tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post8272922664539170051..comments2024-02-20T19:58:27.733-06:00Comments on Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse: Scotty still doesn't know our "skills gap" is a wage and talent gapUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-87954906882958456402015-12-22T20:03:13.901-06:002015-12-22T20:03:13.901-06:00Yikes, that's a good point. There's no met...Yikes, that's a good point. There's no metro area like SE Wisconsin or the exurbs of the Twin Cities in Iowa to drive up wages, which makes us look even worse. <br /><br /> And they act so surprised that they can't find anyone to work for them.Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-64675902831482556002015-12-22T18:50:18.540-06:002015-12-22T18:50:18.540-06:00Maybe in Walkers case it is just "projection&...Maybe in Walkers case it is just "projection" again.<br /><br />Walker has no skills or talent to govern or perform any kind of job, therefore, Wisconsin workers have no skills to do any jobs.<br /><br />I don't think it would be the first time this has happened.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14294231949150809096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-31400433226827748542015-12-20T12:57:17.306-06:002015-12-20T12:57:17.306-06:00Those wage numbers aren't adjusted for the cos...Those wage numbers aren't adjusted for the <a href="https://www.missourieconomy.org/indicators/cost_of_living/index.stm" rel="nofollow">cost of living</a>. When you do, you get:<br /><br /><b>Average weekly PPP manufacturing wage, QCEW June 2015</b><br />Mich $1,291<br />Ind. $1,257<br />Ill. $1,226<br />Ohio $1,133<br />Minn $1,122<br />Iowa $1,111<br /><b>Wis. $1,040</b><br /><br />As a state we are not really competing with Iowa for who can provide the least value of compensation in the manufacturing sector in this part of the country, we are very much on our own at the bottom of the table.GeoffThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17317722272565026078noreply@blogger.com