occupations

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Admittedly, it isn’t a high-paying position, and it certainly isn’t the kind of internship that promises a leg up in future occupations.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

This phenomenon of having more employed women than men also reflects a gradual shift in the labor market: The industry composition is moving away from traditionally male-dominated blue-collar occupations and more toward healthcare work.

From Salon • May 10, 2026

Meanwhile, the unemployment rate for management, business and financial operations occupations was 2.6% and 2.4% in professional occupations, a category that includes computer and legal jobs.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 23, 2026

“Some occupations regularly cast as AI’s early victims are on a tear. America has 7% more software developers, 10% more radiologists and 21% more paralegals than three years ago.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Very few occupations in the nineteenth century were open to women, fewer still to abandoned mothers.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock