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Andrew Flowers

Andrew Flowers is an Economist at the Indeed Hiring Lab, focusing on the US labor market. Previously he was the quantitative editor and economics writer at FiveThirtyEight, Nate Silver’s data-driven news site; and before that, he was an economic analyst for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. As a freelance journalist, he has written for The Economist. He has a B.A. in economics from the University of Chicago.

Occupation Spotlight

Retail Jobs Decline Hits Rural America Hardest

December 18, 2017 by Andrew Flowers

Rural areas are getting hit hardest by a decline in retail jobs, even as ecommerce and warehousing jobs are growing, according to new Indeed research.

State of the Labor Market

Indeed Job Search Trends Reflect a Tightening Labor Market

November 16, 2017 by Andrew Flowers

The strong U.S. job market may be pulling workers off the sidelines, according to new search data from Indeed. There has also been a surge of interest for jobs in the emerging legal marijuana industry.