The estimated average hourly wage in the industry was $8.46 for a production worker in 2000
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 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
More recently, the miscellaneous leather goods industry shifted to manufacturing products for use in factories and other mechanical establishments
A large portion of earnings in this industry is derived from the manufacture and sale of leather desk accessories
The value of industry shipments was $628.5 million in 1998
The value of industry shipments was $425.6 million in 2001
At the turn of the twenty-first century roughly 400 establishments operated in the industry
The ophthalmic goods industry employed 23,766 people in 2001, including 17,031 production workers, with the remaining workers performing administrative, technical, or managerial duties.
NAICS Code 316993 is for Personal Leather Goods
Hyman Gordon Kates has written: 'A luggage and leather goods manual' -- subject(s): Leather industry and trade, Luggage
the demand for goods increased as goods became cheaper to produce