9 Million US Manufacturing Jobs Needed

In 1989, there were 20.7 private sector manufacturing jobs in the US. Off-shoring jobs resulted in a loss of 9.1 million jobs over 20 years of off-shoring. These were all middle class jobs.

https://www.statista.com/statistics/664993/private-sector-manufacturing-employment-in-the-us/

In January 2009, the US had 12.5 million US manufacturing jobs, by December 2009, there were 11.5 million US manufacturing jobs. 

US manufacturing jobs by year end from 2009 to 2018 were as follows:

2009 12.5 m

2010 11.6 m

2011 11.8 m

2012 11.9 m

2013 12.0 m

2014 12.2 m

2015 12.3 m

2016 12.4 m

2017 12.5 m

2018 12.8 m

https://data.bls.gov/timeseries/CES3000000001

US manufacturing jobs in auto and other main industries were off-shored after 1993. In 2009, 1 million jobs were lost to lay-offs after the 2008 Meltdown.  The 12.5 million remaining jobs were eliminated.

Most manufacturing jobs created from 2009 to 2016 were low-skilled and lower paid in small companies. There rest were foreign owned companies who established manufacturing plants in the US and paying middle class wages.

Now in 2019 we need to add back the 9 million manufacturing jobs we lost to fully restore our economy. These can include foreign owned company jobs in the US. Our goal is to produce in the US everything we consume in the US.

These jobs need to be in modern production facilities, utilizing targeted automation to ensure high quality and throughput. Community colleges should be used by companies to provide the training needed for their particular jobs.

In addition to manufacturing jobs, we will need 3 million more middle class jobs to work on resource extraction, maintenance and construction jobs. These are jobs extracting Oil, Natural Gas, Coal, Minerals and Timber. We need pipelines, LNG plants and technicians. We need to replace our aging sewers and water distribution pipes. We need to expand roads and highways in large cities. We need more hydroelectric dams and reservoirs. These should be funded by Companies, States and Municipalities with no federal dollars. The US federal government debt is maxed out. We need truck drivers, pipefitters, plumbers, electricians and other trades operating as family businesses and independent contractors.

Norb Leahy, Dunwoody GA Tea Party Leader