Labor Day quiz: What are the hot spots in a cool jobs market?
The US job market is in rough shape, but there are some signs of progress as well. Here's a Labor Day quiz that sheds some light on where opportunities lie within a mostly tepid job market.
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Labor Day quiz answers
Question one
Answer: North Dakota has done the best, with nearly 2 percent job growth this year. Indiana is just a hair's breadth behind.
Question two
Answer: 17 states have job growth above 1 percent this year.
Question three
Answer: The predicted job gains for each occupation by 2018 are:
Registered nurse: 582,000 new jobs
Accountant/auditor: 279,000 new jobs
Postsecondary teacher: 257,000 new jobs
Truck driver: 233,000 new jobs
Computer software engineer/applications: 175,000 new jobs
Question four
Answer: Among the industries shown in the question, the three job-gaining ones over the past 12 months are:
Mining (64,000 jobs added)
Temporary-help services (383,000 jobs added)
Health care and social assistance (322,000 jobs added)
Question five
Answer: Canada and Japan have a higher share of college-educated adults than the US does. Below is a ranking of the seven nations showing the percentage of adults who have college degrees or higher:
1) Canada (48 percent of adults)
2) Japan (41 percent)
3) United States (40 percent)
4) South Korea (35 percent)
5) Britain (32 percent)
6) Netherlands (31 percent)
7) Germany (24 percent)
Sources used for this quiz: US Labor Department, and MBG Information Services (analyzing Labor Department data)
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