9 Of The Top 10 Occupations In America Pay An Average Wage Of Less Than $35,000 A Year

http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/9-of-the-top-10-occupations-in-america-pay-an-average-wa ^ | April 2nd, 2014 | Michael Snyder

[xzins]

We say Rino & Gop-e, but it’s really Corporatist Republicans versus Middle Class Republicans

[Psalm 144]

Agreed. There are two plantation parties. The planters dine, drink and socialize with one another on the veranda.

[redgolum]

There is really only one party. They go to the same schools, belong to the same clubs, and live in the same places. Their worldviews are much more alike than not.

[xzins]

And both plantation parties are tools of the corporatists.

The GOP-E is to keep the middle class in check.

The dems are to use the lower class to bring about a corporatist tyranny

[Moonman62]

The federal government, the Federal Reserve, and Big Business have done a great job of suppressing wages.

[TurboZamboni]

one party

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3140574/posts

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Not only that, half the people in this country earn less than the median income.

We should be ashamed of ourselves.

[Responsibility2nd]

Very weird article. It was going on about common jobs and the salaries associated it them and then it hijacked into a child abuse story in Texas.

I wonder if you cut/pasted a link to a separate news story?

[9YearLurker]

Yeah, and if we no longer have good reason for people to bother to increase their skills above these entry level positions we will really be in trouble.

End up, somehow, with no skills but kids to feed? Then both parents could work these $35K jobs and a half for a bit, bringing in a combined greater than $100K per year.

End up a single parent with no other financial support? Then bunking up with another single parent could lead to a blended family with roughly the same economics.

[xzins]

it is possibly a bad copy/paste. won’t be the first time... ;=)

[RitchieAprile]

shocking..

[null and void]

Today, someone wrote to me about one of my recent articles about food price increases and told me about how produce prices were going through the roof in that particular area. This individual wondered how ordinary families were going to be able to survive in this environment.

Zatso? Just wait. Not going to be much in the way of produce from the San Joaquin valley this year, the farmers aren't being allowed water to grow crops or keep the almond groves alive. Delta smelt are far more important...

[Svartalfiar]

1. Retail salespersons
2. Cashiers
3. Food prep and serving staff
6. Waiters and waitresses

All jobs that are usually seen as high-school/part-time college jobs that aren't expected to make much per year.


4. General office clerk
7. Customer service reps
8. Laborers, and freight and materials movers
9. Secretaries and admins
10. Janitors and cleaners

All jobs that require minimal education (8th grade, maybe HS degree). Only number 8 might have actual hard manual labor involved. When it's a job any monkey could do, lots of competition means lower wages.


The only one on the list that makes quite a bit (RN at $70k) also happens to be the only one that requires a smart person who's completed a 4-year degree, and obtained several certifications. It's also the only one that has a major direct impact on the health and well-being of it's 'customers'.

[avenir]

Here in DFW, it’s deceptive. It appears that we are surrounded by wealth, with expensive homes and “lofts” popping up everywhere, and highways glutted with nice cars. In Southlake/Colleyville one ponders “What do those people DO to make all that money?”

Maybe it’s all built on a house of credit-sand?

Still, it makes you think you’re “poor” compared, contra this article that has you “rich” if you make just over $35k!

[Mr Rogers]

Retail salespersons, 4.48 million workers earning $25,370
Cashiers 3.34 million workers earning $20,420
Food prep and serving staff, 3.02 million workers earning $18,880
General office clerk, 2.83 million working earning $29,990
Waiters and waitresses, 2.40 million workers earning $20,880
Customer service representatives, 2.39 million workers earning $33,370
Laborers, and freight and material movers, 2.28 million workers earning $26,690
Secretaries and admins (not legal or medical), 2.16 million workers earning $34,000
Janitors and cleaners (not maids), 2.10 million workers earning, $25,140

The exception? Registered nurses, 2.66 million workers earning $68,910

IOW, there are more low skill workers than skilled workers, and low skilled workers do not make much. In what sense is that a change to how the world operates?

There is only one party in America, and it has two wings, just like a buzzard...but the world will always have more workers at the bottom than at the top.

[xzins]

However, manufacturing jobs are also jobs that “monkeys can do”, but the middle class, post WWII, was built on those jobs. They enabled one bread winner to work, the other adult to raise the kids, the family to have a house, a car, food, and clothing....with a little bit of recreation.

35,000 a year won’t do all that.

[xzins]

See #17

[Gay State Conservative]

There's a bright side to all this.Community organizers,for example,are known to write multiple autobiographies,travel on luxurious private jets and vacation in some of the most exclusive spots on earth.

[discostu]

In general your jobs with the most people are also your jobs with the lowest necessary skill level. Which makes them entry level jobs, which makes them low paying, and if you want to make more money get more skills and move up or move out.