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Wednesday, August 29 – Chief economist Doms briefs the National Institute for Science and Technology’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership(MEP) Advisory Board members about the state of U.S. manufacturing.


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DOC Chief Economist Briefing the North American Steel Trade Committee

Washington, D.C. - Monday, July 16 - ESA's Chief Economist Mark Doms gave a macro-economic briefing with respect to manufacturing to the North American Steel Trade Committee at the White House Conference Center.  The Committee was established in 2003, under the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration to promote cooperation on policy matters affecting the North American steel market and industry.


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Employee Compensation per Hour by Major Industry, 2010

Specific findings from “The Benefits of Manufacturing Jobs” include on average, hourly wages and salaries for manufacturing jobs are $29.75 an hour compared to...
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Manufacturing Employment Has Expanded by 489,000 jobs or 4 percent since January

Manufacturing employment has expanded by 489,000 jobs or 4 percent since January 2010. This growth represents a 4 percent increase - the manufacturing industry's strongest cyclical rebound since the dual recessions in the early 1980's.


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New Report Showing Intellectual Property-Intensive Industries Contribute $5 Tril

Washington, D.C., April 11, 2012 - The U.S. Commerce Department today released a comprehensive report, entitled “Intellectual Property and the U.S. Economy: Industries in Focus,” which finds that intellectual property (IP)-intensive industries support at least 40 million jobs and contribute more than $5 trillion dollars to, or 34.8 percent of, U.S. gross domestic product (GDP).  The...
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Economic Briefing April 24, 2012: STEM Across the “Gen(d)erations”

Figure 1 Female Share of College Graduates by Generation and STEM Degree, 2010Last year, ESA issued a series of reports on science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) employment.  Newer data are now available and we updated some key results from these reports. Overall, the new data reaffirm the importance of STEM jobs to the U.S.

Statement from Commerce Secretary John Bryson on International Trade in Goods and Services in February 2012

U.S. Secretary of Commerce John Bryson issued the following statement today on the release of the February 2012 U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services report (PDF) by the Commerce Department’s Census Bureau and Bureau of Economic Analysis. U.S. goods and services exports in February 2012 were up 0.1 percent from January 2012 to reach a record $181.2 billion. In addition, record highs were seen in U.S. exports of total services ($53.2 billion), and capital goods exports ($43.2 billion).

US Commerce Department Releases New Report Showing Intellectual Property-Intensive Industries Contribute $5 Trillion, 40 Million Jobs to US Economy

WASHINGTON, April 11, 2012 – The U.S. Commerce Department today released a comprehensive report, entitled “Intellectual Property and the U.S. Economy: Industries in Focus,” which finds that intellectual property (IP)-intensive industries support at least 40 million jobs and contribute more than $5 trillion dollars to, or 34.8 percent of, U.S. gross domestic product (GDP).