July 25 (Reuters) - The U.S. semiconductor industry faces a shortfall of roughly 67,000 workers by 2030, according to an industry association study published on Tuesday.
The chip industry's workforce is projected to grow to 460,000 by the end of the decade, up from roughly 345,000 this year.
The law also created a 25% investment tax credit for building new chip factories, or fabs, that is worth $24 billion.
Roughly half of the future chip industry jobs will be engineers.
The shortage of skilled chip workers is part of a larger shortfall of science, technology, engineering and math graduates in the U.S., according to the report.
Persons:
John Neuffer, Max A, Christian Schmollinger
Organizations:
Semiconductor Industry Association, SIA, Oxford Economics, Commerce Department, Intel Corp, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Samsung Electronics Co, Thomson
Locations:
U.S, KS, San Francisco