Daily Business Report: Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Visual Capitalist
Visualizing the American Workforce as 100 People
By Pallavi Rao
In 2022, the U.S. population stood at 333 million. Of that, roughly 60 percent were employed in various jobs, positions, and sectors in the U.S. economy.
But where did all these people work? What jobs did they do and what positions did they hold? Where do most Americans do their nine-to-five?
Using data from the National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates (2022) put out by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), we reimagine the employed American workforce as only 100 people, to find out answers.
Interestingly, the data contains a mix of information demarcations. Some are job-specific (type of work), some are based on position (like Management), and some are broken down by industry (Transport and Health).
The Most Common Jobs In the U.S.
By far, most of the American workforce (13 out of 100) are employed in Office & Administrative work. This includes a mind-boggling variety of jobs: receptionists, payroll clerks, secretaries, proof-readers, administrative assistants, and customer service representatives to name a few.
Notably, any sort of management role is absent from this, as well as any other job categories, since the BLS categorizes managers in their own class.
The industry which employs the second largest group of people is Health, accounting for 11 people from the 100. This category is a combination of two sectors listed in the original dataset (healthcare practitioners and healthcare support) and covers the entire industry: from physicians, surgeons, veterinarians, nurses, and therapists to technicians, assistants, orderlies, and home and personal care aides.
Cabrillo Credit Union purchases office
building in Kearny Mesa for $7.89 million
Cabrillo Credit Union has purchased as 20,060-square-foot office building at 3701 Ruffin Road in Kearny Mesa for $7.89 million. The seller was the Council of Community Clinics, which will lease back a quarter of the building.
The two-story building features solar panels, open ceilings, creative office space, private offices, conference rooms, employee breakrooms and restrooms on each floor. The property was renovated in 2019.
CBRE’s Phil Linton and Nick Bonner represented the seller in the transaction.
Navy veteran appointed to San Diego Housing
Commission board; Melinda Vásquez reappointed
The San Diego City Council confirmed Mayor Todd Gloria’s appointment of Antoine “Tony” Jackson, a U.S. Navy veteran who works in business development, to the San Diego Housing Commission Board of Commissioners, and reappointed attorney Melinda K. Vásquez to her second term.
Jackson works as a business development and inside sales manager for a company that provides realistic training exercises for military, law enforcement and first responders. His professional experience also includes service as vice president of sales and business development of a medical software company and business development manager for a technical solutions company.
Vásquez has been an attorney since 2015. She practices in real estate, labor and family law.
Her volunteer experience includes serving on the Commission on the Status of Women and Girls for San Diego County and as a court-appointed special advocate (CASA) for children in the foster care system with nonprofit organization Voices for Children.
SDSU VP named president of Sacramento State University
San Diego State University Vice President J. Luke Wood, a nationally recognized scholar known for both his research and statewide policy advocacy, has been named president of Sacramento State University.
His position begins on July 16.
Wood, SDSU’s vice president for student affairs and campus diversity and chief diversity officer, will succeed former Sacramento State University President Robert S. Nelsen, who will retire on July 15.
Christy Samarkos has been named interim vice president for student affairs and campus diversity.
During his tenure, Wood has guided and overseen many of SDSU’s most critical units while also building an infrastructure in support of student, faculty and staff success, advancement and diversity.
Homeownership in San Diego
loses ground in last decade
Over the past decade, the dream of homeownership became more elusive than ever as soaring home prices eroded any headway aspiring San Diego buyers made following the Great Recession.
By 2020, the proportion of households owning a home had fallen from 54.4 percent 10 years earlier to 53.5 percent — the lowest decennial rate in four decades.
Newly released 2020 data from the U.S. Census paints a picture of members of San Diego households — be they young or middle-aged, White, Black or Hispanic — losing ground in the quest to buy a home. While the overall homeownership rate fell by a percentage point, that modest declinemasks the much larger drops among nearly all age groups in the county.
