Bring Jobs Home and Protect Vulnerable Middle-Class Jobs from Offshoring
Over the last decade, 2.4 million jobs were shipped overseas and American taxpayers were asked to foot the bill. The Bring Jobs Home Act ends taxpayer write-offs that subsidize moving costs when companies ship jobs abroad. Roughly 21.5 million jobs are vulnerable to offshoring, endangering our economic growth. Below is a DPCC projection for jobs at risk of being offshored:
State |
Jobs at Risk of Offshoring |
Alabama |
343,200 |
Alaska |
44,500 |
Arizona |
366,700 |
Arkansas |
204,000 |
California |
2.3 million |
Colorado |
335,300 |
Connecticut |
256,500 |
Delaware |
61,900 |
District of Columbia |
79,500 |
Florida |
1.1 million |
Georgia |
652,000 |
Guam |
8,000 |
Hawaii |
72,300 |
Idaho |
96,400 |
Illinois |
961,600 |
Indiana |
544,700 |
Iowa |
269,600 |
Kansas |
228,400 |
Kentucky |
323,500 |
Louisiana |
278,000 |
Maine |
88,500 |
Maryland |
351,100 |
Massachusetts |
484,600 |
Michigan |
737,500 |
Minnesota |
459,500 |
Mississippi |
186,700 |
Missouri |
439,200 |
Montana |
58,100 |
Nebraska |
161,300 |
Nevada |
148,800 |
New Hampshire |
106,300 |
New Jersey |
588,000 |
New Mexico |
102,400 |
New York |
1.3 million |
North Carolina |
666,800 |
North Dakota |
58,700 |
Ohio |
920,300 |
Oklahoma |
255,700 |
Oregon |
256,100 |
Pennsylvania |
918,400 |
Puerto Rico |
155,700 |
Rhode Island |
72,400 |
South Carolina |
329,200 |
South Dakota |
65,900 |
Tennessee |
476,300 |
Texas |
1.7 million |
Utah |
212,200 |
Vermont |
45,100 |
Virgin Islands |
4,900 |
Virginia |
542,800 |
Washington |
432,100 |
West Virginia |
101,600 |
Wisconsin |
520,500 |
Wyoming |
33,500 |
Total |
21.5 million |
Economists Alan Blinder and Alan Krueger have estimated that roughly one quarter of American jobs are potentially offshorable (meaning the work can be moved abroad) with significant variations from that average across occupations. "At risk" jobs are those that are susceptible to being moved abroad because of the nature of the work duties. DPCC Calculations based on Blinder and Krueger estimates of the risk of offshorability for occupations in management, business and financial services, computer and mathematical, sales and related, office and administrative support, and production (manufacturing). [Blinder and Krueger, 8/09; BLS, 5/13]