Good Jobs That Pay Without a BA

Good Jobs That Pay Without a BA

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  Good Jobs ThatPay without a BA By: Anthony P. Carnevale, Jeff Strohl, Ban Cheah, and Neil Ridley July 26, 2017
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  Overview • The blue-collareconomy has not disappeared; there are 30 million good jobs in the United States • Educational attainment is rising, but not all good jobs require bachelor’s degrees • These good jobs have a median salary of $55,000 annually
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  What is agood job?
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  30 million Americanworkers aged 25 to 64 have good jobs that pay without a BA
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  Economy Shifts toSkilled-Services Industries • The economy is shifting from traditional blue-collar industries • Job growth in skilled-services industries has offset losses caused by the decline of manufacturing • Manufacturing still has a large share of good jobs
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  Growth of GoodJobs in Skilled-Services Industries
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  Good Jobs inToday’s Economy • Since 1991, 4 million jobs have been added to the economy for workers with associate’s degrees or some college education • Today’s good jobs require workers to have some postsecondary education or training beyond high school
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  Between 1991 and2015, the share of good jobs going to workers without a BA fell from 60 percent to 45 percent
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  Who gets goodjobs? • Whites have the largest share of good jobs that pay without a bachelor’s degree, although this number is declining • Latinos have experienced the most growth in good jobs, but still have a smaller share than Whites • Blacks have smallest share of good jobs, and have experienced the least growth • For the past 25 years, men have maintained the largest share of good jobs at 70 percent
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  Industries for non-BAgood jobs
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  Occupations for non-BAgood jobs
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  Conclusion • Apprenticeships, Careerand Technical Education, and effective career counseling can provide provide alternative pathways for those without bachelor’s degrees • Promote access to good jobs by strengthening the connections between school and work • Encourage transparency of the economic value of non-BA college programs for students to make better decisions
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  Good Jobs ProjectWebsite Visit our new site, Goodjobsdata.org, which documents the share of these jobs, nationally, at the state level, by industry and occupation, and by wage. It also explores worker demographics.
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