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The existing tools for scraping eRepublik do an excellent job of presenting data on buying from the marketplace, but since the data on jobs and business opportunities are not often presented in a useful and up-to-date fashion, this is the reason for the series.

This article looks at the job markets of "Allied" countries (allies of Romania, the USA, and other countries), while the next article looks at the job markets of "Neutral" countries. I have a new strategy of hosting each of these articles in just one country (no copy-paste duplication); this week, I have chosen Canada and Australia, respectively. The business report will be in my home country of Greece this week. I will choose different countries next time. Other countries may still get notifications in their press of the release of the articles when they come out.

This week's series will be presented in three parts, hosted in these countries:

- Job Opportunities in Allied Countries (this article - in Canada)
- Job Opportunities in Neutral Countries (Australia)
- Business Opportunities in 27 Countries (Greece)

A fresh series should be written every two weeks or so.

Method... skip unless you care

The data was collected over the last 12 hours. All currency amounts have been converted to gold amounts, through reference to the top offer of gold for currency at the time. Wages in currency were determined through a fairly simple algorithm, which can be summarize😛 (1) take the average of the top 2 offers, (2) but ignore the lower of the two if it is lower or the same as the offers for lower skill levels, and (3) if there is only one offer, or no offers, simply take the highest possible offer for a person of the given skill level, even if it is listed at a lower skill. There is a bias towards larger and more active economies, given the principle that the listed job offers are the ones that have not been accepted yet at any moment in time (thus, job seekers may have taken the top offer, but also may have an even better one and thus are not taking the offers). There are also, of course, other factors that may themselves work to increase the wages offered in "larger and more active economies."

There is very detailed data in this Google spreadsheet that is summarized in the following graphs. It was thought prudent not to include the extremes of skills 0 and 7+ in the graphs for different reasons; for 0, because it is a non-profitable offer in most cases, and because it is of little interest to almost anyone who would read this; for 7, because it is often a speculative offer made in the hope of gaining 8+ skill level workers. The division was made between 1, 2, and 3 and 4, 5, and 6 because managers seem to realize the benefits of employing higher skill workers, both in high absolute production and high wellness, and thus pay rather more per skill level at the higher levels of skill.

Land Job Opportunities in Allied Countries

Here is the distribution for Land jobs. The smaller bar shows the average wage per day in Gold of the skill 1 offer, skill 2 offer, and skill 3 offer. The larger bar shows the average wage per day in Gold of the skill 4 offer, skill 5 offer, and skill 6 offer. The listing is done in descending order by the average of the skill 4, 5, and 6 offers.

[img]http://sites.google.com/site/elmerfuddguns/_/rsrc/1252155053323/home/piecharts/allies_land_wage_gold_per_day.JPG[/img]

Manufacture Job Opportunities in Allied Countries

Here is the chart for Manufacture jobs. The bars are used similarly to contrast wages for the 1, 2, and 3 skill offers and the 4, 5, and 6 skill offers. Notice that the scale is different; there is a very large top-end to the Land wages in Spain and Greece, but the Manufacture wages are more level throughout.

[img]http://sites.google.com/site/elmerfuddguns/_/rsrc/1252155026278/home/piecharts/allies_manufacture_wage_gold_per_day.JPG[/img]

Construction Job Opportunities in Allied Countries

Here is the chart for Construction jobs. The scale is lower once again, but this time just because Construction seems to underpaid globally at this time in eHistory. Nonetheless, the pay is reasonable in some countries.

[img]http://sites.google.com/site/elmerfuddguns/_/rsrc/1252155047498/home/piecharts/allies_construction_wage_gold_per_day.JPG[/img]

What's the Point?

I think it is of obvious interest to many players what wages are in other countries than their own, in the case that they may wish to work there. But why the specific list of countries, why the fictitious label of "Allies" for these countries? I apologize for the informality of the label; it was applied by choosing any of the countries of Romania, USA, Spain, Greece, Canada, Croatia, or so on as a starting point and expanding to all MPP'd nations on the list but not including any MPP'd with nations in the PEACE GC. The purpose is to help players find "vacation homes" at which they can work and, just as important, fight for their native country through the activated MPP's. If you do not find any of these countries suitable or "friendly enough," or it isn't involved in the war that concerns you, you don't have to consider it.

Just as important, this list will combine with a list of "neutral" countries that I will present similar data on in the future. Together, the data will help business investors make sound decisions about building the infrastructure (business-wise) in many of these countries. My purpose is not to impoverish any country for the sake of others but rather to strengthen the whole. By working in the hotter job markets, the cost of labor there can be brought down, while the amount of production can be increased, both of which benefit the cause of the Allies. The onus is upon business owners to improve the conditions for work in all Allied countries by seeking out the less competitive labor markets, especially in the resource-independent and, often, relatively underpaid sectors of Manufacture and Construction.