I have to wonder if a lot of people have left the country. Maybe a lot of these lower-paying jobs are empty now because many of those who once filled them decided to pull their families up and return to their home countries (i.e. Mexico or SA.) America has now become a sitting duck with a broken economy, lawless leaders, a senile POTUS, and skyrocketing rent/housing prices. Seriously, if I had been born in another country but immigrated to the U.S. for work, I would not want to stay here either, especially now with these death-shot mandates in effect.