US Fashion Designers Outnumber Athletes, but Not Actors
BLS counts about 67,500 actor jobs, about 32,700 fashion designer jobs and about 22,900 athlete jobs in the US in 2025.
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What YouTube Asks Before It Pays a Creator
YouTube: Pew's 2025 survey found 84% of U.S. adults use it, ahead of Facebook at 71%, Instagram at 50% and TikTok at 37%.
Hey Kids, Pick a Career
An astronaut! SpongeBob Squarepants! The President of the United States! Ask kids what they want to be when they grow up, and you’re likely…
Do Heavier US Women Earn Less?
For white women in a US national survey, a weight difference of roughly 65 pounds was associated with 9 percent lower wages, a 2004 study found.
How Many Jobs Does the Average American Have?
Americans born from 1957 to 1964 held an average of 12.9 jobs from ages 18 to 58, per BLS. That counts jobs held; BLS has never estimated career changes.
Gender Discrimination Persists in the Workplace
Women may outnumber men in the workforce and on US campuses, but gender discrimination hangs on stubbornly in the workplace. The oft-quoted statistic that women earn just…
Behind the Numbers: Women and the Pulitzer Prize
2010 has turned out to be a pretty good year for women and Pulitzer Prizes. Of the named winners in the Journalism categories, half…