Most of the manufacturing jobs are already gone -- even as manufacturing production rises - That seems to be the trend, long-term. But you can't say 'most', n

Most of the manufacturing jobs are already gone -- even as manufacturing production rises - That seems to be the trend, long-term. But you can't say 'most', not yet. There are still many manufacturing jobs available in the US. My employer has an open reqs out for our six manufacturing sites in the States. We're not the only ones in our industry. Why does this myth persist? It might be that these jobs are no longer in traditional manufacturing areas. A decaded ago we had two sites in traditional blue-collar areas: one in Mass, one in Washington. We closed them down and relocated the work to existing sites in Idaho and Wisconsin, expanded there. Because the labor and other costs in the old sites were higher than the drive-past states. So ... a guy in Mass sees a shuttered factory. A guy in Wisconsin sees new construction. Perhaps the guy in Mass needs to move to where the jobs are. We're hiring.