Production workers' average hourly earnings increased from about $14 in 1990 to $18 in 2000.
The industry's 7,896 production workers earned an average hourly wage of $13.77 in 2000.
The industry's production workers in 2000 earned an average of more than $16.39 an hour, slightly ahead of the manufacturing average.
Production workers accounting for 29,723 positions in that figure. The average hourly wage for production workers in the industry was $12.32.
The estimated average hourly wage in the industry was $8.46 for a production worker in 2000
The industry's 25,000 production workers earned an average hourly wage of $9.25 in 2000
In 2000 the industry employed an average of 26,332 people, of whom 20,570 were production workers.
Production-related occupations had a mean annual salary of $30,720 in 2001.
In 2000, this industry employed 15,096 people, of whom 9,514 worked in production. They earned an average hourly wage $9.94.
because average costs drop as production rises
because average costs drop as production rises
The industry employed 28,152 people in 2001, including 21,533 production workers who earned an average hourly wage of $11.08.
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.