Middle-Wage Job
A Middle-Wage Job is a job with an average wage that is in the middle of low-wage jobs and high-wage jobs.
- AKA: Medium-Wage Task.
- Context:
- It can (typically) be performed by a Medium-Wage Worker.
- It can (typically) be a Medium-Skill Job.
- It can (typically) have a Middle-Wage Job Requirements.
- It can (typically) be a Well-Paying Job.
- It can (often) be a with-Benefits Job.
- It can range from being a Temporary Medium-Wage Job to a Long-term Medium-Wage Job.
- It can range from being a Lower Middle-Wage Job to being a Median Wage Job to being a High Middle-Wage Job.
- Example(s):
- Counter-Example(s):
- a Low-Wage Job, such as a fast-food job, Home Care Support, and Stock Replenishment.
- a High-Wage Job, such as medical diagnosis, and computer programming.
- See: Minimum-Wage Policy, Job Polarization.
References
2014
- (Boak, 2014) ⇒ Josh Boak. (2014). “Low-wage workers struggle to find middle-pay jobs." Associated Press. March 12, 2014
- QUOTE: … One such category includes bookkeepers and executive secretaries, with average wages of $16.54 an hour, according to the Labor Department. Since the mid-1980s, the economy has shed these middle-income jobs — a trend that's become more pronounced with the recoveries that have followed each subsequent recession, according to research by Henry Siu, an economist at the University of British Columbia, and Duke University economist Nir Jaimovich. …
… That said, the data show why it's harder now for workers to rise into higher-paying fields despite an economic recovery now nearly 5 years old. About 1.9 million office and administrative support jobs were lost to the Great Recession, according to government data. That includes 714,370 executive secretaries with annual incomes averaging $50,220. And 252,240 fewer bookkeepers with average incomes of $36,640. By comparison, the number of lower-wage jobs increased: The Labor Department says restaurants added 777,800 jobs since the recession began, general merchandise stores 345,600. …
… "You see adults moving into these relatively generic services (jobs) that don't require expertise, just dexterity, attention and showing up," said MIT economist David Autor. "You want people to be in jobs that have good trajectories. I can imagine you only get so efficient as a checkout clerk or a stocker."
- QUOTE: … One such category includes bookkeepers and executive secretaries, with average wages of $16.54 an hour, according to the Labor Department. Since the mid-1980s, the economy has shed these middle-income jobs — a trend that's become more pronounced with the recoveries that have followed each subsequent recession, according to research by Henry Siu, an economist at the University of British Columbia, and Duke University economist Nir Jaimovich. …