America needs technical workers — and supply isn't measuring up to demand.
Older workers in the skilled trades are retiring and not enough young people are training up to take their jobs as construction workers, plumbers, electricians and beyond.And that gap is expected to widen as federal money flows into new infrastructure projects around the country — calling for even more labor.
The application rate for technical jobs like plumber and electrician dropped by 49% between 2020 and 2022,As America de-industrialized in the second half of the 20th century, education was reimagined to emphasize seeking four-year degrees, says Anthony Carnevale, director of the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce.we have a K through 12 system that does create better education and more high school graduates, but doesn’t do any job training," he says.
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