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Examining Shoals Employment & Wage Data





General Wage Information
The average wage for unskilled workers is $7.50 to $8.00 per hour. Semi-skilled workers average $8.75 to $11.00 per hour, while highly skilled workers average $12.00 to $15.50 per hour.

Percent of Industry Type to Number of Manufacturers
Metal/Industrial Machinery 39%

Employed Persons 16 years and Over by Occupation
Colbert and Lauderdale Counties, Alabama
Business Information Solutions provides the following information
(February 2006) on occupations within the Florence-Muscle Shoals MA.

Population 16+ by Occupation 57,699
Professional 17.9%
Services 15.7%
Sales 14.2 %
Administrative Support 11.6%
Production 11.2%
http://www.seda-shoals.com/laborforce.html

National Consortium on Remote Sensing in Transportation - Environmental Assessment
Socioeconomic Data
http://www.ghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/land/ncrst/walasocio.html

Metropolitan Area Wages and Income
Florence-Muscle Shoals
Average wage per job 2003 - $27,255
Per Capita income 2002 - $22,769
Source: U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Economic Analysis

Auburn-Opelika & Gadsden MSAs were lower than the Shoals.

Huntsville MSA was the highest, even higher than the U.S. per job average, but slightly lower than the per capita U.S. average.

Tishomingo Tri-State Commerce Park
includes wage rate & socio-economic data (2004)
Lauderdale average wage per job 2001 $23,145
Colbert average wage per job 2001 $27,998
Electrician $19.92
Mechanic $18.93
Engineer $17.36
Millwright $16.80
Tool & die maker $16.62
Chemical operators $16.04
http://www.tishomingo.org/Tri_StateCommercePark/tristate1.htm

Income:
MSA Median Family Income: $46,723 (2005)
MSA Per Capita Income: $19,252 (2005)
http://shoalschamber.com/Community/Demographics/index.html

Occupational Employment and Wages
Florence MSA, Alabama
AL Dept of Industrial Relations
http://www2.dir.state.al.us/OES/2004_NOV_EST/MSA/TOC007.asp

Major Employers, Colbert and Lauderdale Counties:
Name: Product: Employment
Coffee Health Group Health Care 1,498
Tennessee Valley Authority Government 1,253
Sara Lee Foods Meat Processing 1,042
Lauderdale County Schools Education 1,000
Wise Alloys Aluminum Can Sheet 957
City of Florence Government 850
Helen Keller Hospital Health Care 756
University of North Alabama Education 667
Florence City Schools Education 530
Walmart Supercenter (Lauderdale) Department Store 520
Norfolk Southern Railroad Transportation 500
NW-Shoals Community College Education 500

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