Studies Writer

I am looking for someone with experience creating studies around state rankings. This would be similar to what WalletHub does (https://wallethub.com/edu/most-innovative-states/31890), what US News does (https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/rankings/education) and what my company does (https://prismpragency.com/seo-linkbuilding/)

Let's say I have a client in the business space. Would ask you to come up with ideas like "Best States for Small Business Taxes" and you would come up with the federal data points to analyze and you would handle the calculations. Here is what the piece would look like: https://www.simplifyllc.com/best-and-worst-states-for-small-business-taxes/

Here was the data and methodology below. This job is for someone that can come up with the topic, find the data points to use, do the calculations and write the piece. If you are not able to do the data portion please do not apply.
Methodology

We used the most recent data for five metrics to determine the best and worst states for small business taxes. We used a Z-score distribution to scale each metric relative to the mean across all 50 states and Washington, D.C., and capped outliers at 2. We used weighted averages of the Z-scores to determine states’ overall rankings. Corporate and income tax rates were each weighted at 25%, while metrics spanning property, sales and unemployment taxes were weighted at 16.6% each. For the sales tax metric, we used 1.76% as Alaska’s rate because even though there is no statewide sales tax, local taxes on average equal 1.76%. Here’s a closer look at the metrics we used:

Maximum corporate tax rate, 2023 (Federation of Tax Administrators)
Maximum personal income tax rate, 2023 (Federation of Tax Administrators)
Per capita property taxes, 2021 (Urban Institute)
Sales tax rate, 2022 (Tax Foundation)
Maximum unemployment tax rate, 2023 (U.S. Department of Labor)