Tag Archives: business

Social skills pay

By | January 20, 2018

Teach them math but social skills first. Social skills play a much bigger role in job growth than math alone, based on this analysis by David Deming of Harvard University, for data spanning 1980-2012. As the world increasingly moves towards automation, the labor market rewards social skills more than other skills, even more than skills from… Read More »

Oct 16, 2017 – US annual household expenses

By | October 19, 2017

Oct 16, 2017. How do your expenses add up? US annual household expenses for key items, 2016. Out of the annual expenditure of $57,311, housing makes up almost a third of household expenses followed by transportation (16%) and food (13%). After paying taxes, US households spend almost all of their annual income of $57,319 mainly in… Read More »

Austin, TX – growth by select industries, 2012-2015

By | September 25, 2017

The rising star that’s still affordable. Austin metro growth rates by select industries, 2012-2015. This data for select industries in Austin metro region–spanning Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis, and Williamson Counties–shows impressive growth in some of the high paying industries. With houses still much more affordable compared to other fast growing metros (of Seattle, Denver & Portland as… Read More »