Phila. region lost 107,000 manufacturing jobs over last decade

Phila. region lost 107,000 manufacturing jobs over last decade: "The Philadelphia region lost 37 percent of its manufacturing jobs from 2000 to 2010, according to a study that found that 99 of America's largest markets lost manufacturing jobs over the past decade. The region had 291,300 manufacturing jobs in November 2000, according to the study by Buffalo Business First, a sister publication of the Philadelphia Business Journal. That figure had dwindled to 184,200 this past November. Only four regions lost more jobs, but 36 regions lost a higher percentage...

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