Sleeping Giant by Tamara Draut

Author:Tamara Draut
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2016-04-04T16:00:00+00:00

Work: Still Separate and Unequal

The largest number of jobs that will be added to our economy in the future are going to be working-class jobs, requiring little education, if any, beyond a high school diploma. These jobs are heavily segregated by race and gender, paying wages that still reflect the long-standing hierarchies that the civil and women’s rights movements fought tenaciously to overcome.

The two charts on this page examine the stubborn racial and gender segregation within the ten occupations that will continue to comprise the largest source of new jobs for the foreseeable future, with nine out of ten of these occupations squarely located in the bargain-basement economy. All but one require little to no education beyond a high school diploma. Nine of the ten jobs are rigidly segregated by gender, with women making up overwhelming majorities in all but three occupations. And seven of the ten largest-growing jobs are disproportionately filled by people of color.

In some of America’s biggest cities, undocumented immigrants toil in pockets of the economy where wage theft is rampant, pay below the minimum wage is common, and abusive and degrading work environments are pervasive. In cities like Los Angeles, New York, and San Francisco, immigrant labor makes possible the many conveniences desired by the affluent, professional elite: cheap manicures and pedicures, drivers for hire, food and grocery delivery, and care of infants and young children. And for Americans across the country of every socioeconomic background, our nation’s crops are still primarily picked and harvested by immigrants.

Chart 2. Top Ten Largest-Growing Jobs by Gender

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