Where the Jobs Are: Fixing Those Crumbling Roads

With America’s roads, bridges, seaports, and water systems in disrepair and skilled workers heading toward retirement, jobs maintaining the nation’s infrastructure will be wide open in the next decade. The Brookings Institution says nearly a quarter of infrastructure workers will need to be replaced, but beyond that, employment in infrastructure jobs is projected to increase 9.1% from 2012 to 2022. That means an additional 242,000 material movers, 193,000 truck drivers, and 115,000 electricians, Brookings says.