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Estimated number available for work in Heard County - 4,737
Estimated number available for work including the surrounding four-county area and East Alabama - 137,800
Estimated available area manufacturing employment - 27,529
Available for work in a fifteen county labor draw area - 725,000
2001 Unemployment Rate Annual Average - 6.0%

Wage Rates
Average entry hourly rate - $7.07 skilled/$5.48 unskilled
Average paid hourly rate - $9.05 skilled/$6.68 unskilled

JOB TYPE

Average Entry

Average Paid

Middle Range

Engineers, Mechanical

$14.78

$18.48

$16.76 - $25.96

Technicians & Technologists, Drafters

*

$10.90

$9.51 - $12.47

Secretaries (except legal & medical)

$7.38

$9.12

$8.09 - $10.76

Bookkeeping, Accounting & Auditing Clerks

$7.17

$9.37

$7.50 - $11.05

Shipping, Receiving & Traffic Clerks

$5.52

$8.15

$7.27 - $8.00

Janitors & Cleaners (except maids & housekeeping cleaners)

$5.14

$6.39

$5.50 - $7.25

Electricians

$8.55

$11.89

$11.55 - $12.02

Freight, Stock & Material Movers-Hand

$5.60

$6.87

$5.80 - $6.66

 
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