Editing Operation Bootstrap (section)

=== Shift in job market ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Salaried employees in Puerto Rico during Operation Bootstrap
|-
! style="text-align: left" | Decade
! style="text-align: right" | Jobs in fishing & agriculture
! style="text-align: right" | Decade-over-decade ratio
! style="text-align: right" | Jobs in manufacturing
! style="text-align: right" | Decade-over-decade ratio
! style="text-align: right" | Employment net loss{{efn|While the total sum of employment in fishing, agriculture, and manufacturing did experience a net loss, the industrialization process created jobs in other sectors. The net loss portrayed in this table only takes into account direct jobs associated within these industries without taking into account the indirect jobs associated with them such as those in the [[service industry of Puerto Rico|service industry]] and government. The financial sector grew from 10% of GNP in 1950 to 14.4% in 1980, and the governmental sector grew from 10% in 1950 to 17.1% in 1980.<ref name="National Endowment for the Humanities" /> Regardless of all this, Puerto Rico did experience an overall net loss due to Bootstrap. The data show that the new economic model generated growth but no employment. New jobs created in manufacturing did not fully compensate for jobs lost in agriculture.<ref name="aspectos-sociales-fph">{{cite web |title=Aspectos sociales de Manos a la Obra |url=http://www.enciclopediapr.org/esp/article.cfm?ref=06102003&page=4 |publisher=Fundación Puertorriqueña de las Humanidades |access-date=October 6, 2013 |language=es}}</ref>}}
! style="text-align: right" | Employment net loss ratio
|-
| 1940s
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="230000" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{steady}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 230,000
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="0" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{steady}} || style="text-align: center; width: 33%" | N/A
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="56000" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 64%" | {{steady}} || style="text-align: right; width: 36%" | 56,000
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="0" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 64%" | {{steady}} || style="text-align: center; width: 36%" | N/A
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="0" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{steady}} || style="text-align: center; width: 33%" | N/A
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="0" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{steady}} || style="text-align: center; width: 33%" | N/A
|}
|-
| 1950s
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="216000" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 216,000
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="6.08" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 6.08%
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="55000" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 64%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 36%" | 55,000
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="1.79" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 64%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 36%" | 1.79%
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="15000" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 15,000
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="5.24" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 5.24%
|}
|-
| 1960s
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="125000" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 125,000
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="42.13" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 42.13%
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="81000" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 64%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 36%" | 81,000
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="47.27" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 64%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 36%" | 47.27%
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="65000" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 65,000
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="23.99" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 23.99%
|}
|-
| 1970s
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="68000" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 68,000
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="45.60" | 
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 45.60%
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="132000" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 64%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 36%" | 132,000
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="62.96" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 64%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 36%" | 62.96%
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="6000" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 6,000
|}
| style="text-align: right" data-sort-value="2.91" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 2.91%
|}
|-
! style="text-align: left" | Total
! style="text-align: right" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 162,000
|}
! style="text-align: right" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 70.43%
|}
! style="text-align: right" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 64%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 36%" | 76,000
|}
! style="text-align: right" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 64%" | {{increase}} || style="text-align: right; width: 36%" | 135.71%
|}
! style="text-align: right" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 86,000
|}
! style="text-align: right" |
{| cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"
| style="width: 67%" | {{decrease}} || style="text-align: right; width: 33%" | 30.07%
|}
|}

[[File:Salaried-employees-in-puerto-rico-during-operation-bootstrap.png|thumb|center|315px|Chart demonstrating how the [[economy of Puerto Rico]] shifted from [[agriculture in Puerto Rico|agriculture]] to [[manufacturing in Puerto Rico|manufacturing]] by showing how the salaried employees during Operation Bootstrap significantly increased manufacturing jobs (green line) while decreasing agricultural jobs (blue line).]]Manufacturing jobs also led to a shift in the job market as it pertains to gender. In 1940, women represented half of the total population of Puerto Rico, but represented less than 25% of the labor force.<ref name="Census. 1940"/> Women in Operation Bootstrap were targeted as an important labor force, especially for the garment and apparel industry, which represented a share of the manufacturing market.<ref name="centropr.hunter.cuny.edu"/>

In January 2024, the State of Puerto Rico relaxed its remote work requirements with Act 52-2022, which exempts foreign employers with no connection to Puerto Rico from withholding income tax for employees working remotely in Puerto Rico, provided certain conditions are met.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ogletree.com/insights-resources/blog-posts/remote-work-in-puerto-rico-a-legal-update-for-global-employers/ |title=Remote Work in Puerto Rico: A Legal Update for Global Employers |work=Ogletree Deakins|date=20 February 2025|access-date=21 February 2025}}</ref>