ARTOMETRICS · Mon, Nov 2, 2026 · DATA REPORTS

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The Money Issue

Wages, tuition, prestige, and what creative labor actually pays.

WEALTH: Middle Brackets Gained Income Share; Top Tiers Trailed the Median

Middle income groups claimed 16% more share; top earners held 6.7 points less than the 10.9% median between 1967 and 2019.

MAJORS: Psychology Grads Fill Low-Wage Jobs at Four Times the Business Rate

Psychology leads 173 majors with 48,207 low-wage jobs; engineering's median is 372—a hundredfold gap in labor-market absorption.

TUITION: Vermont Led Public Tuition at $13,486 as Medians Rose 56%

Median state tuition climbed from $5,876 to $9,141 across 2004–2015; Vermont led at $13,486 while five states held 38% of aggregate value.

PHDS: Social Sciences Drove 63% of Growth

Five fields produced 63% of U.S. PhDs; social sciences led at 4,944 degrees while the median field awarded just 85.

MAC: Twenty Years of Big Mac Prices

Global burger prices illustrate how currency and wages shape the real cost of everyday goods.

CEOs: CEO Tenure Caps at 2.5 Years in 9,423 Departure Records

Median tenure coded at 1.0 year; "Interim" label accounts for 218 observations in TidyTuesday departures extract.

LEAGUES: Why Rules Set Team Value, Not Markets

NFL teams average $6.5B because 17-game scarcity compresses variance; MLB's 162 games let payroll spread; NBA star leverage hits 92.