If you removed the inner core of high reward jobs, then would the rest of the structure discussed remain unchanged? If so, then would the numbers filling up th

If you removed the inner core of high reward jobs, then would the rest of the structure discussed remain unchanged? If so, then would the numbers filling up the outer ring go up or down? The economic pattern is both interesting and explanatory, even if it does not fully explain every agent's motivation to participate within the system examined.