Manufacturing Wage

Lafayette County Manufacturing Sectors, 2010

Manufacturing SectorNumber of JobsPercentAverage Earnings per WorkerNumber of Establishments
Fabricated Metal*33036.9%$52,9905
Electrical Equipment**28131.4%$36,5851
Apparel637.0%$39,7621
Machinery414.6%$51,6562
Wood364.0%$52,9012
Printing and Related Support Activities283.1%$22,245--
Nonmetallic Mineral242.7%$67,9502
Miscellaneous212.3%$42,7021
Furniture212.3%$19,3223
Petroleum and Coal171.9%$85,8511
Food161.8%$28,661--
Other Manufacturing171.9%--7
TOTALS895100%$46,68825
* Fastest growing sector; 294 jobs gained from 2005 to 2010
** Fastest declining sector; 650 jobs lost from 2005 to 2010
Source: North Mississippi Industrial Development Association

Lafayette County Occupations within the Manufacturing Industry, by Number of Jobs, 2010

OccupationNumber of JobsPercentMedian Hourly EarningsLowest 10%*Highest 10%*Job Zone
Team assemblers**15617%$11.34$8.36$18.552
Sewing machine operators475%$13.09$8.25$19.271
Structural metal fabricators and fitters***384%$16.56$10.46$23.453
Cutting, punching, and press machine operators384%$11.89$9.20$17.372
Managers of production and operating workers354%$20.18$13.20$30.863
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers303%$14.00$9.54$22.122
Machinists233%$18.13$12.79$26.003
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers233%$17.29$10.15$24.892
Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers202%$9.60$7.27$15.092
Helpers - Production workers192%$12.09$8.19$16.221
Maintenance and repair workers182%$12.90$8.82$20.843
Managers, all other172%$7.47$25.604
Computer-controlled machine tool operators172%$17.64$12.79$22.852
Industrial truck and tractor operators162%$11.94$8.42$15.182
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer142%$16.24$9.51$32.022
Sales representatives131%$25.89$12.11$58.663
Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers121%$14.25$7.52$16.422
Machine feeders and offbearers121%$13.72$8.97$17.622
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks111%$13.69$9.70$21.152
Other occupations33636%--------
Totals895100%$15.02$9.62$23.38--
* Lowest and highest 10% indicates the 10th and 90th earnings percentile, respectively
** Fastest declining occupation; 260 jobs lost from 2005-2010
*** Fastest growing occupation; 11 jobs gained from 2005-2010
Source: North Mississippi Industrial Development Association