While the recession depleted jobs in every field in 2008-2009, private industry growth since then has been disproportionately driven by industries that pay median wages below $15.00 an hour.The best chart from the report:
(note that job losses on the lest measure a full year while job gains on the right measure 7 months- they are not meant to be directly measured against each other, just to show the difference in proportion)
Their conclusion:The analyses presented in this data...reiterate the continuing crisis of weak job growth, one that is stalling economic recovery in communities across the country.
[They also document] a second trend that could be equally challenging to hopes for a broadly shared recovery: the disproportionate growth in mid- and especially lower-wage industries on the one hand, and the weak growth and even continued losses in higher-wage industries on the other.
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[H]ow much of this unbalanced growth is permanent?...[W]hile we can expect some improvement in the wage profile of previously-temp jobs when permanent hiring picks up, it is difficult to predict whether there will be a significant impact on aggregate wage outcomes.
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