On average, yes. But there aren't many who landed on that average. The engineers or highly skilled operators came out the other side as good or better off, and a whole bunch of workers just couldn't get jobs at all.
I don't think they did... the only group in this chart that is positive is the top 10%... I don't think that's the engineers and highly skilled operators, that's the hedge fund managers and executives.The engineers or highly skilled operators came out the other side as good or better off, and a whole bunch of workers just couldn't get jobs at all.
A) 30% of households are left out of that chart - it skips directly from the middle quintile to the top decile - sketchy reporting there. Those jobs are mostly in that skipped category - above median quintile but below top 10%. B) Engineering/technical manufacturing skills are only a small part of the job market. They could be outweighed by losses in other sectors.