Report: The United States semiconductor industry faces a shortage of highly skilled personnel, which is expected to be close to 160,000 by 2030

ON 8 JULY, AN ANALYSIS OF AN EMPLOYER SURVEY CONDUCTED JOINTLY BY MCKINSEY, THE UNITED STATES SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION SEMI AND THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED STATES SHOWED THAT THERE WAS A GROWING SHORTAGE OF HIGHLY SKILLED WORKERS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES, WITH A PROJECTED TECHNICAL WORKFORCE GAP OF UP TO 157,000 FULL-TIME WORKERS BY 2030. THIS COULD LEAD TO DELAYS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF MULTI-BILLION-DOLLAR NEW SEMICONDUCTOR PLANTS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND CONSTRAIN FUTURE CHIP PRODUCTION。