Yien Chou,

Graphic Designer

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  • ▼ Scrolling walks a figure across the skyline from 1948 to 2022 while both tallies count up.

    Productivity-Pay Gap on desktop: pay tallies at top left, an essay at right, and the red and blue lines running along a city skyline.
  • Productivity-Pay Gap on a narrow screen: headline, pay and productivity growth since 1979, the chart splitting in 1979, and the 2022 totals.

2026 — data visualization, interaction design, front-end development

Productivity-Pay Gap

(Link) An interactive look at how a typical worker’s pay stopped keeping up with productivity. From 1948 to 1979 the two lines climb together; after the split, pay grows 14.8% while productivity grows 64.7%. Scroll or drag through the years to watch the gap open and the missing pay add up. Built on Economic Policy Institute and Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

    Facts:
  • Communication Design student at Parsons School of Design (2025 – 2026)
  • BA in Philosophy, Franklin & Marshall College
  • Formerly a legal assistant
  • Working toward branding and visual identity
  • Brand, UI/UX, web, product, content
  • 3D and motion
  • All work on this site © Yien Chou 2026