Forty three percent of the jobs created in Connecticut over the next eight years will be for workers who have a college degree, but as many as 39 percent of new jobs will be for people with a high school diploma or less.
Forty three percent of the jobs created in Connecticut over the next eight years will be for workers who have a college degree, but as many as 39 percent of new jobs will be for people with a high school diploma or less.
That's according to a new analysis of Connecticut's workforce projections by the state Department of Labor.
Meantime, Connecticut workers with higher-education degrees stand to make much more money. For example, nearly 12,000 jobs that require a bachelor's degree or higher are expected to be created in Connecticut through 2024 that will pay over $75,000. On the flip side, approximately 15,000 jobs expected to be created over the next eight years that require no diploma will pay $30,000 or less, according to labor department projections.
The numbers indicate that having a higher-education degree will continue to give residents a leg up in the state's workforce over the next eight years, but also that Connecticut's economy will continue to churn out a high percentage of low-wage jobs, which has been one of the major drags on the state's economy since the Great Recession.
The workforce projections are made using data provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which produces 10-year projections of the U.S. labor force.
— Greg Bordonaro
