On this page is a BMI percentile by age calculator for ages 2 years old and older in the United States. Enter an age range and a BMI to rank it in the BMI distribution by age. Select multiple age ranges to see how BMI distribution changes for citizens of different ages in the United […]
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BMI Percentile Calculator for Men and Women in the United States
On this page is a BMI percentile calculator for men and women, 18 years old and up in the United States. Although the US BMI distribution mostly matches for females and males across the range, there is divergence at higher and lower BMI percentiles. BMI is a height and weight based formula to estimate whether […]
BMI Percentile Calculator: Body Mass Indexes in the United States
On this page is a BMI percentile calculator for adults 18 and older in the United States. BMI is a formula based on height and weight which estimates whether a person is in a healthy range. To calculate body mass index for you or someone else, use our BMI Calculator. BMI Percentile Calculator for the […]
Looking at the Job Market by Proxy in 09/18: Quits to Separations
While we don’t write on it every month, JOLTS, or the Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey from the BLS, is one of our favorite surveys. Although it has only existed since 2000, it attempts to characterize how and why (and when!) jobs turnover, and lets us look at how people and firms are behaving […]
How Much Do Americans Earn From Side Jobs?
While researching the prevalence of side jobs and income earned outside of a primary occupation, we’ve found somewhere around 31% of all American adults have some side hustle. In our last post we delved into the time Americans spend on side activities. In this post we’ll paint a clearer picture of how serious these side […]
How Much Time Do Americans Spend on Side Jobs?
In our last couple posts we’ve looked at the most common side jobs in America as well as why Americans work side jobs. Our series comes from the 2017 Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking, a Federal Reserve Survey that asks about these topics – and a ton of other interesting stuff, to boot. One […]
Why Do Americans Work Side Jobs?
In the last post, we looked at the most popular side jobs worked by Americans in 2017. As the most logical followup, in this post we’ll look at why Americans worked side jobs. Once again, data comes from the 2017 Federal Reserve Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking. Why Do Americans Work Side Jobs? One […]
What Are the Most Common Side Jobs in America?
While the Survey of Household Economics and Decisionmaking is incredibly useful for figuring out retirement stats, we’ve barely tested its depths with our recent posts. Also included inside? Invaluable data on part time work in the United States. Whether you call it a side job, part time work, or a side hustle, the 2017 SHED […]
How Much Do Early Retirees – Or Extremely Early Retirees – Have Saved?
Our last few posts have looked at early retirees. We looked at the early retirement age (and extreme early retirement age), as well as survey data on how common early retirement is. Before that, we looked at how the population of American retirees pay for retirement. In this post, we’ll look at early retirees again […]
On Track Retirement Doubts: What’s a Spending Goal?
Today we’re honored to host a guest post from the inimitable Nelson Smith from Canadian Dividend Investing on DQYDJ. Enjoy! Each week, Canada’s Globe and Mail (think of it as our country’s own New York Times, complete with the paywall and 14 opinion writers who have the most inane thoughts on things) features a couple […]