Monthly placement totals increased slowly from 2017 to 2019, but dropped significantly in 2020 (likely due to COVID).

The biggest employer for SUW is the hospital, with Salvation Army and NH County Schools rounding out the top 3.

Though hourly pay is centered at $10 for both Black and White employees, a higher portion of White employees are earning greater than $14 an hour.

There is a slight bump at $2.13 for women which is not present for men, indicated jobs in the restaurant service industry. There is a larger portion of men earning greater than $17 an hour.

Regardless of race, the distribution for pay rate is more right-skewed for men than women, evidence by the absence of the “restaurant bump” and presence of a bump around $20.

In general, the distribution of pay gets flatter and moves greater than $10 an hour with a college degree.

More than half of the people placed in jobs had criminal records.

## # A tibble: 6 x 2
##   name                          value 
##   <chr>                         <chr> 
## 1 veteran_pct                   3.2%  
## 2 domestic_violence_victim_pct  8.13% 
## 3 mental_health_pct             19.95%
## 4 substance_abuse_pct           19.95%
## 5 food_stamp_recipient_jobs_pct 22.17%
## 6 criminal_record_pct           55.42%

A criminal record appear to limits earning power. There is a slight bump at $2.13 for those with criminal records, and a larger proportion of $15 an hour earners with no criminal record.