Where has the job growth been in the Pittsburgh region
over the past five years? Energy, insurance, and Web and software development
have dominated the growth in good-paying jobs since 2010, according to new data
from CareerBuilder.com and provided to the Pittsburgh Business Times.
CareerBuilder.com looked at the growth in jobs between
2010 and 2014 and found the Pittsburgh region was one of the 10 cities with the
highest growth in so-called "living-wage jobs," positions that make
enough to support a family of three, according to 2013 federal standards.
Nearly six in 10 new jobs (57.1 percent) in the region
were in what paid above the cost of living, $15.59 an hour in 2013. Only seven
other cities in the U.S. were ahead of Pittsburgh in the CareerBuilder.com
study. No. 1 was Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas, where the percentage was 65.9
percent above its 2013 living wage of $16.64 an hour. Only 28 metro regions had
at least half of its new jobs paying a living wage, CareerBuilder.com said.
"We wanted to measure growth that is a measure of
quality employment, where the new jobs can support a family," said
CareerBuilder.com Senior Career Adviser Ryan Hunt.
What's surprising is that beyond such usual suspects as
Silicon Valley and Seattle, the top 10 included Reading, in the eastern part of
Pennsylvania; Detroit; Peoria, Ill.; Rockford, Ill.; and Albany, N.Y.
"We see a lot of Rust Belt and manufacturing heavy
cities on the list," Hunt said.
The CareerBuilder.com data shows a lot of growth in
energy- and insurance-related jobs, Hunt said. A lot of those are in STEM jobs
that require technical training beyond high school.
"That's the sector that's really driving quality
employment growth around the country," Hunt said.
Source: Pittsburgh
Business Journal
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