Arlington Ranks the Top Region in the Nation with Biggest Increase in Employment

September 27, 2010 by Leave a comment

A new survey by MAINSTREET shows Arlington has had the biggest increase in employment in the nation. Thank you uncle Sam :-)

The survey was collection of data from:

. U.S. Census data on a handful of metrics, broken down by metropolitan area, looked for indicators of progress in an otherwise bleak economic environment.

. Unemployment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, focusing on the three places with the most significant increases in employed persons, the biggest gainer in the year up to last December. Read more of this post

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Industries that may never recover in the US

September 17, 2010 by 5 Comments

Crap! the field that I received both my BS and MS from, is one of them – Telecom. Thank God! I switched to Internet and social media early 2000 :-)

24/7 Wall St examined the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ “Employment Situation Summary,” and a number of sources that show layoffs by company and sector. The weakness in these sectors will make it harder for the private industry, even aided by the government, to bring down total unemployment from 9.6% and replace the 8.3 million jobs lost during the recession.

Here is the list of the 10 job categories that will not recover: Read more of this post

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Washington D.C. Wins the Pay Gap

July 15, 2010 by Leave a comment


Washington, D.C.  has the lowest pay gap between men and women workers in the country, compared to the 50 states, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The median weekly wage of full-time women workers is 96.5 percent of that for their male counterparts in DC, far and away the most parity in the country. The U.S. average is 80.2 percent; Louisiana women are trailing the rest of the country, making only 65 percent of men’s wages. Some other local stats: Virginia women make 80.4 percent of what Virginia men do; Maryland women make 87.3 percent. Of course, in this contest, we’re a tiny urban area competing with states filled with urban, suburban, and rural areas—so this is likely more a triumph for cities than it is for the District.

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