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New U.S. Commerce Department Report: Manufacturing Jobs Provide Higher Pay, More Benefits

Sunday, 27 May 2012 11:42
Manufacturing jobs becoming more skilled and heavily reliant on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. WASHINGTON, May 9, 2012 – The U.S. Commerce Department’s Economics and Statistics Administration (ESA) today released “The Benefits of Manufacturing Jobs,” an analysis of wages and benefits of manufacturing workers, which finds that total hourly compensation for manufacturing workers is 17 percent higher than for non-manufacturing workers.  This includes premiums in both wages and employer-provided benefits, such as health insurance and retirement plans.
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