The third quarter 2006 household survey from the US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics provides some scary statistics. Besides showing over 1/3 of Computer, Mathematical and Engineering workers are UNEMPLOYED, it also shows that more than 25% of nearly every other occupation is UNEMPLOYED.
This doesn’t jibe with all the Pravda about 5% unemployment rates. Nor does it jibe with all the recent lobbying and media hype about needing more foreign workers. Industry groups demand more cheap foreign labor or they will send jobs offshore. The offshore threat does not compute because cheap foreign labor is the Trojan Horse to offshoring. Regardless, Americans are losing their jobs. 3 million manufacturing jobs lost with NAFTA. Another 3 million white collar jobs lost post-911. I lost my job last week. I’m getting really tired of this lying propaganda crap.
Detailed occupational data is available upon written request from the 2006 Q3 BLS Household Survey. You have to ask for this data, it is not provided on their website. In a document entitled "Table 1. Employed and experienced unemployed persons by detailed occupation, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, Quarter III 2006 (Source: Current Population Survey)" we find the occupations hardest hit by guest workers on page 4. I calculated the rightmost column as unemployment percentage of those surveyed within each category: This looks fine in the Preview frame, but TEXT SIZE doesn't work in the Published result. Any hints would be appreciated.
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(in thousands).......................................Employed...Unemployed...U/(E+U)%
Professional and related occupations ...................1,799..........722......29
..Computer and mathematical occupations ..................136...........74......35
....Computer scientists and systems analysts ..............31...........21......40
....Computer programmers ..................................33...........11......25
....Computer software engineers ...........................19...........14......42
....Computer support specialists ..........................21............8......28
....Database administrators ................................1............–.......-
....Network and computer systems administrators ............7............7......50
....Network systems and data communications analysts ......18............8......22
....Mathematicians..........................................0............-.......-
....Operations Research Analysts............................4............3......43
....Statisticians...........................................2............2......50
..Architecture and engineering occupations................165...........42......20
....Architects, except naval................................8............3......27
....Surveyors, cartographers, and photogrammetrists.........5............2......29
....Aerospace engineers.....................................6............1......14
....Chemical engineers......................................2............2......50
....Civil engineers.........................................3............4......57
....Electrical and electronics engineers...................11............9......45
....Environmental engineers.................................-............1.....100
....Industrial engineers, including health and safety.......6............1......14
....Materials engineers.....................................2............2......50
....Mechanical engineers...................................13............2......13
...,Mining and geological engineers.........................-............1.....100
....Engineers...............................................-............1.....100
....Engineers, all other...................................15............2......12
....Drafters...............................................21............6......22
....Engineering technicians................................48............5.......9
....Surveying and mapping technicians.......................9............2......18
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I don’t see the proverbial 5% unemployment rate there anywhere. As a matter of fact, these rates are higher than during the Great Depression.
Don’t take my word for it. Renowned economist, Paul Craig Roberts, explains it nicely:
http://www.vdare.com/...
Now I understand why W tried to shut down the Bureau of Labor Statistics in his 2005 budget proposal to Congress.