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Interestingly, an additonal 15,000 manufacturing jobs; 26,000 construction jobs; and 91,000 healthcare and education jobs. The only industries that saw severe

Interestingly, an additonal 15,000 manufacturing jobs; 26,000 construction jobs; and 91,000 healthcare and education jobs. The only industries that saw severe layoffs were Financial Services and Information/Software.

toomuchtodo 7mo ago
Healthcare will carry the economy, 4M Boomers retire every year and these jobs cannot be offshored like finance and tech.
- alephnerd 7mo ago
  Also manufacturing. If you know how to code and real engineering skills like circuits, CAD, mechanical design, etc you will land a decent manufacturing role. That said, why hire a SWE when most MechE programs have been requiring CS courses as well for over a decade now.
  - toomuchtodo 7mo ago
    Unlikely (imho). The U.S. is losing manufacturing jobs, analysis finds - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45189816 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45189816 - September 2025 (7 comments) Promises of a US manufacturing Renaissance leave experts scratching their heads - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44941126 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44941126 - August 2025 (5 comments) Why aren't Americans filling the manufacturing jobs we have? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43987654 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43987654 - May 2025 (1 comment) Manufacturing jobs are never coming back - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43777941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43777941 - April 2025 (0 comments) The US service economy is ~83% of GDP. Manufacturing only makes up 8% of jobs in the US. Citations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46529223 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46529223
    - flextheruler 7mo ago
      Your citations rely on JOLTS reporting on the manufacturing sector. The jolts report also states for the occupation of Mechanical Engineering a nearly 10% growth rate for the next decade. This is 3 times the average. Manufacturing sector includes a significant minority of all mechanical engineers, but more to the point the sector includes nearly all jobs involved in manufacturing durable and nondurable goods. This includes machinists and technicians and assembly workers.
airza 7mo ago
There was a healthcare strike that ended this month which counts as added jobs iirc
- alephnerd 7mo ago
  Good callout. I didn't take that into account.

toomuchtodo 7mo ago

Healthcare will carry the economy, 4M Boomers retire every year and these jobs cannot be offshored like finance and tech.

alephnerd 7mo ago
Also manufacturing. If you know how to code and real engineering skills like circuits, CAD, mechanical design, etc you will land a decent manufacturing role. That said, why hire a SWE when most MechE programs have been requiring CS courses as well for over a decade now.
- toomuchtodo 7mo ago
  Unlikely (imho). The U.S. is losing manufacturing jobs, analysis finds - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45189816 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45189816 - September 2025 (7 comments) Promises of a US manufacturing Renaissance leave experts scratching their heads - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44941126 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44941126 - August 2025 (5 comments) Why aren't Americans filling the manufacturing jobs we have? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43987654 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43987654 - May 2025 (1 comment) Manufacturing jobs are never coming back - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43777941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43777941 - April 2025 (0 comments) The US service economy is ~83% of GDP. Manufacturing only makes up 8% of jobs in the US. Citations: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46529223 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46529223
  - flextheruler 7mo ago
    Your citations rely on JOLTS reporting on the manufacturing sector. The jolts report also states for the occupation of Mechanical Engineering a nearly 10% growth rate for the next decade. This is 3 times the average. Manufacturing sector includes a significant minority of all mechanical engineers, but more to the point the sector includes nearly all jobs involved in manufacturing durable and nondurable goods. This includes machinists and technicians and assembly workers.

airza 7mo ago

There was a healthcare strike that ended this month which counts as added jobs iirc

alephnerd 7mo ago
Good callout. I didn't take that into account.