Question: Use the Occupational Outlook Handbook (http://www.bls.gov/ooh/) to identify an occupation you would like to have after you graduate. Under the \Similar Occupations" tab, select the Top 5 occupations and create a table similar to the one below, with your initial occupation in the first row.

You can collect median salaries from the OOH site. Percentile salaries can be found using the OES data set (http://www.bls.gov/oes/) and searching for the occupation in the left menu bar.

1. What does it mean for your chosen occupation to have a salary of $XX,000 at the 90th percentile.
2. Calculate the 90:10 ratio for each occupation.
3. Which occupation has the widest dispersion of earnings?

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