County’s Little Free Libraries win
Outstanding Achievement Award
San Diego County Library was among this year’s winners of the Little Free Library nonprofit organization Todd H. Bol Awards for Outstanding Achievement. The award announcement came during the celebration of Little Free Library Week, which ran from May 14-20. Little libraries are mailbox-like structures put up in communities to create neighborhood book exchanges where people can freely borrow or leave books for others to read. They can be found all around San Diego County.
Special primary election slated for
Aug. 15 for District 4 supervisor seat
SAN DIEGO — The Board of Supervisors called an Aug. 15 special primary election for the Fourth Supervisorial District. Voters will fill a seat that became vacant when Nathan Fletcher resigned on May 15. Nearly 400,000 voters living in District 4 will receive a ballot in the mail the week of July 16 for the election. The official ballot packet will also include an “I Voted” sticker, voting instructions and other important election information
Rachel Donnelly elevated to partner
at Tyson & Mendes LLP
SAN DIEGO — Rachel Donnelly has been elevated from senior counsel to partner at the litigation and insurance defense firm Tyson & Mendes LLP in San Diego.
Donnelly has over a decade of legal experience representing clients in civil cases ranging from personal injury to labor and employment matters.
She is currently a member of the Tyson & Mendes Complex Trial Team. Donnelly earned her Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law.
Salk Institute inks agreement
with drug discovery incubator
SAN DIEGO — The Salk Institute has partnered with Autobahn Labs, an early-stage drug discovery incubator, to pave the way for development and commercialization of new pharmaceuticals and drug therapies. The agreement involves a $5 million investment per project for Salk from Autobahn that necessitates operation support and development expertise.
MetroConnect alum Bitchin’
Sauce receives multiple awards
CARLSBAD — Carlsbad-based MetroConnect alum Bitchin’ Sauce has landed on the 50 Fastest Growing Women-Owned/Led Companies list alongside La Jolla-based Fresh Clean Threatds. The list was announced by the Women Presidents Organization in collaboration with JPMorgan Chase.
San Diego’s eMolecules acquires
Spec Compound Handling B.V.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego-based eMolecules Inc., an industry leading chemical compound search-and-fulfillment platform for early discovery chemistry research, announced the acquisition of The Netherlands-based Specs Compound Handling B.V. Specs offers chemical compound management services to the life sciences industry, particularly in the European pharmaceutical, biotechnology and academic sectors, driving time and cost efficiencies for customers’ large scale drug candidate screening programs.
County approves plan to offer Alternatives to Incarceration
SAN DIEGO — People accused of low-level, non-violent crimes will be redirected away from jails under a plan approved by the county Board of Supervisors. The Alternatives to Incarceration plan addresses those with mental health issues, substance use disorder, and homelessness by working to meet the needs of at-risk individuals with services instead of sending them to jail.
Cierto Tequila awarded Best Extra Añejo
and six Gold Medals at competition
SAN DIEGO — Cierto Tequila was awarded a total of nine medals at the 2023 San Diego International Wine & Spirits Challenge, surpassing all other tequila brands. The Challenge awarded Cierto six gold medals and the designation of Best Extra Añejo. With these new honors, Cierto has won 637 international medals and awards. Elevated Spirits Company is the producer of Cierto Tequila – authentic, 100 percent natural, additive-free, luxury tequila made in Jalisco, Mexico.
UC San Diego named 7th best U.S. public university
SAN DIEGO — UC San Diego has been named No. 7 among U.S. public universities in the latest Center for World University Rankings, rising one spot from the previous year. In the 2023 edition of “Global 2000 List by the Center for World University Rankings,” UC San Diego is ranked in the top 0.2 percent of more than 20,000 universities worldwide. The annual list evaluates universities on four key factors: quality of education, alumni employment, quality of faculty, and research performance.
MiraCosta College receives $70,000
grant from the San Diego Foundation OCEANSIDE — MiraCosta College’s Department of Biotechnology has received a $70,000 grant from San Diego Foundation to support the college’s biotech students with work-based learning: paid internships and professional development, including pairing students with faculty and/or industry mentors. Approximately 12 to 16 students will be placed in work-based learning positions with the college’s industry and academic laboratories. The students will work with scientific mento
