A copy of Greater Burlington's labor characteristics report for the warehousing and distribution industry, including data on the number of workers with skills and experience in this industry segment, unemployment figures by industry, wage data, workforce preferences and workforce willing to change or accept employment.

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Fairfield
Kahoka
Macomb
Muscatine
Carthage
Wapello
Monmouth
Mount Pleasant
Burlington
Galesburg
Donnellson
La Harpe
West Point
Niota
Wever
Dallas City
Danville
Keokuk
Sperry
Nauvoo
New London
Fort Madison Lomax
Gladstone
Middletown
Farmington
Columbus Junction
Farmington
Stronghurst
Oquawka
Kirkwood
West Burlington
Monmouth
Kirkwood
CLARK
SCOTLAND
ADAIR
CHUYLER
KNOX
FULTON
HANCOCK
HENRY
MERCER
WARREN
MCDONOUGH
HENDERSON
ROCK ISLAND
Concentration of those with transferable
experience/skills by place of residence
Workers who have transferable experience/skills in the Laborshed area are currently commuting an
average of 10 miles one way for work. Those who are willing to change/accept employment are
willing to commute an average of 26 miles one way for the right employment opportunity.
Current Benefits:
 Health/medical insurance - 90.5%
 Pension/retirement/401K - 59.5%
 Dental coverage - 40.5%
 Paid vacation - 37.8%
 Life insurance - 24.3%
 Vision coverage - 24.3%
 Paid holidays - 17.6%
 Paid sick leave - 14.9%
 Disability insurance - 12.2%
 Prescription drug coverage - 6.8%
Desired Benefits:
(by percent of interest)
 Health/medical insurance - 88.9%
 Pension/retirement/401K - 50.0%
 Dental coverage - 38.9%
 Paid vacation - 33.3%
 Vision coverage - 19.4%
 Paid holidays - 16.7%
 Paid sick leave - 11.1%
Top Advertising Media:
(for those seeking employment opportunities)
 Local/Regional Newspapers - 63.3%
 The Hawkeye - Burlington
 Daily Democrat - Fort Madison
 Internet - 50.5%
 www.iowajobs.org
 www.monster.com
 IowaWORKS Centers - 27.5%
 Networking through friends, family &
acquaintances - 14.7%
 Private employment services - 7.3%
Employment Status:
65.6% Employed
 29.5% of the employed are willing to change
employment
16.8% Unemployed
 70.0% of the unemployed are willing to
accept employment
4.2% Voluntarily Not Employed, Not Retired
13.4% Retired
Education Levels:
 56.3% Education beyond high school
 5.0% Trade certified
 0.8% Vocational training
 14.3% Associate degree
 13.4% Undergraduate Degree
 4.2% Postgraduate/professional degree
Flexibility in the Workplace:
(by percent of interest)
 Job teams - 86.7%
 Cross-training - 84.4%
 Job sharing - 48.9%
 Varied shifts (2nd, 3rd & split) - 44.4%
 Seasonal work - 48.9%
 Temporary work - 48.9%
Other Facts:
 69.6% paid an hourly wage
 71.4% are/were employed full-time
 17.6% are/were self-employed
 8.4% are/were employed part-time
 7.7% hold two or more jobs
 Currently working an average of
43 hrs/week
Information was compiled by Iowa Workforce
Development using 2011 data.
Underemployment:
Total Underemployment - 7.6%
 Low hours - 3.4%
 Mismatch of skills - 2.5%
 Low income - 4.2%
IWD only counts individuals once when
estimating Total Underemployment.
