Table 2
Jobs generated through $1 billion investment in construction sector, all and by demographic characteristics of workers
| Jobs gained | Percentage of jobs gained | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct | Materials | K-input | Induced (respending) | Total | Direct | Materials | K-input | Induced (respending) | Total | Economy-wide | |||
| Totals | 6,664 | 2,714 | 2,176 | 6,230 | 17,785 | 37.5% | 15.3% | 12.2% | 35.0% | 100.0% | |||
| Gender | |||||||||||||
| Male | 6,028 | 1,773 | 1,868 | 3,210 | 12,879 | 90.5% | 65.3% | 85.8% | 51.5% | 72.4% | 51.5% | ||
| Female | 636 | 943 | 309 | 3,020 | 4,908 | 9.5% | 34.7% | 14.2% | 48.5% | 27.6% | 48.5% | ||
| Race | |||||||||||||
| Non-Hispanic white | 4,264 | 1,852 | 1,442 | 4,127 | 11,685 | 64.0% | 68.2% | 66.3% | 66.2% | 65.7% | 66.2% | ||
| Non-Hispanic black | 335 | 257 | 120 | 677 | 1,388 | 5.0% | 9.5% | 5.5% | 10.9% | 7.8% | 10.9% | ||
| Hispanic | 1,846 | 442 | 498 | 987 | 3,773 | 27.7% | 16.3% | 22.9% | 15.8% | 21.2% | 15.8% | ||
| Asian (including Pacific islander) | 122 | 122 | 85 | 333 | 662 | 1.8% | 4.5% | 3.9% | 5.3% | 3.7% | 5.3% | ||
| Other | 97 | 44 | 32 | 106 | 279 | 1.5% | 1.6% | 1.4% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.7% | ||
| Age | |||||||||||||
| Less than 25 years | 727 | 332 | 207 | 909 | 2,175 | 10.9% | 12.2% | 9.5% | 14.6% | 12.2% | 14.6% | ||
| 25–54 | 5,129 | 1,957 | 1,665 | 4,361 | 13,111 | 77.0% | 72.1% | 76.5% | 70.0% | 73.7% | 70.0% | ||
| 55 years and older | 808 | 427 | 305 | 960 | 2,500 | 12.1% | 15.7% | 14.0% | 15.4% | 14.1% | 15.4% | ||
| Union status | |||||||||||||
| Covered | 1,010 | 193 | 281 | 668 | 2,151 | 15.2% | 7.1% | 12.9% | 10.7% | 12.1% | 10.7% | ||
| Not covered | 5,654 | 2,523 | 1,895 | 5,563 | 15,636 | 84.8% | 93.0% | 87.1% | 89.3% | 87.9% | 89.3% | ||
| Education | |||||||||||||
| Less than high school | 1,380 | 289 | 360 | 604 | 2,633 | 20.7% | 10.7% | 16.5% | 9.7% | 14.8% | 9.7% | ||
| High school only | 2,758 | 876 | 824 | 1,756 | 6,214 | 41.4% | 32.3% | 37.9% | 28.2% | 34.9% | 28.2% | ||
| Some college | 1,673 | 779 | 564 | 1,856 | 4,873 | 25.1% | 28.7% | 25.9% | 29.8% | 27.4% | 29.8% | ||
| Bachelor’s only | 709 | 568 | 320 | 1,331 | 2,928 | 10.6% | 20.9% | 14.7% | 21.4% | 16.5% | 21.4% | ||
| Advanced degree | 143 | 204 | 109 | 683 | 1,139 | 2.1% | 7.5% | 5.0% | 11.0% | 6.4% | 11.0% | ||
| Wage quintile | |||||||||||||
| First (lowest) | 670 | 443 | 194 | 1,277 | 2,586 | 10.1% | 16.3% | 8.9% | 20.5% | 14.5% | 20.5% | ||
| Second | 1,313 | 529 | 392 | 1,221 | 3,455 | 19.7% | 19.5% | 18.0% | 19.6% | 19.4% | 19.6% | ||
| Third | 1,651 | 600 | 514 | 1,244 | 4,009 | 24.8% | 22.1% | 23.6% | 20.0% | 22.5% | 20.0% | ||
| Fourth | 1,707 | 582 | 562 | 1,244 | 4,095 | 25.6% | 21.5% | 25.8% | 20.0% | 23.0% | 20.0% | ||
| Fifth (highest) | 1,323 | 561 | 514 | 1,244 | 3,641 | 19.8% | 20.7% | 23.6% | 20.0% | 20.5% | 20.0% | ||
Note: Employment statistics represent pooled data from 2009–2012. Supplier jobs include materials and k-input (capital-input) jobs; indirect jobs include supplier jobs and induced (respending) jobs.
Source: Authors' analysis of Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata
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