"Among the 50 million employed college graduates ages 25 to 64 in 2019, 37% reported a bachelor’s degree in science or engineering but only 14% worked in a STEM occupation, according to the Census Bureau’s 2019 American Community Survey 1-year estimates.
This translates into less than a third (28%) of STEM-educated workers actually working in a STEM job."
That's a small drop in the bucket compared to all the jobs that are outsourced over seas. Even mainframe work for fortune companies is done in South America, because the companies went out of their way to train those people. They just expect us to train ourselves for their niche needs when they do hire us.
This translates into less than a third (28%) of STEM-educated workers actually working in a STEM job."