Demographic, labor force, and job-quality characteristics of jobs in losing industries
| Jobs lost | Percentage of jobs lost | Economy-wide average | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct | Supplier | Direct +Supplier | K-input | Total | Direct | Supplier | Direct +Supplier | K-input | Total | ||
| Totals | 24,263 | 29,117 | 53,379 | 29,115 | 82,494 | 29.4% | 35.3% | 64.7% | 35.3% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
| Gender | |||||||||||
| Male | 21,034 | 24,665 | 45,699 | 24,986 | 70,685 | 86.7% | 84.7% | 85.6% | 85.8% | 85.7% | 51.5% |
| Female | 3,229 | 4,452 | 7,681 | 4,129 | 11,809 | 13.3% | 15.3% | 14.4% | 14.2% | 14.3% | 48.5 |
| Race | |||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 20,907 | 24,521 | 45,428 | 19,295 | 64,724 | 86.2% | 84.2% | 85.1% | 66.3% | 78.5% | 66.2% |
| Non-Hispanic black | 1,210 | 1,748 | 2,958 | 1,608 | 4,566 | 5.0% | 6.0% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 10.9 |
| Hispanic | 1,315 | 1,842 | 3,158 | 6,658 | 9,816 | 5.4% | 6.3% | 5.9% | 22.9% | 11.9% | 15.8 |
| Asian (including Pacific islander) | 224 | 342 | 566 | 1,131 | 1,697 | 0.9% | 1.2% | 1.1% | 3.9% | 2.1% | 5.3 |
| Other | 606 | 664 | 1,270 | 422 | 1,691 | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.4% | 1.4% | 2.1% | 1.7 |
| Age | |||||||||||
| Less than 25 years | 1,760 | 1,978 | 3,738 | 2,768 | 6,506 | 7.3% | 6.8% | 7.0% | 9.5% | 7.9% | 14.6% |
| 25–54 | 17,941 | 21,668 | 39,609 | 22,273 | 61,881 | 73.9% | 74.4% | 74.2% | 76.5% | 75.0% | 70.0 |
| 55 years and older | 4,562 | 5,471 | 10,032 | 4,074 | 14,107 | 18.8% | 18.8% | 18.8% | 14.0% | 17.1% | 15.4 |
| Union status | |||||||||||
| Covered | 5,559 | 7,025 | 12,585 | 3,757 | 16,342 | 22.9% | 24.1% | 23.6% | 12.9% | 19.8% | 10.7% |
| Not covered | 18,703 | 22,091 | 40,795 | 25,358 | 66,153 | 77.1% | 75.9% | 76.4% | 87.1% | 80.2% | 89.3 |
| Education | |||||||||||
| Less than high school | 1,140 | 1,185 | 2,325 | 4,818 | 7,143 | 4.7% | 4.1% | 4.4% | 16.5% | 8.7% | 9.7% |
| High school only | 10,817 | 11,815 | 22,632 | 11,024 | 33,656 | 44.6% | 40.6% | 42.4% | 37.9% | 40.8% | 28.2% |
| Some college | 7,539 | 9,409 | 16,949 | 7,543 | 24,492 | 31.1% | 32.3% | 31.8% | 25.9% | 29.7% | 29.8% |
| Bachelor’s only | 3,509 | 4,937 | 8,447 | 4,278 | 12,724 | 14.5% | 17.0% | 15.8% | 14.7% | 15.4% | 21.4% |
| Advanced degree | 1,257 | 1,770 | 3,027 | 1,453 | 4,480 | 5.2% | 6.1% | 5.7% | 5.0% | 5.4% | 11.0% |
| Wage quintile | |||||||||||
| First (lowest) | 714 | 853 | 1,567 | 2,602 | 4,169 | 2.9% | 2.9% | 2.9% | 8.9% | 5.1% | 20.5% |
| Second | 1,944 | 2,317 | 4,261 | 5,241 | 9,503 | 8.0% | 8.0% | 8.0% | 18.0% | 11.5% | 19.6% |
| Third | 4,032 | 4,804 | 8,836 | 6,873 | 15,709 | 16.6% | 16.5% | 16.6% | 23.6% | 19.0% | 20.0% |
| Fourth | 9072 | 10291 | 19363 | 7524 | 26887 | 37.4% | 35.3% | 36.3% | 25.8% | 32.6% | 20.0% |
| Fifth (highest) | 8502 | 10851 | 19352 | 6875 | 26227 | 35.0% | 37.3% | 36.3% | 23.6% | 31.8% | 20.0% |
Note: Job estimates do not include spending effects. Employment statistics represent pooled data from 2009–2012. Figure sums relayed in the text may vary slightly from the table due to rounding.
Source: Author’s analysis of EPA Regulatory Impact Analysis of Clean Power Plan (2014), Bureau of Labor Statistics' Employment Requirements Matrices (ERMs), and Current Population Survey (CPS) public data series