Labor Characteristics
Warehouse & Distribution
Burlington, Iowa Laborshed
10 Mile Interval Between Rings
Estimated Potential Available Labor Per
Occupational Category:
Business Operations:
General Operations Managers - 7,449
Administrative Service Managers - 656
Cost Estimators - 648
Employment Recruiters - 968
Sales Persons - 1,930
Sales Representatives - 654
Accounting Clerks - 312
Customer Service
Representatives - 2,590
Office Clerks & Administrative
Support - 1,623
Production:
Production Managers - 313
Supervisors - 1,924
Production Clerks - 309
Shipping, Receiving, & Traffic
Clerks - 970
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers - 962
Maintenance & Repair Workers - 653
Assemblers - 1,931
Job Printers - 304
Prepress Technicians - 650
Printing Machine Operators - 301
Production Workers - 7,797
Material Movers:
Transportation, Storage, & Distribution
Managers - 314
Couriers & Messengers - 298
Supervisors - 620
Heavy Truck Drivers - 1,621
Forklift Operators - 660
Laborers, Freight, Stock, & Material
Movers - 1,314
Packers & Packagers - 652
An estimated total of 38,423 people
in the Laborshed area
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Mississippi River
Interstates
4-Lane Highways
US Highways
State Highways
Illinois County
Iowa County
Missouri County
Laborshed Concentration
by Place of Residence (per ZIP Code)
Low
Moderate
High
Area Shown

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Administrative Services Managers 11-3011 $ 32.49 $ 21.46 $ 38.00 $ 29.10
Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other 51-2099 $ 9.30 $ 8.04 $ 9.93 $ 8.82
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031 $ 15.98 $ 10.67 $ 18.64 $ 14.55
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031 $ 19.03 $ 13.44 $ 21.83 $ 16.98
Couriers and Messengers 43-5021 $ 8.52 $ 8.14 $ 8.71 $ 8.61
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051 $ 12.69 $ 8.47 $ 14.81 $ 9.64
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032 $ 18.32 $ 13.79 $ 20.59 $ 19.29
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers, Hand 53-1021 $ 21.57 $ 14.33 $ 25.20 $ 21.37
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and 53-1031 $ 22.78 $ 16.70 $ 25.82 $ 22.59
General and Operations Managers 11-1021 $ 44.67 $ 25.25 $ 54.38 $ 40.14
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198 $ 11.52 $ 9.43 $ 12.57 $ 10.94
Human Resources, Labor Relations, and Training Specialists, All Other 13-1078 $ 20.74 $ 12.59 $ 24.83 $ 20.82
Industrial Production Managers 11-3051 $ 39.27 $ 23.72 $ 47.05 $ 34.71
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051 $ 15.42 $ 12.08 $ 17.09 $ 14.64
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061 $ 15.75 $ 11.60 $ 17.82 $ 14.87
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 53-7062 $ 13.55 $ 9.97 $ 15.33 $ 13.17
Logisticians 13-1051 $ 26.33 $ 18.52 $ 30.24 $ 25.51
Logisticians 13-1081 $ 30.64 $ 25.44 $ 33.25 $ 29.30
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071 $ 17.74 $ 11.99 $ 20.61 $ 17.20
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-9199 $ 14.97 $ 9.51 $ 17.70 $ 14.23
Office Clerks, General 43-9061 $ 14.00 $ 10.01 $ 16.01 $ 13.43
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111 $ 12.82 $ 8.88 $ 14.80 $ 12.69
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064 $ 11.79 $ 10.62 $ 12.38 $ 11.36
Prepress Technicians and Workers 51-5111 $ 14.69 $ 12.67 $ 15.70 $ 14.28
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199 $ 13.75 $ 10.73 $ 15.25 $ 13.19
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061 $ 21.47 $ 15.44 $ 24.48 $ 20.99
Purchasing Agents, Except Wholesale, Retail, and Farm Products 13-1023 $ 25.68 $ 17.93 $ 29.56 $ 25.53
Sales and Related Workers, All Other 41-9099 $ 19.65 $ 8.54 $ 25.20 $ 13.43
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific 41-4012 $ 23.72 $ 12.41 $ 29.38 $ 19.94
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 41-4011 $ 33.24 $ 23.07 $ 38.31 $ 26.78
Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks 43-5071 $ 15.25 $ 11.69 $ 17.03 $ 14.60
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers 43-5081 $ 11.70 $ 8.39 $ 13.36 $ 10.43
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 11-3071 $ 33.10 $ 22.10 $ 38.60 $ 31.86
Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer 53-3032 $ 16.53 $ 9.92 $ 19.85 $ 14.82
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services 53-3033 $ 16.71 $ 9.18 $ 20.48 $ 15.21
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-5111 $ 15.16 $ 11.15 $ 17.16 $ 16.25
Wholesale and Retail Buyers, Except Farm Products 13-1022 $ 22.77 $ 16.98 $ 25.65 $ 18.55
Greater Burlington Partnership
610 North 4th Street, Suite 200
Burlington, Iowa 52601
Phone: 319-752-6365
Fax: 319-752-6454
www.greaterburlington.com
The 2012 Iowa Wage data for Iowa Workforce Development Region 16 (Des Moines, Henry, Lee and Louisa Counties) was produced by the Labor
Force & Occupational Analysis Bureau to provide communities local information on wages by occupation. The source of the wage and employment
data is based on the May 2011 OES estimates. Additional occupational wage and employment data can be found at http://iwin.iwd.state.ia.us/iowa/
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