Disproportionately Popular Jobs

By Julia Alicandri

Business Insider recently posted a fascinating map that shows the most disproportionately popular job in every state. In New York, it’s fashion designers. Texas’ most disproportionately popular occupation is petroleum engineers. In Maryland, that job is court reporting. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are 2,490 court reporters working in Maryland. They account for 9.6 out of every 10,000 jobs in Maryland. To put that in perspective, there are 17,670 court reporters nationally out of 137,896,660 employed people. This means 1.3 out of every 10,000 jobs in the US are court reporters.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics uses the ratio of the above rates (9.6 and 1.3) to find the location quotient for a job in a specific area. The location quotient for court reporters is 7.3. This means there are about seven times as many court reporters in Maryland per 10,000 jobs than there are court reporters in the USA as a whole. As you can see, there is a significant difference in the amount of court reporters in Maryland versus the country as a whole.

It’s no wonder then that Planet Depos has four offices available for depositions and any other legal proceeding in Maryland, as well as numerous court reporters, videographers, and interpreters throughout the state. With over 60 offices worldwide, contact us at scheduling@planetdepos.com to schedule a deposition anywhere across the globe.