By Terence P. Jeffrey | March 5, 2021 | 9:09am EST
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(CNSNews.com) - Despite adding 21,000 manufacturing jobs in the month of February, the United States has lost 561,000 in the past year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
“Manufacturing employment increased by 21,000 over the month, led by a gain in transportation equipment (+10,000),” said the BLS jobs report for February. “Employment in manufacturing is down by 561,000 over the year.”
From January to February, manufacturing jobs in the United States increased from 12,217,000 to 12,238,000 a one-month increase of 21,000.Manufacturing employment peaked in the United States in June 1979, when it hit 19,553,000. Since then, the number of people employed in the manufacturing sector in this country has declined by 7,315,000 to 12,238,000. That is a 37 percent drop.
U S Lost 561,000 Manufacturing Jobs in Past Year
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