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Job Creation in the Manufacturing Revival
Contents
Introduction ..................................................................................................................................... 1
Employment in the Manufacturing Sector ................................................................................... 1
The Changing Character of Manufacturing Work ........................................................................ 3
The Shrinking Wage Premium ..................................................................................................... 7
Manufacturing-Related Work in Other Sectors .......................................................................... 9
Inform ation Technology ...................................................................................................... 10
Bundled Services......................................................................................................................11
Factoryless Goods Production/Contract Manufacturing ..........................................................11
Em ploym ent Services Firm s ............................................................................................... 13
The Decline of the Large Factory............................................................................................... 14
Start-Ups and Shutdowns .............................................................................................................. 16
Is There a Chemical Comeback?............................................................................................... 18
Selected Policy Issues for Congress .......................................................................................... 19
Figures
Figure 1. Employment and Output in Manufacturing ................................................................. 1
Figure 2. Growth in Employment and Output Since Cyclical Trough ........................................ 1
Figure 3. Manufacturing Employment by Occupation............................................................... 4
Figure 4. Manufacturing Employment by Worker Education ...................................................... 6
Figure 5. Manufacturing Employment by Gender...................................................................... 7
Figure 6. Wage Trends in Selected Industries ............................................................................ 8
Figure 7. Jobs Created by Establishment Openings ................................................................... 17
Figure 8. Jobs Lost Due to Establishment Closings ................................................................. 17
Figure 9. Chemical Industry Employment and Establishments ................................................. 19
Figure 10. C apacity and O utput.................................................................................................. 19
Tables
Table 1. Manufacturing Employment by Industry, 2001-2017.................................................... 3
Table 2. Manufacturing Employment Potentially Attributable to the Computer Systems
Design and Related Services (CSD) Industry, 2015............................................................... 10
Table 3. Characteristics of U.S. Enterprises Providing Contract Manufacturing ...................... 12
Table 4. Employees of Employment Services Firms in Production Occupations ...................... 14
Table 5. Size Distribution of Factories ..................................................................................... 15
Table 6. Factories with over 1,000 Workers by Selected Industries........................................... 15
Table 7. Manufacturing Employment by Establishment Size ................................................... 16Congressional Research Service
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Levinson, Marc. Job Creation in the Manufacturing Revival, report, May 5, 2017; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1020888/m1/3/: accessed April 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.