1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee

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Post by pseudolus » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 4:49 PM UTC

1 out of every 153 American workers is an Amazon employee
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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 5:14 PM UTC

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Post by runnerup » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 5:15 PM UTC

I wonder what the largest private employers as % of total labor force have been throughout history.

We currently have a labor force of ~160 million people and Walmart employs "1 out of every 72 American workers" or ~1.3%

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Post by sharkmerry » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 5:17 PM UTC

> The US has a population of 261 million and an employed non-farm workforce of 145 million, per the BLS.

>According to the most recent US employment report, there are 145.8 million nonfarm payroll workers out of a total population of 332 million.

ignoring the mismatching "Populations". (261 million seems to be "Civilian noninstitutional population")

This [0] seems to say there are 152,283,000 employed in US.

are there really ~6.4 million people working on farms in US? i thought farm work was <1% of employed peoples.

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Post by runnerup » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 5:22 PM UTC

sharkmerry wrote: post #4

> The US has a population of 261 million and an employed non-farm workforce of 145 million, per the BLS. >According to the most recent US employment report, there are 145.8 million nonfarm payroll workers out of a total population of 332 million. ignoring the mismatching "Populations". (261 million seems to be "Civilian noninstitutional population") This [0] seems to say there are 152,283,000 employed in US. are ther…

Probably has to do with precise definitions of "non farm", "farmer", "farming" and "agricultural".

BLS has this showing 2.3 million people working in agriculture: https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat15.htm

And this showing there are 900,000 jobs for "Agricultural worker" https://www.bls.gov/ooh/farming-fishing-and-forestry/mobile/...

Clearly the terms "Employed persons in agriculture industries" and "agricultural workers" have definitions that diverge much, much more than I would have thought as a layperson.

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Post by traceroute66 » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 5:35 PM UTC

Rant time.... ;-)

What's with these stupid "X in Y" numeric expressions that the dumb media insist on continuing to heap on the world ?

Why not consistently use a standardised means of comparison.

Like, I don't know .... percent. Or "X in 100" if you think your newspaper/blog/website readership are too dumb to know what the % symbol means. The clue's in the name FFS ... per... cent ... that's what its there for !

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Post by neolog » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 5:40 PM UTC

traceroute66 wrote: post #6

Rant time.... ;-) What's with these stupid "X in Y" numeric expressions that the dumb media insist on continuing to heap on the world ? Why not consistently use a standardised means of comparison. Like, I don't know .... percent. Or "X in 100" if you think your newspaper/blog/website readership are too dumb to know what the % symbol means. The clue's in the name FFS ... per... cent ... that's what its there for !

"1 in Y" is simpler than "X in 100". 100 introduces an irrelevant big number.

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Post by rrrrrrrrrrrryan » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 5:46 PM UTC

traceroute66 wrote: post #6

Rant time.... ;-) What's with these stupid "X in Y" numeric expressions that the dumb media insist on continuing to heap on the world ? Why not consistently use a standardised means of comparison. Like, I don't know .... percent. Or "X in 100" if you think your newspaper/blog/website readership are too dumb to know what the % symbol means. The clue's in the name FFS ... per... cent ... that's what its there for !

I generally agree with your sentiment, but not in this case. They're doing it here because fractional humans don't exist in real life, and the measure isn't being used for comparison.

"1 in 153 people" is easier for the human mind to visualize than "0.65 out of every 100 people."

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Post by flohofwoe » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 5:48 PM UTC

runnerup wrote: post #3

I wonder what the largest private employers as % of total labor force have been throughout history. We currently have a labor force of ~160 million people and Walmart employs "1 out of every 72 American workers" or ~1.3%

Probably the East India Company. It controlled "half of the world's trade", had 50k employes, its own navy and army with a quarter million soldiers (although most of those recruited from local populations). All the while England's and Wales' population was 5 million people at the start of the 18th century.

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Post by kube-system » Fri, Jul 30, 2021, 5:49 PM UTC

traceroute66 wrote: post #6

Rant time.... ;-) What's with these stupid "X in Y" numeric expressions that the dumb media insist on continuing to heap on the world ? Why not consistently use a standardised means of comparison. Like, I don't know .... percent. Or "X in 100" if you think your newspaper/blog/website readership are too dumb to know what the % symbol means. The clue's in the name FFS ... per... cent ... that's what its there for !

Ratios and fractions are covered in (hopefully?) every grade school, usually right along side percentages. They're an entirely valid representation of data.

https://www.google.com/books/edition/6th_Grade_Math_Workbook...