June 9, 2023
In this Michigan Chronicle article by Andrea Plaid, the conversation surrounds Detroit witnessing a blue-collar boom. The article refers to DFC’s recent “Growth Occupations” report and says the following.
According to a 2023 report released by Detroit Future City, one of the growth occupations—which the organization defines as jobs that experienced a rate of growth that is the same or greater than the overall region between 2014 and 2019, an increase in wages during the same period, whose median wage is $25 per hour and employs at least 300 people in the area—is electricians.
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