Andy Kriebel selected a data set about US workers paid at/below the minimum wage for those choosing to participate in week 3, 2019.

The original viz highlights some of the regional differences for 2017 by showing the data geographically. I like that I can see regional differences, but I found myself wanting to see the trend over time (as it’s available in the data set) to see if the geographical trends are part of an ongoing story.

So for my makeover I’ve kept things pretty simple and separated the different regions and sub-regions. Adding the overall line for the US and differentiating values above / below this in different colours helps to tell the story. A state highlighter allows users to focus in on one state if they want to – this is quick built in functionality for Tableau (right click a dimension and set as highlighter). I spent a lot of time in the depths of SQL Server geography queries for last week’s makeover, so it was refreshing to step back to simple built in Tableau functionality for week 3!

Interactive viz: here on Tableau Public.

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