Chart: Manufacturing and construction offer good employment opportunities for the non-college-educated workers who make up nearly two thirds of the workforce: Shares of jobs held by workers with given education level, by industry and overall, 2017–2020 | Economic Policy Institute

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Manufacturing and construction offer good employment opportunities for the non-college-educated workers who make up nearly two thirds of the workforce: Shares of jobs held by workers with given education level, by industry and overall, 2017–2020

	High school or less	Some college	Bachelor’s degree or more
Construction	59.2%	25.4%	15.4%
Manufacturing	43.0%	26.3%	30.7%
Services	33.3%	29.3%	37.4%
Total workforce	36.7%	28.5%	34.7%

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Source: Economic Policy Institute analysis of pooled 2017–2020 Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group microdata from EPI Microdata Extracts (EPI 2021a).

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Botched policy responses to globalization have decimated manufacturing employment with often overlooked costs for Black, Brown, and other workers of color: Investing in infrastructure and rebalancing trade can create good jobs for all

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