Reisearbeidsjobber fører til høyere lønn og et permanent fotfeste for økonomisk suksess, og overgår kompensasjon i både produksjon og helsevesen, ifølge US Travel Association's Made in America: Travel's Contribution to Workforce Development.
US Travel ga ut studien på bakgrunn av den 36. årlige National Travel and Tourism Week. Rapporten - den andre i US Travel's "Made in America" -serie som fremhever reisens betydning for den amerikanske økonomien, viser at jobb i reisebransjen gir millioner av amerikanere en velstandsvei.
Blant de beste funnene:
• Travel is the No. 1 industry for first jobs. Nearly four in 10 workers got their start in travel and tourism. Moreover, they are good first jobs that give workers skills, confidence and experience that are essential to successful careers in a broad spectrum of occupations.
• Individuals who began their career in travel have gone on to earn a peak average salary of $82,400 by the time they were 50 years old—higher than those who started in manufacturing, health care and other industries.
• Nearly a third of Americans (31%) re-entering the workforce do so through a job in the travel industry—compared to just 12% in manufacturing and 8% in health care. Travel jobs have the flexibility, availability, diversity and focus on practical skills to launch a rewarding career.
Rapporten inkluderer også casestudier av enkeltpersoner som har fulgt karrierer i reisebransjen og oppnådd sin amerikanske drøm som et resultat.
"Som mange amerikanere var min første jobb i reiselivsbransjen - som badevakt ved et hotellbasseng - og det ga meg grunnlaget for ferdigheter og muligheter som førte til en lang og givende karriere," sa president og administrerende direktør i US Travel Association, Roger Dow. “Jobber i reisebransjen er unikt tilgjengelige for alle amerikanere, og gir en vei til et solid, livslangt levebrød. Enkelt sagt, reise er inngangsporten til den amerikanske drømmen. ”
Noen av de andre viktige tingene fra rapporten:
• Travel industry jobs provide flexibility for pursuit of higher education and training. Of the 6.1 million Americans working part-time while pursuing higher education in 2018, more than half were employed in travel-related industries. Nearly one in five (18%) travel industry employees currently attend school, compared to the 8% of workers attending school in other sectors of the economy.
• The travel industry is diverse and accessible compared to other industries. Nearly half (46%) of travel industry employees have a high school degree or less, compared to 30% of employees of the rest of the economy. Travel also has a greater share of Hispanics, African Americans and multi-ethnic individuals than the rest of the economy.
• Experience in travel fosters entrepreneurs. Seventeen percent of Americans whose first job was in travel now own their own business, and 19% consider themselves entrepreneurs—again, a higher figure than manufacturing and health care. Of women who started their career in the travel industry, 14% now consider themselves entrepreneurs, compared to only 10% of those who started out in health care.
• The travel industry fills the skills gap. Through training, education, certification programs and firsthand experience, the industry is providing resources and opportunities for high school and college students, minorities, females and individuals with barriers to employment such as the lack of a formal education.
"Statistikken er fantastisk, men det er når du leser profilene at reisebransjens virkelige innvirkning på jobber blir tydelig," sa Dow. «Hver av historiene gir et øyeblikksbilde av potensialet reisebransjen har for alle som ønsker å leve sterkt.
"Denne rapporten forsterker ytterligere det faktum at reiser betyr noe for arbeidsplasser og økonomi i vårt land, og vår regjering bør prioritere reisepolitikk for å sikre at industrien fortsetter å vokse."
Rapporten er hovedsakelig avhengig av data fra Bureau of Labor Statistics National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth 1979 og 1997 for å utforske karriereveien til enkeltpersoner hvis første jobb var i reisebransjen.
