These statistics continue to haunt me...

The U.S. Department of Labor projects that seven of the ten fastest-growing jobs from 2000-2010 do not pay a living wage. Of course, DOL doesn't put it that way. They use dollar signs to indicate the "earnings quartile" the job falls in. However, even two dollar signs in DOL's world mean only $18,500-$25,760.

Here's the list of low pay jobs:

Combined food prep and serving - 673,000 new jobs
Customer service reps - 631,000
Retail salespersons - 510,000
Cashiers, except gaming - 474,000
Office clerks, general - 430,000
Security guards - 391,000
Waiters and waitresses - 364,000

Keep in mind that if these jobs are held by independent adults, these adults will require income supports.

The three good paying job classifications are these:

Registered nurses - 561,000
Computer suport specialists - 490,000
Computer software engineers, applications - 380,000

Why is there so little discussion of how to add value to low-pay jobs so that they command higher pay?

There are no comments for this entry.

Post a Comment

*Name:

E-mail Address:

URL:

*Comment:

Please type this word:

*required fields. your email address will not be published

Please leave the following field blank: