These charts show how millions of U.S. jobs pay less now than they did in 1999

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The 10 most common occupations in America — with retail sales at the top — now make up one-fifth of total U.S. employment, according to the recently released Occupational Employment and Wages report for May 2013. Significantly, the average annual pay of seven of the top 10 in 2013 is down from 1999 when adjusted for inflation.

The top two jobs out of those 10 were the same in 2013 as they were in 1999. Those two, retail sales and cashiers, make up 6 percent of the workforce, up from 5.4 percent in 1999. The third largest, food preparation and serving workers, moved up from ninth in 1999. That job also includes fast food.

Nine of those 10 are in lower-paying jobs. Registered nurses are the only above average-paying job category in the 10 that remains from 1999. General and operations managers were fourth in 1999, but dropped to 11th in 2013.

Depending on the size of the families, some of these pay scales are close to the poverty level.




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[randys1]

1. Remember the 47% video that derailed Romney?

Wasnt it in that speech where he went on about how impressed he was with the way China imprisons their employees behind barbed wire and makes them live in dormitories sleeping on top of each other?

He thought that was a good business model, folks, this is what the Koch's are doing to us RIGHT NOW!

Wake me up when ALL of you, left and right, have figured this out so we can actually do something about it.

Private companies owning access to the internet or electricity or fuel or water, are you INSANE!

if you allow a for profit company to own the water or any means of survival, they will charge the very most they can charge regardless of their costs...if they find the sweet spot for water is $123 a month for a typical household and it costs them $3 a month to provide it, they will charge $123, if they find the sweet spot (the most a customer base is willing to pay without losing customers) is $244, that is what they will charge...

get it?

comprende?

[WillyT]

2. HUGE K & R !!! - Thank You !!!