Industry Expertise: Metal Fabrication

Metal fabrication companies are doing the math and discovering the low cost of doing business in the Midwest can bring big savings to their bottom line.

State rankings

Iowa

• Ranks 23rd in employment: 22,199 (1.40 percent of U.S. total)

• 618 establishments: ranks 29th (1.00 percent of U.S. total)

• $3.37 billion in shipments (1.33 percent of U.S. total)

Minnesota

• Ranks 10th in employment: 42,812 (2.71 percent of U.S. total)

• 13th largest state in establishments: 1,575 (2.55 percent of U.S. total)

• Shipments total $7.40 billion (2.92 percent of U.S. total)

Wisconsin

• 7th largest state in employment: 66,302 (4.19 percent of U.S. total)

• 1,988 establishments, ranks 8th (3.22 percent of U.S. total)

• $10.37 billion in shipments (4.10 percent of U.S. total)

Illinois

• 3rd largest state in employment: 113,836 (7.19 percent of U.S. total)

• 4th largest state in establishments: 3,596 (5.83 percent of U.S. total)

• Shipments total $18.42 billion (7.28 percent of U.S. total)

Sources: 2002 County Business Patterns, released November 2004, U.S. Census Bureau; Geographic Area Statistics, 2001, released January 2003, U.S. Census Bureau.

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Employment

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Median hourly wages

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