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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: MillCreek on October 01, 2014, 10:26:26 AM

Title: USA Today report on where the jobs are
Post by: MillCreek on October 01, 2014, 10:26:26 AM: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2014/09/30/where-the-jobs-are/16481703/

Plug in your metro area and see what jobs are out there and what they are paying. No listing for risk managers, though.
Title: Re: USA Today report on where the jobs are
Post by: vaskidmark on October 01, 2014, 11:06:30 AM: There are no jobs someone with less than high school education can get around here that pay below $8.xx/hour. At least not according to that list.

And I'd really like to see how they define "livable wage".

stay safe.
Title: Re: USA Today report on where the jobs are
Post by: Ben on October 01, 2014, 11:21:59 AM: Quote from: vaskidmark on October 01, 2014, 11:06:30 AM
And I'd really like to see how they define "livable wage".

stay safe.

My guess is the progressive $15/hr. The study seems to correlate right in that range, at least across all the areas that I looked up. It didn't seem to differentiate, for instance, between where I live and where my folks live. Average apartment rent here is $1500/mo. Average apartment rent where my folks are is around $700/mo. In both places, jobs below $15/hr were "non-liveable", and jobs over $15/hr were "liveable". Does not compute with the difference just in rent, let alone other costs of living.
Title: Re: USA Today report on where the jobs are
Post by: Tallpine on October 01, 2014, 11:48:45 AM: A package handling center at the Billings airport is moaning and groaning because they can't find workers at $11-something an hour.

But it's mostly seasonal (holiday) part time work. =|

Sure, a nice strong drug free guy is just itching to do 4 hours of heavy fast work early in the morning for a couple months ... ;/
Title: Re: USA Today report on where the jobs are
Post by: Firethorn on October 01, 2014, 11:50:12 AM: Quote from: Tallpine on October 01, 2014, 11:48:45 AM
Sure, a nice strong drug free guy is just itching to do 4 hours of heavy fast work early in the morning for a couple months ... ;/

Bingo. "drug free" alone is probably 'worth' a couple bucks an hour.
Title: Re: USA Today report on where the jobs are
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on October 02, 2014, 01:10:22 AM: You'd be amazed the number of folks who won't apply for a job where they might be tested. And sadly the parents who understand and support them

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Title: Re: USA Today report on where the jobs are
Post by: Tallpine on October 02, 2014, 11:05:43 AM: I figure anybody qualified either already has a job or needs full time permanent work.

In between professional contracts, I would even consider it except for the 120 mile RT commute for 4 hours work :facepalm:
Title: Re: USA Today report on where the jobs are
Post by: Calumus on October 03, 2014, 02:54:59 PM: Interesting. Apparently, according to USA Today, $15.53/hr isn't livable in the Tampa area. $15.55 is however.