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CEPR’s Blue Collar Jobs Tracker lets you take a closer look at the path of job growth in four major blue-collar industries: manufacturing, mining, construction, and logging. Each month, we’ll update this site with the latest Bureau of Labor Statistics state level jobs data so that you can follow job growth in these industries.


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Potential Effects of Curtailing Fossil Fuel Use on Jobs, By State

by Matt Sedlar

What effect would curtailing fossil use have over jobs in the fossil fuel industry? Dean Baker and Aiden Lee project it could cause an annual ...

February Losses in Construction Offset Manufacturing’s Rebound from a Dismal January

by Matt Sedlar

Employment in construction, manufacturing, and mining and logging decreased in February by 44,000 jobs, a 0.22 percent decrease from the previous month. The decrease brings ...

Losses in January Reverse Trend of Growth in Blue Collar Sectors

by Matt Sedlar

Employment in construction, manufacturing, and mining and logging decreased by 13,000 jobs in January, or -0.06 percent over the previous month. This is a departure ...

Blue Collar Jobs Continue Slow Recovery in December

by Matt Sedlar

In a time of uncertainty, blue collar job growth was certainly consistent at the end of 2020. Employment in construction, manufacturing, and mining and logging ...

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