claim: "manufacturing is having its best employment year in almost 15 years."
author: austan goolsbee
evidence_1: mar 29, 2016 ... even today, the manufacturing jobs that remain average $20.17 an hour. that's  nearly three times the federal minimum wage. it's enough to vault a worker solidly  into the lower middle class, although he or she still would earn less than the true  middle -- $53,657 a year. manufacturing workers pay. mention ...
evidence_2: may 26, 2017 ... the bulk of reshored jobs — about 60 percent from 2010 through 2016 — came  from china, according to the report. labor has become more expensive in china  than in the past, with chinese wages going up 12 percent to 15 percent a year for  the past 15 years, according to harry moser, founder of the ...
evidence_3: aug 11, 2015 ... the united states lost 5 million manufacturing jobs between january 2000 and  december 2014. there is a widespread misperception that rapid productivity  growth is the primary cause of continuing manufacturing job losses over the past  15 years. instead, as this report shows, job losses can be traced to ...
evidence_4: in 2015, there were 251,774 firms in the manufacturing sector, with all but 3,813  firms considered to be small (i.e., having fewer than 500 employees). in fact,  three-quarters ... note that durable goods manufacturers have seen even greater  growth, almost tripling its labor productivity over that time frame. to help illustrate  the ...
evidence_5: nov 28, 2016 ... quick, answer this: does america make stuff anymore? anyone who listened  during the presidential election may be inclined to think not. both candidates  decried the disappearance of good-paying manufacturing jobs. president-elect  donald trump garnered votes with his promise to restore america's ...