Good News / Bad News

The NYC economy added 130,000 jobs during the Bloomberg administration— but most of them are in low-paid, un-fun professions like "retail, food service, and home health care." Good luck paying off your student loans on $20K per year!

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By Jake Dobkin in News on October 14, 2009 5:46 PM

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Steven

Any place within 100 miles of NYC wouldn't get you far from $20k a year.

Mr Mel

Yes, the Constitution says all jobs should be fun, it's part of the the Pursuit of Happiness thing. Let's get real here.

tshirt

Hmm, I wonder how many New Yorkers with a high school education (at best) and mouths to feed would consider those "low-paid, un-fun professions" the only jobs available to them, as they struggle to pay their rent... I understand (and agree) that the idea that these jobs provide a living wage in NYC is laughable, but saying that ANY new jobs is "bad news" seems incredibly insensitive.