Photo by Patrick Industries The United States added 25,000 manufacturing jobs in December of 2017, primarily in the durable goods sector, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Companies making durable goods, which primarily includes machinery, fabricated metal products, and furniture added 21,000 jobs to their payrolls by the end of the month. The only durable goods category posting a job loss was furniture, which was down 700 jobs.
2017 was a very strong year for manufacturing employment, with 196,000 jobs being added – of which 130,000 were in the durable goods industries. The number is a vast improvement over […]
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