Employment impact by demographic group: Scenario Two ($92 billion)

Jobs supported Percentage of jobs supported Share of overall employment
Direct Indirect Total Direct Indirect Total
Totals 599,424 288,081 887,504 67.5% 32.5% 100.0% 100.00%
Gender
Male 526,147 187,846 713,993 87.8% 65.2% 80.4% 50.2%
Female 73,277 100,234 173,511 12.2 34.8 19.6 49.8
Race
Non-Hispanic white 439,594 212,058 651,653 73.3% 73.6% 73.4% 71.9%
Non-Hispanic black 26,589 21,569 48,157 4.4 7.5 5.4 8.7
Hispanic 107,207 36,470 143,678 17.9 12.7 16.2 12.3
Asian (including Pacific islander) 14,973 12,821 27,794 2.5 4.5 3.1 5.1
Other 11,061 5,162 16,223 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.0
Age
Less than 25 years 54,194 30,460 84,654 9.0% 10.6% 9.5% 13.2%
25–54 442,860 201,639 644,499 73.9 70.0 72.6 66.9
55 years and older 102,370 55,982 158,352 17.1 19.4 17.8 19.9
Union status
Covered by collective bargaining 86,203 21,245 107,448 14.4% 7.4% 12.1% 10.9%
Not covered 513,221 266,835 780,056 85.6 92.6 87.9 89.1
Education
Less than high school 92,757 28,905 121,662 15.5% 10.0% 13.7% 9.4%
High school only 247,662 94,075 341,737 41.3 32.7 38.5 28.6
Some college 167,668 82,257 249,925 28.0 28.6 28.2 29.5
Bachelor’s only 73,970 60,856 134,826 12.3 21.1 15.2 21.2
Advanced degree 17,367 21,987 39,354 2.9 7.6 4.4 11.4
Wage fifth
First (bottom) 42,435 40,585 83,020 7.1% 14.1% 9.4% 18.9%
Second 106,565 55,371 161,936 17.8 19.2 18.2 19.9
Third 153,503 64,955 218,458 25.6 22.5 24.6 20.5
Fourth 167,745 65,176 232,921 28.0 22.6 26.2 20.5
Fifth (top) 129,176 61,993 191,169 21.6 21.5 21.5 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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