Price parity updated for MSA

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Jan 12, 2017
Nate Anderson

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It's amazing how much you can learn by just doing. I knew there was a way to extract Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) and implement the same parameter controls to make the price parity app a little more useful. State-level data is good. However, in many cases, for those seeking jobs, they want to know more about the metro area they live in. Quantitatively speaking, a good place to start is cost of living and how far their salary goes. This visualization helps with just that. 

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I knew the Department of Commerce kept data on the cost of living by MSA, but this case was particularly problematic... it required an R script to query the BEA's economic database. Much thanks to GitHub user DreaJulca for providing the basic GitHub framework required to program this interactive visualization.  

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An of course, as always, "This app uses the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Data API but is not endorsed or certified by BEA."