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Manufacturing Wages Skew Lower Than Other Sectors

McKinsey’s Latest Mind the Gap Newsletter (their cleverly named Gen Z newsletter) has interesting data on wages (link here).

It shows that the manufacturing sector is currently the lowest-paying sector , according to the attached graph. Since the pandemic, Manufacturing is lowest. An entire sector devoted to moving stuff from one place to the other is valued more highly than the actual making of the stuff! Read more here.

Reshoring? Onshoring? Right-shoring?

They all mean the same thing to US Manufacturers: bringing production back to the US. If you are tempted to replace some or all of your manufacturing partners – or if you want to encourage this – check out The Reshoring Initiative, if you subscribe to their newsletter, you’ll get lots of how-to’s and what-can-you-do’s.

North American PCB Manufacturing Shows Signs of Slowing Down

The latest IPC report shows a slowing in the PCB industry. After an overheated and chaotic last 2 years is it a respite or a harbinger? See the full report here.

Significant EMS Legislation Proposal

Please consider supportingthe “Supporting American Printed Circuit Boards Act,” a bill in to boost the US PCB industry. Sponsors are Reps. Anna Eshoo (D-CA) and Blake Moore (R-UT). The bill will incentivize purchases of domestically produced PCBs as well as investments in factories, equipment, training, and R&D. You can view the text of the bill here. Please consider contacting your congressional representative and tell them you support this!

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