South By North Strategies, Ltd.

A policy brief from the National Employment Law Project find that the job losses that occurred during the “Great Recession” were skewed towards high- and mid-wage industries, while recent job growth has occurred primarily in low-wage industries. In fact, 49 percent of recent job growth has occurred in industries that pay less than $12.91 per hour.

The figure below compares the distribution of private-sector  job growth by industry during the first 12 months following the two most recent recessions.