Chart of the Day: Yet More Bad Job News

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Via Economix, this chart comes from a new study by the National Employment Law Project, and it shows yet another way in which our jobless recovery is grim news. As you can see, we lost only a small number of low-paying jobs during the Great Recession and we’ve since gained almost all of them back. But mid-wage and high-wage occupations? Those are the jobs that really drive recovery, and they’re still very deeply in the hole. Ugh.