Table 8

Employment impact by demographic group: Scenario One ($30 billion)

Jobs supported Percentage of jobs supported Share of overall employment
Direct Indirect Total Direct Indirect Total
Totals 82,824 56,380 139,204 59.5% 40.5% 100.0% 100.00%
Gender
Male 70,691 36,563 107,254 85.4% 64.9% 77.0% 50.2%
Female 12,133 19,817 31,949 14.6 35.1 23.0 49.8
Race
Non-Hispanic white 60,016 41,487 101,502 72.5% 73.6% 72.9% 71.9%
Non-Hispanic black 3,906 4,259 8,165 4.7 7.6 5.9 8.7
Hispanic 14,546 6,915 21,462 17.6 12.3 15.4 12.3
Asian (including Pacific islander) 2,812 2,744 5,557 3.4 4.9 4.0 5.1
Other 1,544 974 2,518 1.9 1.7 1.8 2.0
Age
Less than 25 years 7,328 5,559 12,886 8.8% 9.9% 9.3% 13.2%
25–54 61,322 39,788 101,110 74.0 70.6 72.6 66.9
55 years and older 14,174 11,033 25,208 17.1 19.6 18.1 19.9
Union status
Covered by collective bargaining 11,470 4,130 15,600 13.8% 7.3% 11.2% 10.9%
Not covered 71,354 52,250 123,604 86.2 92.7 88.8 89.1
Education
Less than high school 12,340 5,303 17,643 14.9% 9.4% 12.7% 9.4%
High school only 32,737 18,289 51,026 39.5 32.4 36.7 28.6
Some college 22,470 16,027 38,497 27.1 28.4 27.7 29.5
Bachelor’s only 11,721 12,048 23,770 14.2 21.4 17.1 21.2
Advanced degree 3,556 4,712 8,269 4.3 8.4 5.9 11.4
Wage fifth
First (bottom) 5,787 7,467 13,254 7.0% 13.2% 9.5% 18.9%
Second 14,497 10,703 25,199 17.5 19.0 18.1 19.9
Third 20,750 12,668 33,418 25.1 22.5 24.0 20.5
Fourth 22,453 12,826 35,279 27.1 22.7 25.3 20.5
Fifth (top) 19,337 12,716 32,053 23.3 22.6 23.0 20.2

Source: Author's analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata and ERM from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, as described in text

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