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Workforce <br />• The Twin Cities has an incredible manufacturing sector that encompasses 177,000 workers, <br />with an additional 123,000 elsewhere in the state. In addition, the state has over 69,000 workers in <br />management of companies. <br />Median Wages for Selected Production Occupations by Location <br />Occupation <br />General and Operations Managers <br />First -Line Supervisors/Managers of <br />Production and Operating Workers <br />Structural Metal Fabricators <br />and Fitters <br />Assemblers and Fabricators <br />All Other <br />Forging Machine Setters Operators <br />and Tenders Metal and Plastic <br />Rolling Machine Setters Operators <br />and Tenders Metal and Plastic <br />Cutting Punching and Press <br />Machine Setters Operators <br />and Tenders Metal and Plastic <br />Grinding Lapping Polishing and <br />Buffing Machine Tool Setters <br />Operators Metal and Plastic <br />Milling and Planing Machine <br />Setters Operators and Tenders <br />Metal and Plastic <br />Metal -Refining Furnace Operators <br />and Tenders <br />Model Makers Metal and Plastic <br />Molding Coremaking and Casting <br />Machine Setters Operators Metal <br />and Plastic <br />Multiple Machine Tool Setters <br />Operators and Tenders Metal <br />and Plastic <br />Tool and Die Makers <br />Welders Cutters Solderers and <br />Brazers <br />Welding Soldering and Brazing <br />Machine Setters Operators and <br />Tenders <br />Heat Treating Equipment Setters <br />Operators and Tenders Metal <br />and Plastic <br />Lay -Out Workers Metal and Plastic <br />Metal Workers and Plastic Workers <br />All Other <br />Production Workers All Other <br />na: not available. <br />Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor statistics, Occupational and Employment Statistics, May 2009. <br />Minneapolis -St. Paul - <br />Bloomington, <br />MN -WI <br />$100,360 <br />$56,170 <br />$40,840 <br />$27,330 <br />$37,500 <br />$41,180 <br />$34,250 <br />$34,740 <br />$36,130 <br />$36,390 <br />$56,760 <br />$30,150 <br />$35,870 <br />$48,210 <br />$41,320 <br />$37,750 <br />$32,990 <br />$37,600 <br />$32,740 <br />$27,320 <br />Chicago -Naperville - <br />Joliet, IL -IN -WI <br />$107,420 <br />$56,230 <br />$38,050 <br />Cincinnati - <br />Middletown, Indianapolis, IN <br />OH -KY -IN <br />$97,850 <br />$97,990 <br />Milwaukee - <br />Waukesha -West <br />Allis, WI <br />$102,860 <br />Detroit -Livonia - <br />Dearborn, MI <br />$100,080 <br />$49,190 $57,370 $63,300 <br />na $41,370 $32,060 <br />$24,070 $28,630 $40,730 $42,570 $58,420 <br />$37,670 $35,370 na $35,350 $34,090 <br />$46,150 $31,700 na $32,750 $38,890 <br />$30,320 <br />$29,060 $25,420 $33,370 $56,260 <br />$35,040 <br />$30,770 $29,420 $29,170 $61,640 <br />$36,870 <br />$38,340 na $39,820 $36,230 <br />$47,000 $34,120 na $34,920 na <br />$54,720 $37,350 na $54,950 $53,730 <br />$30,590 <br />$29,090 na $29,120 $28,450 <br />$34,300 <br />$33,710 $32,060 $29,690 $32,090 <br />$55,430 <br />$33,690 <br />$51,710 $44,900 $39,060 $50,460 $67,660 <br />$33,870 $36,550 na $36,010 $36,520 <br />$33,540 <br />$29,660 $28,910 $37,030 na <br />$40,550 <br />$31,360 $24,910 $29,090 $28,130 <br />$39,890 <br />$34,540 <br />$28,990 <br />$29,490 na $42,990 na <br />na $41,530 $32,980 <br />$26,450 $20,680 $25,660 $55,860 <br />$32,740 <br />Minnesota offirs a skilled workforce that can't be found in smaller metros. 7 <br />