中產階級的崗位數量出現了反彈。至少，紐約聯邦儲備銀行在上周四新發布的分析報告中是這么說的。

紐約聯邦儲備銀行的總裁威廉·杜德利表示，中等收入的工作崗位主要在教育、建筑、運輸和社會服務等領域有所增長。2013年至2015年間，美國經濟創造了近230萬個年薪3萬美元至6萬美元的工作。

而同期新增的低收入崗位剛剛超過150萬個，高收入崗位則不足150萬個。這一數值與上一個三年期間形成了鮮明對比，當時新增的中等收入崗位只有高收入崗位和低收入崗位的一半。

這份上周四發布的分析報告表明，在衰退后的恢復時期明顯增長乏力的中等收入崗位如今出現了反彈。

紐約聯儲之前的研究指出，許多中等收入的崗位都會在大蕭條時間消失，而且這些崗位中只有很少一部分會在恢復初期重新出現。這讓那些在蕭條時期失去工作的人很難參與到經濟建設中，至少是難以恢復之前享受的工作待遇。

中等收入崗位增長的乏力，與政治上的普遍觀點，即全球化正在導致前所未有的平等相悖離。中等收入崗位被擠壓成為不穩定的低收入崗位，也導致了極少數超級富豪的產生。

達德利表示：“這個潮流已經開始扭轉。在很長一段時間內，我們第一次看到國內中等收入崗位的增加數量超過高收入和低收入崗位。”（財富中文網）

譯者：嚴匡正

Middle class jobs are making a comeback. At least according to a new analysis released Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Middle income jobs have primarily been added in fields like education, construction, transportation, and social services, among others, according to New York Fed president William Dudley. The economy created nearly 2.3 million more jobs paying from $30,000 to $60,000 a year between 2013 and 2015.

That compares to just over 1.5 million lower-wage and just under 1.5 million higher-wage jobs created in the same period. It’s also a mirror image of the previous three-year period, when middle-income job creation ran at barely half the rate of either higher- or lower-income jobs.

The analysis released Thursday could indicate a turnaround for job growth in the middle class that have been notoriously lacking in the post-recession recovery.

Previous research from the New York Fed showed that many middle-wage jobs disappeared during the Great Recession, and only a small portion of those jobs returned during the early stages of recovery. This made it difficult for those who lost their job during the recession to join the economy, at least on anything like the same terms they’d previously enjoyed.

Job growth within the middle class goes against the politically explosive perception that globalization is leading to ever-greater equality, by squeezing middle-income types into precarious, lower-paid jobs and creating a much smaller number of super-rich.

“The tide has begun to turn,” said Dudley. “For the first time in quite a while, we are seeing gains in middle wage jobs actually outnumber gains in higher and lower wage jobs nationwide.”