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In April 2019 the unemployment rate was 3.6%. The next year that number was 13%.

V.I.E.W.S. is a senior thesis project focused on visualizing data in an interactive format to demonstrate the effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on all occupations.

Data

COVID-19 has had a massive impact, but the data and research we have on it is dated. Also, available research doesn’t cover how individual states were affected. This project addresses both issues by drawing from more recent labor data and analyzing occupation trends in individual states. Particular attention is given to service occupations since this group lost the greatest number of employees.

Scroll down for more information on the methodology of the study and how the occupation groups are organized.

Group 1

  • General Managers
  • Fundraisers
  • Judges

Group 2

  • Massage Therapists
  • Food Servers
  • Travel Guides

Group 3

  • Real Estate Brokers
  • Product Promoters
  • Tellers

Methodology

This project analyzed employment trends in six major occupation groups categorized by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Group 1: Management, Professional, and Related. Group 2: Service. Group 3: Sales and Office. Group 4: Farming, Fishing, and Forestry. Group 5: Construction and Maintenance. Group 6: Production, Transportation, and Material Moving. Hover over one of the images for example occupations.

Group 4

  • Animal Breeders
  • Farmworkers
  • Fallers

Group 5

  • Mechanic Installers
  • Brickmasons
  • Roofers

Group 6

  • Laundry Workers
  • Marine Oilers
  • Pilots