Home Editorial and Op-Ed Much work to be done to bring more high-wage jobs to R.I.

Much work to be done to bring more high-wage jobs to R.I.

GOOD GROWTH: Registered nurses, such as Lori Mayer, left, a pediatric intensive care nurse at Hasbro Children’s Hospital in Providence, with Abigail King, another PICU nurse, are expected to be among the jobs that will show significant increases in numbers from 2016 to 2026, according to the R.I. Department of Labor and Training./COURTESY LIFESPAN CORP.

It’s never a bad thing to have a job. But an analysis of data for Rhode Island and the nation shows that which job you have may matter more than it used to. The Economic Policy Institute in Washington, D.C., released a report recently that showed that across the nation since 1979, high-wage workers are

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