Good Jobs Without a BA
Change, 1991 to 2015, in SREB states
Many good jobs require some postsecondary education or training with a certificate or associate degree but not a bachelor’s degree. Already, most states need more workers at this level. From 1991 to 2015, a loss in blue-collar non-bachelor’s degree good jobs in SREB states was often offset by an increase in skilled-services good jobs for workers without bachelor’s degrees.
| Blue-collar non-BA good jobs |
Skilled-services non-BA good jobs |
|
|---|---|---|
| Alabama | - 19,000 | 64,000 |
| Arkansas | 32,000 | 51,000 |
| Delaware | - 3,000 | 20,000 |
| Florida | 142,000 | 409,000 |
| Georgia | 63,000 | 232,000 |
| Kentucky | 7,000 | 33,000 |
| Louisiana | 43,000 | 111,000 |
| Maryland | -103,000 | 32,000 |
| Mississippi | 20,000 | 45,000 |
| North Carolina | - 6,000 | 196,000 |
| Oklahoma | - 3,000 | 97,000 |
| South Carolina | - 28,000 | 99,000 |
| Tennessee | - 24,000 | 103,000 |
| Texas | 290,000 | 648,000 |
| Virginia | 100,000 | 59,000 |
| West Virginia | - 46,000 | 24,000 |
Source: Center for Education and the Workforce, Georgetown University, 2017. Good Jobs That Pay Without a BA.