Blue Collar Jobs Report Shows Positive Growth

Blue Collar Jobs Report Shows Positive Growth

The overall job market might have not been as one would have anticipated, but there is some positive news for people in construction, manufacturing, and mining, and logging. Blue-collar jobs saw a rise of about 0.53% growth in comparison to the previous month, with construction jobs rising by .99%, the largest increase since June. “The three-month average between July and September was 35,000 jobs, or a 0.41% month-to-month change,”  Matt Sedlar, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) data analyst reported, adding, “Even with the latest increase, jobs remain 306,000 below the pre-pandemic February peak.” To read more about this, click here

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