Death of U.S. manufacturing jobs

The share of U.S. jobs in manufacturing has fallen from a peak of 19.5 million in 1979 to 12.3 million at the end of 2016. Over that period 53 million non-manufacturing jobs replaced the 7.2 million lost jobs

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0.0% Recessions and fall in gross domestic product

1950: 13.16m

1960: 15.69m or 24% of all U.S. jobs

Jun 1979: Peak of 19.55 million Ð one in five of all jobs

1990s: China, India and ex-Soviet countries join global economy Ð world labour pool doubles to 2.93 billion workers

1994: 16.86m Ð North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) between U.S., Mexico and Canada takes effect

2000: 17.28m or 13% of all jobs

2009: 11.47m

2010: China becomes worldÕs largest manufacturing nation

2016: 12.27m or 8% of all jobs

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Employees in manufacturing (millions)

20

18

16

14

12

10

8

6

1950 60 70 80 90 2000 10

1.6%

0.6%

3.2%

2.2%

2.7% 

1.4% 

0.3% 

5.1%

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Sources: U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics, The Great Doubling by Richard Freeman © GRAPHIC NEWS