(NewsNation) — America is facing a skilled labor shortage with longtime tradesmen aging out of the workforce and a new talent pipeline that hasn’t been able to keep up.
Over the next decade, some 1.9 million manufacturing jobs could go unfilled if the “talent conundrum” isn’t resolved, according to a new study from the Manufacturing Institute and Deloitte.
The construction industry is also facing challenges. It needs to attract about half a million new workers in 2024 to balance supply and demand, a recent report by Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) found.
As for plumbers, the U.S. is expected to be 550,000 short by 2027, Bloomberg reported. Last year, The New Yorker warned about “The Great Electrician Shortage.” Employment of electricians is expected to grow twice as fast as the average for all occupations through 2032.
Chris Cuomo brought on a “Dirty Jobs” host Mike Rowe for a special edition of [CUOMO] focused on elevating and encouraging blue-collar jobs. Watch the full episode here.
What’s behind the skilled labor shortage?
Experts say that tradesmen aging out of the workforce or retiring are contributing to the skilled labor shortage in America.
“A lot of it has to do with demographics right now, a lot of the skilled tradespeople are older and retiring. People are not choosing the occupations as frequently as they may have in the past,”…
