Total 2000 payroll of roughly $2.8 billion was up from $1.8 billion in 1994. In 2000, the industry's production workers earned an average hourly wage of $12.63.
By far the largest production group employed by the industry consisted of assemblers and fabricators. These workers made up 14.9 percent of the entire work force in 1996
In 2000, this industry employed 15,096 people, of whom 9,514 worked in production. They earned an average hourly wage $9.94.
In 2000, signs and advertising specialties manufacturers employed about 89,028 workers, 57,110 of which were production workers. This was up from 72,000 workers (46,200 production workers) in 1994
In 2000 the average wage for the industrial valve industry was $15.07
Average hourly wages in 2000 were $18.78.
paving and surface workers, totaling 22,390, earned a mean annual salary of $33,960.
covers establishments primarily engaged in manufacturing electrical, mechanical, cutout, or plate signs and advertising displays, including neon signs and advertising specialties.
The industry employed 37,300 people with nearly 26,000 being production workers, in 2000. Average hourly wages that year were $14.97.
Of the industry's 23,836 employees in 2000, 16,437 were production workers earning about $12 per hour.
The development of computer technology decreases the need for specialized skills and gives rise to rapid-sign franchises, which facilitate same-day construction of signs.
Companies under SIC 3669 employed 25,000 workers in 1997
More than 5,743 establishments were engaged in the manufacture of signs and advertising displays in the late 1990s. Industry shipments grew from $7.9 billion in 1997 to $9.7 billion in 2000.