Tuesday, March 15, marked the earliest Equal Pay Day since its
inception in 1996. What’s Equal Pay Day? It’s the date that
represents how far into the ensuing calendar year women must work to
equal the compensation men earned the previous year. U.S. Census
Bureau data from the 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) say the
national median earnings for civilians in 570 occupations who worked
full-time, year-round in the past 12 months was $53,544 for men
compared to $43,394 for women.
The map above depicts the range of gender-based
wage gaps by state. The only place where there is no gap is
Puerto Rico, but the island also has the lowest median wages for
both men and women compared to all states and D.C. “Places with a
wage gap above $15,000,” says the Bureau, “included Wyoming,
$21,676; Utah, $17,303; and the District of Columbia, $16,032.”
States with the lowest gaps on the mainland are led by, in order,
Vermont (wage gap = $4,600), Nevada ($6,013), California ($7,162),
Maryland ($7,594) and Florida ($7,705). — Adam Bruns
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California-based Ultra Clean Holdings this month announced it is
establishing an Advanced Technology Cleaning Centre (ATCC) with a
100-job facility located at the IDA Ireland Business & Technology
Park at Killgarry. “The Ireland ATCC will be part of UCT’s Services
division, which provides ultra-high purity tool chamber parts
cleaning and coating, as well as micro-contamination analytical
services to chip makers and equipment providers,” said IDA Ireland.
“Cavan, Ireland will be UCT’s 15th Services site and will primarily
support Intel Corporation and other European-based customers.”
Construction is expected to be complete by the third quarter of this
year. Intel earlier this week announced a massive €33 billion
investment in R&D and manufacturing across Europe, including
Ireland, part of a plan to invest €80 billion in the EU across the
next decade.
Hella Saturnus Slovenija, the car headlight manufacturing subsidiary
of the German group Hella, is investing in a new logistics center in
Ljubljana, located. Invest Slovenia says the new center will feature
a laboratory to test new products and technologies, a production
facility for new electronic components and a warehouse. The
Slovenian government will subsidize the €107.7 million project with
€5.42 million from 2022 through 2025, according to government
documents. “Hella Saturnus is owned by Germany’s Hella, which has
been in 80% ownership of French automotive supplier Faurecia since
January,” Invest Slovenia reports. “The Slovenian company Saturnus,
Hella Saturnus’s predecessor, was established in 1921, and was
sliced up into four parts after Slovenia became independent.”
A
rendering shows where Intel’s two new processor factories will be
located on nearly 1,000 acres in Licking County, Ohio. The $20 billion
project is the largest single private-sector investment in Ohio history.
Rendering courtesy of Intel
Intel today
released details of its $100 million commitment toward
partnerships with universities, community colleges and technical
educators in Ohio and across the U.S. to build a pipeline of talent
and bolster research programs, building on its recently announced
planned investment
of more than $20 billion to construct two new leading-edge chip
factories in Ohio. Intel will invest $50 million directly in Ohio
higher education institutions. An additional $50 million from Intel
will be matched by $50 million from the U.S. National Science
Foundation in national funding opportunities.
“Part of this investment will establish the Intel® Semiconductor
Education and Research Program for Ohio to fund a collaborative,
multi-institution research and education program that will emphasize
gaining real-world experience and innovating in semiconductor
fabrication,” the company stated. “Intel will accept proposals from
Ohio-based academic researchers, technical centers, faculty and
educators to address curriculum development, faculty training,
laboratory equipment upgrades, novel research to advance
semiconductor fabrication and student opportunities including
internships.”
Read Site Selection’s recent coverage of similar workforce
development efforts by semiconductor company GlobalFoundries and
educational institutions in New York and beyond in “Incremental Credentials Could Be Essential.”
PHOTO OF THE
DAY
Photo by Chris Hill courtesy of
Tourism Ireland
A standing stone in the foreground provides perspective on the Ben
Bulben escarpment in County Sligo in the Connaught region of the
Republic of Ireland. A loop trail “brings you to a striking
waterfall where you can enjoy panoramic views of Sligo Bay and on a
clear day, Donegal in the distance,” says Discover Ireland. Located
near the base of Ben Bulben is the grave of poet William Butler
Yeats, whose poem “Under Ben Bulben” declares:
“Many times man lives and dies Between his two
eternities, That of race and that of soul, And ancient
Ireland knew it all.”
