Dynamic graph of occupations in the U.S. (1850-2000)

I didn't notice at first, but if you start typing in the search box in the upper left, it pulls out individual professions. Pretty cool.

One trend I see is towards more specialization i.e,. less big blocks as you go to the right.

It's neat to see how farming has gone from a major percentage of workers to almost nothing. I kept hoping to see some big block of jobs in our time that could go away in the next 100 years. But nothing jumped out at me.

Does anyone know what "operative" is?

The most interesting thing might be the fraction of workers that are male. There is a large jump in female employment around 1960, which isn't surprising. But apparently, there was also a big jump in 1860!?

If hackers fall into "Engineer" category, there's only around 0.25% of them

This is so great. If only it had more granularity, a longer tail of obscure occupations. There's a lot to be observed here about terminology, too: compare 'constable' and 'police*'.

Interesting, that "Manager/Owner" is the most stable occupation. And all the other (larger) occupations are coming and going.

Growing I can see only Manager/Owner, Clerical worker, Nurse and Cook. Oh, and Professional.

Bus drivers in 1850?? Unless 'bus' is taken as a generic term