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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
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