Column 2: evidence · exposure and pay
Open data, followed all the way down to one person inside it.
Every piece here starts with a public dataset and ends with a story. The numbers can be checked: any figure set in mono opens its own evidence in a column to the right, so you never have to leave the sentence you are reading to find out whether it is true.
open to work
work
files
The familiar assumption is that automation threatens low-paid work first. In this dataset the relationship runs the other way.
median wage by exposure band
| band | n | workers | median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 91 | 30,552,300 | $55,440 |
| Medium | 90 | 28,439,800 | $69,815 |
| High | 90 | 22,567,800 | $79,970 |
by required education
| level | n | median exposure | median wage |
|---|---|---|---|
| No formal educational credential | 15 | 0.046 | $48,660 |
| Postsecondary nondegree award | 17 | 0.140 | $49,670 |
| High school diploma or equivalent | 60 | 0.232 | $51,105 |
| Some college, no degree | 3 | 0.299 | $48,526 |
| Associate's degree | 24 | 0.308 | $65,210 |
| Doctoral or professional degree | 12 | 0.370 | $130,170 |
| Bachelor's degree | 104 | 0.462 | $82,580 |
| Master's degree | 22 | 0.488 | $81,015 |