New Wage Data Show No STEM Worker ‘Shortage’

Time and time again, activists assert that there is a shortage of workers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). A new National Academies report released yesterday, entitled “International Talent Programs in the Changing Global Environment”, is the latest to argue that the U.S. needs to recruit and retain more immigrants to work in STEM fields. Below we harness new data to help explain why STEM workers are actually not in short supply.