ABOUT THE DASHBOARD

The percentage changes in the Food Sector, Wages and Hours Worked can be explored with a timeline from Jan. 2006 to the current Month/Year. The user can choose the date range, the sectors – Food Wholesalers, Food Processing, Grocery and other Food Retailers, Restaurants and Food Service and the industries for each of these sectors. The three tabs explore Hourly wages, Weekly earnings and Hours worked per week for the Food Sector. You can switch between the nominal and inflation adjusted values in the Hourly wages and the Weekly earnings tabs.  

HOW TO USE IT

The user selects the date range and the sector/Industry to view the Hourly wages, Weekly Earnings and Hours worked per week (3 tabs in the bottom center). The choices are synchronized between the tabs. The Hourly wages tab visualizes the year over year percent changes for wages earned during the chosen time period and the sector/Industry (switch between the Hourly wages (nominal) and Hourly wages (inflation adjusted) buttons directly below the visual. The Weekly earnings tab is set up in a similar way. Hours worked per week tab visualizes the percent changes for the hours worked per week based on the chosen date range and sector/industry choices. 

VARIABLE DEFINITIONS

Date: Data available from 1/1/2006. Data refreshed every month as per BLS schedule. 

Percentage Changes (for all 3 tabs): The price percentage change formula is as follows, (New value minus old value) divided by old value times 100. 

Inflation adjusted values: Divide value by CPI ratio for the inflation adjusted value.

Percentage changes for inflation adjusted values: Calculate year over year percentage changes on the inflation adjusted values. 

DATA SOURCES

CFDAS; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, CPI data from 2006 to current year.

SOURCE

Center for Food Demand Analysis & Sustainability (CFDAS) at Purdue University, and Department of Agricultural Economics at Purdue University. 

DASHBOARD AUTHORS

Annapurni Subramaniam, Jayson Lusk