The decline in manufacturing workers as a share of US employment has been declining for nearly 100 years or more, while the share of service-providing jobs has simultaneously increased.

The decline in manufacturing workers as a share of US employment has been declining for nearly 100 years or more, while the share of service-providing jobs has simultaneously increased. That shift from factory to service jobs has been accompanied by increased wages, higher median… pic.twitter.com/eSJSIYCo2L

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