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Data•2025•Data Analysis Project (coursework)

Top 10 Highest Paying Jobs Analysis in Montgomery County, Maryland

A data analysis project identifying the highest-paying job categories in Montgomery County, Maryland, from public salary data.

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Technologies

PythonPandasMatplotlib

Problem & Context

Analyze public salary data to identify the highest-paying job categories in Montgomery County, Maryland.

Goal

Transform public salary data into understandable insights that can be communicated to a non-technical audience.

Approach

Collected and analyzed public salary data, cleaned and processed the dataset, identified and ranked the top 10 highest-paying jobs, visualized findings using charts, and presented results in a way understandable to non-technical audiences.

Technical Implementation

Used Pandas for data loading, cleaning, filtering, grouping, and analysis; used Matplotlib for visualization; aggregated salary information and compared job categories; converted the analysis into a concise set of findings and visual insights.

Outcome

Produced a data analysis focused on salary patterns and communicated the findings to a non-technical audience.

Lessons Learned

Practiced turning raw public data into a clear, ranked analysis and communicating findings in a way a non-technical audience could follow.