April 9, 2015
Maine lags in high-skill jobs, report says
Maine is trailing behind its New England neighbors when it comes to better-paying manufacturing jobs that require a higher set of skills, according to a new report.
The report by the New England Council and Deloitte Consulting said that only 40% of manufacturing jobs in Maine were considered “advanced” in 2012, according to the Portland Press Herald. That puts Maine behind the rest of New England, with the other states ranging between 48% and 72% in terms of how many manufacturing jobs are “advanced.”
Advanced manufacturing involves the use of high-tech machinery and requires a higher set of skills for the use of that machinery as well as the analysis of data.
Source: Portland Press Herald
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