No matter if red or blue:
In a State with more people the number of jobs available will always be higher than in those States with less inhabitants. In States with less inhabitants the kind of jobs differs a lot. As far as job qualification and total availability of jobs is concerned:
In larger States the amount of work asking for less qualification is elevated (service workers), whereas it’s lower in smaller States that tend to have less service staffing and additionally have more self employed people (higher qualified).
States like Florida have much larger influx of tourists – so the ratio between inhabitants and tourists needing attention & services of lower qualified personnel is higher than elsewhere, where this does not apply.
The conclusion is:
It’s not the political situation that is shown in the above numbers – it’s the kind of qualification for employment & job structure in the States that differ.
More self-employment & jobs that need higher qualified workers have less unemployment as the staff will not be let go as easy as in low-paying & depending on less qualified staff.
So what seems to be an easy solution for comparison turns out to mislead away from the actual cause for thr discrepancy …
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No matter if red or blue:
In a State with more people the number of jobs available will always be higher than in those States with less inhabitants. In States with less inhabitants the kind of jobs differs a lot. As far as job qualification and total availability of jobs is concerned:
In larger States the amount of work asking for less qualification is elevated (service workers), whereas it’s lower in smaller States that tend to have less service staffing and additionally have more self employed people (higher qualified).
States like Florida have much larger influx of tourists – so the ratio between inhabitants and tourists needing attention & services of lower qualified personnel is higher than elsewhere, where this does not apply.
The conclusion is:
It’s not the political situation that is shown in the above numbers – it’s the kind of qualification for employment & job structure in the States that differ.
More self-employment & jobs that need higher qualified workers have less unemployment as the staff will not be let go as easy as in low-paying & depending on less qualified staff.
So what seems to be an easy solution for comparison turns out to mislead away from the actual cause for thr discrepancy …
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