In our last post we looked at the skills business-led KC Rising describes as essential to career success: communication, collaboration, critical thinking, interpersonal skills, proactivity
The business-led metro Kansas City regional prosperity organization KC Rising recently published a terrific report defining what are the essential skills all students need for
This post answers the question “What are Michigan’s top ten upper middle class occupations?” Where we define upper middle class as jobs that pay at
This post updates our analysis of the proportion of good-paying Michigan jobs that are in STEM fields. This time using our middle class jobs for
In a previous post we detailed that Michigan has a two-tier labor market. One for those with a B.A. or more and the other for
Michigan’s two-tier economy exists in large part because Michigan has a two-tier labor market. Michigan’s high ALICE rate––38 percent in the strong 2019 economy––exists in
At Michigan Future we are always working to understand the reality of the economy and labor market in Michigan. We try to get beyond the
In recent posts we have been exploring payroll jobs wages by occupation and education. Dividing the labor market into occupations with median wages below the
In recent posts we have been exploring payroll jobs wages by occupation and education. Dividing the labor market into occupations with median wages below the
Conventional wisdom has it that there are two dominant paths to good-paying jobs and careers: STEM occupations and the skilled trades. In our last post
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