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To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (536581)2/6/2004 12:38:09 PM
From: DuckTapeSunroof  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 769670
 
46% of the newly created jobs last month were in "retail".

Pay for the average newly created job over the last ONE YEAR has fallen by $10,000 (from around $45,000 to around $35,000).

Note: these are means, not medians.



To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (536581)2/6/2004 2:56:05 PM
From: Bald Eagle  Respond to of 769670
 
Well said



To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (536581)2/6/2004 3:07:05 PM
From: JakeStraw  Respond to of 769670
 
Too many teens feel some jobs are somehow beneath them. One of my first summer jobs in high school was picking up trash at an amusement park. The next summer I was a stock boy at a local market...