Single unemployment rate does not tell all

So much depends on the occupation you happen to be in, as the WSJ gleaned from Labor Department stats. Telemarketers, for instance, had a 34.8 percent jobless rate in 2010, while the rate for locomotive engineers was a mere 0.4 percent. The Journal has assembled a nifty interactive graphic that lets you to customize your own unemployment charts by comparing different professions. The one above shows that real-estate agents are beginning to find work, but not so much folks in construction.