American manufacturing is back

Made in American may be back to stay. Manufacturing has always been an integral part of American life, but decades of off-shoring have hollowed out our domestic capacities significantly.

But last year U.S. production capacity showed its strongest growth, as pandemic-driven shortages and delays caused manufacturers to rethink their far-flung supply chains.

Huge government incentives have further stoked the flames, as the Biden administration devoted billions of dollars to expanding the electric vehicle and semiconductor industries.

The Wall Street Journey recently reported:

Production at U.S. factories rose last year, but few things were produced at a more furious pace than factories themselves.

Construction spending related to manufacturing reached $108 billion in 2022, Census Bureau data show, the highest annual total on record—more than was spent to build schools, healthcare centers or office buildings. 

New factories are rising in urban cores and rural fields, desert flats and surf towns. Much of the growth is coming in the high-tech fields of electric-vehicle batteries and semiconductors, national priorities backed by billions of dollars in government incentives. Other companies that once relied exclusively on lower-cost countries to manufacture eyeglasses and bicycles and bodybuilding supplements have found reasons to come home.

These new manufacturing jobs will some of the most technically advanced and high paying careers in the economy. Even better, the nature of learning these technical manufacturing skills lends itself to much more inclusive models for hiring that aren’t dependent on 4-year degrees.

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