By the Numbers from the June 2017 issue of the Columbia Business Times.

1. Mean hourly wage of a
person in a production
occupation in Columbia
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
$
15.89
Percentage of the workforce
employed by Missouri
manufacturers in 2010
(National Association of Manufacturers
Missouri Manufacturing Facts)
92%
Number of people
employed in production
jobs in 2015 in Columbia
(Missouri Economic Research
and Information Center)
3,580
Percentage of Missouri’s
exports that manufacturing
accounts for
(National Association of Manufacturers
Missouri Manufacturing Facts)
89%
$
Amount of money that is added
to the economy for every $1
spent in manufacturing
(Missouri Association of
Manufacturers)
$
1.81
Number of Missouri
manufacturers included in the
2014 Fortune 1000
(Department of Economic
Development – Missouri’s Proud
Advanced Manufacturing History)
10
Percentage that Missouri’s
manufacturing employment
grew during 2014
(2015 Missouri Economic Report)
2.1%
Number of manufacturing
firms there are in Missouri
(Missouri Economic Impact
Brief – Manufacturing
Industries)
7,017
Percentage that production
jobs make of the total
employment in Columbia
(compared to 6.6% of the U.S.)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics
4%
Number of Missourians
employed in production
occupations in May 2016
(Bureau of Labor Statistics)
197,140