Work Force Polarization
1. Characterize the jobs that are expected to increase the most. How well do these jobs pay? (10 points)
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the most expected to increase jobs are in the home health field (46.7 percent). The annual salary is $22,600. The second place takes the personal care aides. It is expected to increase on 37 percent and the median annual wage in 2016 is $21,920. Software developers, applications are needed in the workplace as well. Their annual wage is $100,080, which might raise even higher. Medical assistants are essential for the wellbeing of all human being and that’s why we are expecting this occupation increase by 29.1 % with the annual wage - $31,540. Market research analysts and marketing specialists will need some extra hands in their occupation too. You get $62,560 for doing this kind of work.
To sum up, most jobs that are expected to increase the most are related to healthcare, computer technology and management occupations.
2. In the beginning of chapter 4, Cherlin mentions the polarization of the work force. Discuss whether the Department of Labor projections presented offer support for this idea or evidence against it. (5 points)
The term polarization is defined as a practice where the differences between low-end and high-end jobs become greater and the number of people in the middle levels decreases (Lumen, 2016). Similarly, the U.S. and the E.U. have shown almost identical trends in the share of employment rise by the high and low skill jobs, and a loss by the middle skill jobs, between 1993 and 2006 (Kearney, 2017). Polarization became an …show more content…
“The Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market.” MEASURING AND INTERPRETING TRENDS IN ECONOMIC INEQUALITY†, 30 Apr. 2017, Retrieved November 04, 2017 from economics.mit.edu/files/11579.
Learning, Lumen. 2016. Work in the United States. Retrieved November 04, 2017, from
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the most expected to increase jobs are in the home health field (46.7 percent). The annual salary is $22,600. The second place takes the personal care aides. It is expected to increase on 37 percent and the median annual wage in 2016 is $21,920. Software developers, applications are needed in the workplace as well. Their annual wage is $100,080, which might raise even higher. Medical assistants are essential for the wellbeing of all human being and that’s why we are expecting this occupation increase by 29.1 % with the annual wage - $31,540. Market research analysts and marketing specialists will need some extra hands in their occupation too. You get $62,560 for doing this kind of work.
To sum up, most jobs that are expected to increase the most are related to healthcare, computer technology and management occupations.
2. In the beginning of chapter 4, Cherlin mentions the polarization of the work force. Discuss whether the Department of Labor projections presented offer support for this idea or evidence against it. (5 points)
The term polarization is defined as a practice where the differences between low-end and high-end jobs become greater and the number of people in the middle levels decreases (Lumen, 2016). Similarly, the U.S. and the E.U. have shown almost identical trends in the share of employment rise by the high and low skill jobs, and a loss by the middle skill jobs, between 1993 and 2006 (Kearney, 2017). Polarization became an …show more content…
“The Polarization of the U.S. Labor Market.” MEASURING AND INTERPRETING TRENDS IN ECONOMIC INEQUALITY†, 30 Apr. 2017, Retrieved November 04, 2017 from economics.mit.edu/files/11579.
Learning, Lumen. 2016. Work in the United States. Retrieved November 04, 2017, from