Wages

Drum Country’s combination of a well-trained, deep labor pool and competitive wages means a strong competitive edge for your business.

Mean Hourly Wages For Representative Occupations
Occupation	Occupation Classification	Drum Country*	New York/ New Jersey MSA	Boston MSA	Philadelphia MSA
Industrial Production Managers	11-3051	$36.60	$55.17	$51.70	$48.70
Logisticians	13-1081	$30.91	$38.08	--	$35.76
Bookeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	43-3031	$15.16	$19.53	$19.36	$18.23
Shipping, Receiving and Traffic Clerks	43-5071	$12.50	$15.58	$16.28	$16.15
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers	51-1011	$25.56	$29.48	$29.82	$29.96
Team Assemblers	51-2092	$12.13	$12.43	$14.15	$14.71
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	51-3093	$11.24	$12.49	$14.48	$13.31
Machinists	51-4041	$16.69	$20.57	$21.09	$21.04
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Office and Administrative Support Workers	43-1011	$21.15	$28.05	$27.07	$26.37
Customer Service Representative	43-4051	$11.79	$17.91	$18.22	$17.82
Receptionists and Information Clerks	43-4171	$11.79	$13.75	$13.97	$13.07
Data Entry Keyers	43-9021	$13.37	$14.65	$14.84	$14.29
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	43-9041	$13.67	$19.07	$19.80	$18.33
Office Clerks, General	43-9061	$11.70	$13.96	$16.03	$14.71
*Source: U.S. Department of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment Statistics, May 2009. Occupational Employerand Wage Estimates for the Capitol Northern New York non-metropolitan area. Includes the three Drum Countrycounties of Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence as well as Clinton, Essex, Franklin, Fulton, Hamilton and Montgomery counties.

Companies will find that the reliability, capacity and costs of Drum Country’s utilities infrastructure, as well as Fort Drum’s steady infusion of talent into the area economy, create a total package that makes the cost of doing business here as stunning as any view of the Adirondacks.

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