Middle class jobs for non-college grads have disappeared from big U.S. cities

Jul 10 2020 by Fast Company

 

Workers without a four-year degree have seen their city earnings drop so much that even without rising rents, it would be enough to price them out of urban areas. A higher minimum wage could help.

Cities are expensive. But it’s not only skyrocketing rents and increasing cost of living that are making them harder and harder places to live for non-wealthy residents. A lack of middle-class jobs for people without a four-year college education is also to blame. Decades ago, someone without a...

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