From searching through this subreddit, I‘ve noticed that the position amongst economists is that the concerns over there being a “horrible” job market is more or less just vibes rather than something actually, concretely happening according to actual statistics. This is often explained by stating that the sense of there being a bad job market is more a consequence of in-group bias (people who are trying to enter an industry experiencing a tough entry-level job market tend to be hanging out with similar people).

    That being said, even if it is the case that the data shows everything seems to be fine, this can be the consequence of the balancing out between industries with poor entry-level job markets against industries with very good entry-level job markets. As such, we should be able to 1) identify through concrete data the specific industries/cities where the entry-level job market is poor and 2) the industries/cities where the entry-level job market is much better.

    My question thus is the following: what exactly does that industry/city specific data look like on the conditions of the entry-level job market, where can I find that data, from that data which industries/cities have good/bad entry-level job markets, and how could that explain the negative sentiment I am seeing? As a bonus, if anyone knows how to get data about Toronto specifically (I live in the area), that would be great.

    How do entry-level job market statistics look like with respect to different industries/cities?
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