The Gap Between Well-Paid Middle-Skills Credentials and Jobs

The Gap Between Well-Paid Middle-Skills Credentials and Jobs

The U.S. needs to produce almost 712,000 more credentials per year to meet future demand in high-paying fields that don’t require bachelor’s degrees, a new report says. And addressing racial and gender disparities would help. Nationwide, colleges and job-training providers aren’t producing enough credentials to meet future workforce needs in high-paying middle-skills careers—remunerative jobs that don’t require a bachelor’s degree, such as sales…

Equity opportunities in middle-skills occupations

A workforce gap among middle-skills workers — those with certificates and associate degrees — can present an opportunity to diversify workers and provide a pathway to good-paying jobs in growing fields, according to a new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. The 73-page report outlines the challenges and opportunities for middle-skills workers, who generally have relatively limited access to high-paying wo…

Report: U.S. Faces Annual 712,000 Middle-Skills Credential Shortage

The U.S. must produce an additional 712,000 certificates and associate's degrees annually through 2032 to address critical shortages in credentials that lead to high-paying middle-skills jobs, according to new research from Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce.