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The Boeing contract is great news and there are some lucky folks in Washington State and Kansas who will find jobs. Both State Governors and leaders pulled out all the stops to help Boeing with the sale that took 10 (yes ten !) years. Talk about a long B2B sales cycle with numerous twists and turns.
Interestingly, the locations where Boeing will create jobs are comparatively low-cost viz. Everett Washington and Wichita Kansas. Airbus. the competing French company, also had a low cost location in Mobile, Alabama but I guess two locations with jobs sound better than one. So if you are an aerospace worker in a high cost location like Hartford,Connecticut you are looking at a colleague with a cost of living and wage that is about 25% less in Alabama and Kansas and about 10% less in Washington.Try the calculator here.
Washington State has a highly educated workforce that come in cheaper than a similar workforce in say Connecticut or Massachusetts. The bulk of the lesser skilled jobs will be in Kansas. One has to wonder about folks in high cost locations that loose out as companies have to move to lower cost locations even within the US for defense business where US production is mandatory. Yes suppliers' factories will get jobs across the US, nevertheless a big challenge for State leaders with high cost structures.