Back in the day, a Michigan man or woman with a strong back and a will to work could walk onto the line and earn a top salary, complete with perks typically enjoyed only by professional workers in other parts of the country. But no more. Michigan's blue collar jobs are drying up, and college grads aren't flocking to the state in droves, a new report says.
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Michigan dropped an unprecedented 10 spots to 26th in U.S. per-capita income rankings between 2000 and 2006, according to a report released today by Michigan Future Inc. President Louis Glazer and his fellow researcher on the report, Don Grimes, a senior research specialist at the University of Michigan's Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations, say that Michigan's dramatic drop in such a short period is tied to the number of people in the state who don't hold at least a bachelor's degree.
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