict which categories might shrink and which might grow. Why?
