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The Labor You Need -
Without The Traffic
How can we say
that and mean it?
Easy!
Within a 20
mile radius of Booneville, which is a 20 to 30 minute drive,
you will find 48,714 people, with a labor force of 20,391.
Within a
35-mile radius, which is a 45 to 50 minute drive, you will
find 236,824 people, with a labor force of 112,600.
You will not
find traffic jams in South Logan County. What you will
find is a large, highly-skilled, dedicated labor force that is
ready to work for your business. |
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7 County Area |
20-mile Radius |
35-mile Radius |
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Population |
263,500 |
48,700 |
236,800 |
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Labor Force |
125,000 |
20,400 |
112,600 |
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Employed In Manufacturing |
35,200 |
5,900 |
32,700 |
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Major Employers In South
Logan County |
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Employer |
Service / Product |
Employees |
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Cargill Value Added Meats
A
Cargill Foods Company |
Beef Processing |
800 |
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Booneville Human
Development Center
A Division of the
Arkansas Department of Human Services |
Developmental Disabilities
Services |
300 |
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Rockline Industries
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Coffee filters and wet
wipes |
NEW! |
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US Timber |
Lumber Products |
55 |
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GEX
International
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Custom New & Rebuilt
Standard & High-Performance Volkswagen Engines and
Performance Parts |
30 |
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Ohio
Valley Converting
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Multiple Paper & Foil
Laminate Products with Custom Color Printing Services |
15 |
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AJS Converting |
Paper & Paper foil bag
Products With Custom Color Printing Services |
4 |
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CJ Machine |
High-Tolerance CNC & Custom
Machining - Specializing in fittings for aircraft
industry |
2 |
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Average Hourly Wage
Rates |
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Occupation / Job Title |
Average Entry Wage |
Median Wage |
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Administrative Assistants |
$7.76 |
$8.61 |
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Agricultural Laborers, Farm
Hands |
$6.87 |
$8.49 |
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Assemblers and fabricators |
$6.42 |
$8.93 |
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Automotive Body & Related Repairers |
$10.56 |
$13.09 |
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Automotive Service
Technicians & Mechanics |
$7.49 |
$11.35 |
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Bookkeeping, Billing &
Payroll Clerks |
$8.27 |
$11.76 |
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Brickmasons and Blockmasons |
$7.90 |
$9.70 |
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Cabinetmakers and Bench
Carpenters |
$7.86 |
$9.55 |
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Carpenters |
$10.03 |
$13.36 |
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Cement Masons & Concrete
Finishers |
$10.41 |
$12.54 |
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Construction Laborers |
$6.86 |
$9.21 |
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Electrical &
Telecommunications lineman |
$13.38 |
$23.19 |
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Electricians |
$10.68 |
$15.58 |
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Executive Secretary /
Admin. Assistant |
$9.90 |
$13.13 |
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General Construction Trades
& Related |
$9.24 |
$10.15 |
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General Laborers |
$6.11 |
$6.82 |
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Industrial Machinery
Mechanics |
$10.50 |
$14.12 |
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Machinists |
$11.07 |
$14.13 |
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Machine Operators -
Cementing, Gluing |
$6.87 |
$8.31 |
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Machine Operators -
Forming, Pressing |
$9.82 |
$11.04 |
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Machine Operators - Paper
Goods |
$10.48 |
$12.50 |
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Machine Operators -
Slicing, Blending |
$7.50 |
$9.67 |
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Machine Operators -
Welding, Brazing |
$10.57 |
$15.09 |
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Maintenance Workers,
Machinery |
$9.20 |
$12.60 |
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Packers & Packagers - Hand |
$6.26 |
$8.16 |
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Plumbers |
$11.36 |
$16.02 |
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Skilled Trade - Helper,
Laborers |
$7.32 |
$10.97 |
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Small Engine Mechanics |
$5.95 |
$7.03 |
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Truck Drivers - Heavy &
Tractor-trailer |
$9.96 |
$15.47 |
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Truck Mechanics & Diesel
Engine Specialists |
$9.30 |
$12.55 |
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Welders, Cutters, Solderers
& Brazers |
$9.92 |
$12.97 |
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Source:
Arkansas Employment Security Department - 2003 Ft. Smith
MSA Data |
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