Pandemic Takes a Toll on Workers Without College Degrees

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Pandemic Takes a Toll on Workers Without College Degrees

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Pandemic Takes a Toll on Workers Without College Degrees


As the nation began to rebound from pandemic-induced shutdowns, millions of workers without college degrees were left behind even while employers scrambled to fill open jobs.To get more news about 美国成绩单, you can visit jzjy001.com official website.

That disconnect has imperiled companies' chances to grow and left potential workers struggling to land jobs. For many of these individuals, finding their place in the economy feels like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.

During the 2008 recession, workers with a high school diploma or less lost 5.6 million jobs, according to America's Divided Recovery, a 2016 report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce; only 80,000 of those slots were recovered. As the economy improved from January 2010 to January 2016, 99 percent of the jobs created were for those with at least some college education.

Similarly, as the economy retracted during COVID-19-related shutdowns, workers with a high school diploma took a big hit on jobs. The unemployment rate for those workers peaked during the pandemic at 17.6 percent, compared with 8.4 percent for college graduates, according to figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Economists estimate that in 2031, the nation will have 171 million jobs. But only 30 percent of them will be open to workers without college degrees.

"There will be fewer [jobs available to high school grads] in the future. That decline has been going on since 1983," notes Tony Carnevale, founder and director of Georgetown's Center on Education and the Workforce and one of the authors of the 2016 report.

In the 1970s, about 70 percent of "good jobs" were open to workers whose formal education ended after high school. By 2031, that figure will be just 30 percent, says Carnevale, who defines "good jobs" as those that pay about $35,000 in today's dollars. Put another way, in 2031, 70 percent of workers with a college degree will have a good job, 40 percent of those with some post-high school education will have a good job and just 2 percent of those with a high school diploma will have a good job.

That's not to say there will be no opportunities for people without a college education. Many companies in tech, construction, manufacturing and other sectors are bullish on the prospects for workers without college degrees—and the potential they represent.
Closing Doors

For those without post-secondary degrees, the doors to good jobs began closing with the 1983 recession.

Globalization moved many high-paying manufacturing jobs, which were once held by high school graduates, to other countries. "Lower-level manufacturing left the country, and what's left requires more training, requires computer skills," says Harry J. Holzer, a professor at the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy.

The pandemic exacerbated the problem because many white-collar workers were able to work from home while blue-collar workers had to go to their jobs in the middle of the public health crisis—if they had jobs at all amid the shutdown. "If you're a cop, you can't call the robber and say, 'You're under arrest,' " Carnevale says.

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