Unfilled Jobs Require Skills
67 PERCENT OF MANUFACTURERS REPORT SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED WORKERS
Posted: January 15, 2012 at 5:36 a.m.
Jason Lilly picks up one of 15 styles of aluminum wheels being packed at Superior Industries in Fayetteville for shipping to car manufacturers. Manufacturers report there is a shortage of available qualified workers to fill jobs.
Manufacturers are having a diftcult time filling jobs. About 600,000 jobs are available nationally because of applicants’ lack of specialized skills and education, Carlos Cardoso, chief executive officer of Kennametal, said recently at the National Press Club in Washington.
AT A GLANCE
U.S. MANUFACTURING STATISTICS
Manufacturing in the United States continues to grow, providing good-paying jobs and a strong economic impact.
The United States is the world’s largest manufacturing economy, producing 21 percent of global products
Manufacturing produces 11.2 percent, or $1.6 trillion, annual gross domestic product.
The industry supports an estimated 18.6 million jobs in the U.S., or about one in six private sector jobs.
Nearly 12 million Americans, or 9 percent of the work force, are employed directly in manufacturing.
In 2009, the average U.S. manufacturing worker earned $74,447 annually, including pay and benefits.
The average nonmanufacturing worker earned $63,122 annually.
SOURCE: NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MANUFACTURERS
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Business, Pages 9 on 01/15/2012
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