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3:05 pm
Thu April 11, 2013

St. Louis Named Among Top 5 'Fastest-Growing Cities For Tech Jobs'

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CNN Money has released a list of the top 5 cities it considers to be the main up-and-comers on the IT jobs scene. New York City still "leads the pack" in tech jobs, followed by the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore area - but the top 5 "growing" cities are St. Louis, Charlotte, Austin, Phoenix and Detroit. CNN Money says the tech job market in St. Louis has jumped 25 percent in the last year with a median salary of about $81,000.
"St. Louis is becoming a startup town," says Silver.
9:01 am
Fri November 2, 2012

Even After Solid Gains, 22 Million Americans Are Unemployed Or Underemployed

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NPR's Planet Money team comes through again with a visual breakdown of the jobs numbers. Explore it all via the link.
As of September, 11.7 million people were unemployed. But that doesn't include people who were working part time because they can't find a full-time job. It also doesn't include people who wanted a job but haven't looked for work in the past four weeks.
12:44 pm
Fri September 7, 2012

Jobs in America, in 2 graphs

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The Planet Money team takes a visual look at the new jobs numbers, out today. Check it out, via the link.
Update, 8:52 a.m.: The number of non-farm jobs in the U.S. increased by 96,000 in August, according to the jobs report. Three years into the recovery, the U.S. jobs picture is still bleak. There are 4.7 million fewer jobs today than there were in January 2008, the month when employment peaked.

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