Chart: Jobs created by rebuilding the U.S. economy around high-wage jobs and manufacturing support much higher pay than service sector work: Average weekly earnings in jobs supported by trade rebalancing and by infrastructure and climate investments compared with services jobs, by race and ethnicity

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Jobs created by rebuilding the U.S. economy around high-wage jobs and manufacturing support much higher pay than service sector work: Average weekly earnings in jobs supported by trade rebalancing and by infrastructure and climate investments compared with services jobs, by race and ethnicity

	Trade rebalancing	Infrastructure and climate investments	Services
White	$1,229	$1,163	$1,017
Black	$856	$847	$755
Hispanic	$875	$879	$730
AAPI	$1,292	$1,219	$1,126

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Sources: Economic Policy Institute (EPI) analysis of jobs supported by industry from a four-year, $2 trillion program of investments in infrastructure, clean energy, and energy-efficiency improvements coupled with policies eliminating the trade deficit outlined in Scott, Mokhiber, and Perez 2020. Wage data are Current Population Survey Outgoing Rotation Group data 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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