Sources, Mapping Choices, And Limits
This Story 4 deck now runs entirely inside its own Next.js app, but the methodological caveats from the original analysis still matter.
Primary source
The underlying analysis uses U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics data, specifically the May 2024 state wage estimates referenced in Story 4.
The Next.js app serves precomputed JSON summaries from `public/data`, so the presentation is static and deployable without a notebook runtime.
Role mapping
The analysis maps broad role descriptors like Data Analyst or Business Analyst onto the closest available BLS occupational categories. That preserves a credible public source, but it is still an analytical approximation rather than a title-by-title labor market census.
Why this version
This implementation keeps the slide shell from Story 1, but the app, routes, data loading, and build output are all owned by Story 4.
Open caveats
The JSON files currently reflect summarized outputs already sitting in the repo. If you rerun the notebook and export fresh files, the deck will update automatically as long as the same file names and shapes are preserved.