High-Wage Occupations Indicator

High-Wage Occupations measures the percentage of workers living in St. Louis who are employed in the sectors with the highest median salaries in the region, which includes management and STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) occupations

Latest Measure (2016)

High-Wage Occupations Score 35 Indicator scores are represented on a scale from 1 to 100.
Disparity Ratio 2.87 Disparity direction: white-black
Workers over 16 employed in high-wage occupations

White workers are nearly three times as likely as black workers to be employed in high-wage occupations.

Source: American Community Survey 1-year PUMS

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