In 2001, about 58,000 were employed in the U.S. plastics industry, including 40,000 production workers. Total compensation was $1.99 billion and the average hourly wage was $24.99.
In 2001 the industry had 10,340 employees.
Total employment in the paper and allied products industry was about 612,650 people in 2001
In 2001, the industry employed 28,000 workers
According to the Annual Survey of Manufactures, there were 6,859 employees in the marking device manufacturing industry in 2001,
In 2001 the industry employed 118,876. Of that total, 88,978 were production workers, who were paid an average hourly rate of $13.42.
The packaging machinery industry employed 27,923 workers in 2001, with a payroll of $1.2 billion. Nearly 15,000 employees worked in production, earning more than $508 million. Shipments for the industry were valued at $4.2 billion.
In 2001, the industry employed 94,812 people. Of this total, nearly 69,737 were production workers who earned an average hourly wage of $18.18.
The U.S. Census Bureau reported that the chlorine and alkalies industry employed 4,693 workers in 2001 with a total payroll of $362 million.
During the early 2000s the plastics industry was suffering from the effects of a sluggish economy. Total resin sales in 2001 fell by 3.8 percent from the previous year.
in 2001 the industry employed 58,632 workers, including 34,116 production workers. Total payroll exceeded $2.3 billion, and total shipments for the industry were valued at more than $8.9 billion.
There were more than 7,000 employees in this industry in 2001, nearly 6,000 of whom were in production jobs. The payroll for that year was about $275 million, and the total value of shipments was about $636 million.
Total employment in 2001 was 7,920, down from 11,103 in 1997 and reaching close to the low of approximately 7,000 total employment in the late 1980s.