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[–] JeSuisUnHombre@lemmy.zip 86 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I bet the majority of that purple is administrative roles. As in, not providing healthcare but deciding who's going to pay for it

[–] roguelazer@lemmy.world 23 points 1 week ago

no, I'm sure the majority is in poorly paid roles: janitors, food prep, entry level techs

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I often wonder exactly how many office towers there are of people trying to deny health claims, and bickering over who pays how much.

[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago

And coding the systems that make decisions. And answering calls from members. And cleaning the building.

In fact, I'd go so far as to say that most of those towers aren't filled with decision makers, but instead mostly laborers with a small amount of those who make the evil decisions. Kind of like everything else.

[–] Aviandelight@mander.xyz 6 points 1 week ago

I work right down the street from the office building of the biggest insurer in our state. The building looks like a damn prison.

[–] huppakee@feddit.nl 6 points 1 week ago

Might be a lot people in sales too, and people tasked of getting the best offer on drugs and equipment and so on

[–] miguel@fedia.io 23 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Top by what metric? Certainly not top by "largest" https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/largest-employer-by-state Unless you count Walmart and universities as "healthcare" for some reason.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I expect total number employed. For example, healthcare would be broken across hundreds of companies, so it's not as simple as saying "Walmart". Likewise there are other retailers than Walmart.

[–] miguel@fedia.io 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That's the largest singular employer, and which industry that singular employer is in. Vs OP's total industry employment. These are different things. If there are a ton of small companies, they can easily add up to being larger overall than any singular employer. E.g. the University of Hawaii might be the largest singular employer in Hawaii, but education is not the largest overall industry in Hawaii.

I know it's easy to only think of large singular companies, but it's more detailed and better information to add up the entire employed population of everyone in the state and see what industries they work in.

[–] LilB0kChoy@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

And if the point is to show manufacturing in the US has decreased, isn’t that a “duh” statement?

In my state you get into the high teens before you hit any companies that do manufacturing.

[–] PyroNeurosis@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Is this a major consequence of 1994's NAFTA and the relative ease of moving manufacturing jobs to Mexico, vice the service/healthcare jobs being tied to populations themselves?

[–] EnsignWashout@startrek.website 12 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Yes. I'm not sure what else has gone on, but NAFTA and the US China Relations Act sweaping all of the manufacturing out of the country could account for the whole change between the two maps.

[–] tatterdemalion@programming.dev 13 points 1 week ago

It's blowing my mind that Michigan's largest employer is the University of Michigan, and yet they still voted for Trump.

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago

Top how? Highest per capita salary? Most number of employees? Most revenue? Most profit?

[–] SchrodingersPat@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago (3 children)

This is probably a dumb question but does "Professional Services" mean?

[–] vaguerant@fedia.io 17 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Sounds like you've never had to endure Amateur Services.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Beginner Services was terrible! It's like they didn't know what they were doing!!!

[–] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

Journeyman services are really where its at: experienced enough to get it done, but still humble enough to show some enthusiasm.

[–] Jarvis2323@programming.dev 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Usually it means consulting provided by an outside vendor. So in this case I think they are saying the government hires a lot of services from other companies. Probably to augment their own work.

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Examples include consultants, Managed Service Providers, financial services, staffing firms, HVAC companies, and lawyers. So yeah, workforce augmentation and anything you don't want to keep in house for one reason or another.

White collar contractors.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm surprised it's not Prisons

[–] SebaDC@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 week ago

Inmates are not employees 😉

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Uh... Why are people going to Wyoming that would enable its hospitality industry to be the largest in the state?

[–] The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] kautau@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah pretty much everyone else in the least-populous state in the US is a wealthy landowner so they’re “self-employed”

[–] OmegaMan@lemmings.world 2 points 1 week ago

It's a pretty beautiful state.

I think it’s more that there’s fuck else in Wyoming to do.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Virginia is the last white collar state?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Probably including DC and Arlington.

"Hospitality/ Nevada"

I see we're still playing along with that euphemism. Haha.

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

Oh. Category, but not actually listing them...

[–] rhvg@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How many Luigi can we have.

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Be the Luigi you want to see in the world