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Michigan’s top ten upper middle class occupations
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
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STEM doesn’t dominate Michigan middle class jobs
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
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New report: The real relationship between education and income
Michigan Future is always trying to understand the reality of today’s economy and labor market. Our mission is to catalyze a future for Michigan where
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Michigan Future’s American Rescue Plan priorities
For the first time in a generation Michigan, its schools and local units of government have new revenue for public investments. An unprecedented amount of
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Continuing to call for rising incomes for all
We want to take a quick moment to re-introduce an effort that Michigan Future coordinated last year. Along with 23 leaders in economic and community
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How much workers make in a two-tier labor market
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