... manufacturing jobs. However the gap has since diminished with the market recovery. Real incomes increased in each of the last four years, but the composition of income sources changed. During the ... percent during that period, reaching its lowest point of 6.1 percent in 2007, and 6.3 percent in 2008. The crisis abruptly hit the economy in the fall of 2008, leading to a surge in the unemployment ... unity in energy, construction, and mining sectors, as they were hiring more workers than firing. The number of vacancies fell sharply during the crisis, but increased gradually increased since...