More recently, the miscellaneous leather goods industry shifted to manufacturing products for use in factories and other mechanical establishments
The miscellaneous leather goods industry uses SIC 3199
The miscellaneous leather goods industry can trace its roots back to the first skilled leather craftspeople who arrived on the North American continent with early European settlers
The value of industry shipments was $425.6 million in 2001
The value of industry shipments was $628.5 million in 1998
A large portion of earnings in this industry is derived from the manufacture and sale of leather desk accessories
At the turn of the twenty-first century roughly 400 establishments operated in the industry
The overall economic health of the personal leather goods industry is tied to the status of the domestic leather production industry as a whole
The leading states, in terms of number of establishments, were Texas and California. The leaders, in terms of shipment value, were California and Ohio
Historically, about 80 percent of goods manufactured within this industry have been made for personal consumption.
The miscellaneous fabricated wire products industry produces a wide variety of wire-based goods, including barbed wire, bird cages, conveyor belts, hog rings, and paper clips.
machinery and transport equipment 37.8%, intermediate manufactured goods 23.7%, miscellaneous manufactured goods 17.1%, food and live animals 7.6%
The estimated average hourly wage in the industry was $8.46 for a production worker in 2000