1. Labor Characteristics
Food Processing
Webster City, Iowa Laborshed
Concentration of those with transferable Estimated Potential Available Labor
experience/skills by place of residence Per Occupational Category:
Business Operations:
Area Shown
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FLOYD
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Supervisors - 208
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35 Clerks - 3,547
Interstate
HUMBOLDT
HUMBOLDT
Goldfield
Goldfield
Market Research Analysts - 209
POCAHONTAS
POCAHONTAS WRIGHT FRANKLIN BUTLER 4-Lane Highway Office & Administrative Support
Workers, All Other - 840
WRIGHT FRANKLIN BUTLER
Clarion
Clarion
Humboldt
Humboldt
US Highways Secretaries - 2,921
Production:
Eagle Grove
Eagle Grove
State Highways
Supervisors - 420
Fort Dodge
Fort Dodge Alden
Alden
Iowa County Agricultural Workers - 626
Webster City
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Iowa Falls Inspectors - 1,250
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Kamrar
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Workers - 207
Licensed Practical & Vocational
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Nurses - 210
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General - 621
Laborshed Concentration
Story City
Maintenance Workers,
Story City
by Place of Residence (per ZIP Code) Machinery - 211
Low Medical & Clinical Laboratory
CARROLL GREENE Ames Technologists & Technicians - 834
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Moderate Production Workers, All
High Other - 3,338
10 Mile Interval Between Rings
Water & Liquid Waste Treatment
Plant & System Operators - 206
Workers who have transferable experience/skills in the Laborshed area are currently commuting an Material Movers:
average of 7 miles one way for work. Those who are willing to change/accept employment are Managers - 417
willing to commute an average of 14 miles one way for the right employment opportunity. Forklift Operators - 203
Employment Status: Current Benefits: Heavy Truck Drivers - 1,878
71.7% Employed  Health/medical insurance - 90.7% Laborers & Material Movers,
 38.0% of the employed are willing to change  Pension/retirement/401K - 66.7% Hand - 625
employment  Dental coverage - 50.7% Light Truck Drivers - 215
12.1% Unemployed  Paid vacation - 44.0% An estimated total of 20,656 people
 91.7% of the unemployed are willing to  Paid sick leave - 24.0% in the Laborshed area
accept employment  Vision coverage - 22.7%
7.1% Homemakers, Not Employed  Life insurance - 20.0%
9.1% Retired  Paid holidays - 12.0%
Education Levels: Desired Benefits:
 71.7% Education beyond high school (by percent of interest)
 1.0% Vocational training  Health/medical insurance - 80.5%
 6.1% Trade certified  Pension/retirement/401K - 46.3%
 16.2% Associate degree  Dental coverage - 41.5%
 27.3% Undergraduate degree  Paid vacation - 34.1%
 3.0% Postgraduate degree  Vision coverage - 26.8%
 Paid holidays - 17.1%
Flexibility in the Workplace:  Flextime - 7.3%
(by percent of interest)
 Paid sick leave - 7.3%
 Cross-training - 87.0%  Prescription drug coverage - 7.3%
 Job teams - 84.8% Underemployment:
 Job sharing - 50.0% Top Advertising Media: Total Underemployment - 14.1%
 Varied shifts (2nd, 3rd, & split) - 39.1% (for those seeking employment opportunities)  Low hours - 6.1%
 Temporary work - 55.6%  Local/Regional Newspapers  Mismatch of skills - 7.1%
 Seasonal work - 51.1%  The Messenger - Fort Dodge  Low income - 3.0%
 The Des Moines Register
Other Facts:  Daily Freeman Journal - Webster City IWD only counts individuals once when
estimating Total Underemployment.
 74.0% paid an hourly wage  The Internet
 79.8% are/were employed full-time  www.iowaworkforce.org
 15.2% are/were employed part-time  www.careerbuilder.com Information was compiled by Iowa Workforce
 9.9% hold two or more jobs  www.monster.com Development using 2010 data.
 Currently working an average of  Iowa Workforce Development Centers
41 hrs/week  Networking through friends, family, &
acquaintances

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Agricultural and Food Science Technicians 19-4011 $ 13.58 $ 11.32 $ 14.71 $ 13.70
Agricultural Equipment Operators 45-2091 $ 12.03 $ 10.93 $ 12.58 $ 11.67
Agricultural Inspectors 45-2011 $ 20.25 $ 16.03 $ 22.35 $ 20.44
Bakers 51-3011 $ 11.06 $ 8.41 $ 12.39 $ 10.95
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031 $ 13.68 $ 9.69 $ 15.67 $ 13.35
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-3021 $ 12.44 $ 10.24 $ 13.54 $ 12.23
Chemical Technicians 19-4031 $ 22.47 $ 16.01 $ 25.70 $ 20.17
Executive Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6011 $ 17.14 $ 11.74 $ 19.83 $ 15.56
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-2092 $ 9.85 $ 8.35 $ 10.60 $ 9.84
Farmworkers, Farm and Ranch Animals 45-2093 $ 11.46 $ 10.28 $ 12.06 $ 11.25
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers 45-1011 $ 23.49 $ 17.59 $ 26.45 $ 23.90
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers,
53-1021 $ 22.85 $ 16.93 $ 25.80 $ 24.21
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First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-1012 $ 33.29 $ 21.93 $ 38.97 $ 31.52
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011 $ 22.39 $ 14.40 $ 26.38 $ 21.00
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Transportation and Material-Moving
53-1031 $ 23.06 $ 17.04 $ 26.08 $ 22.23
Machine and Vehicle Operators
Food Batchmakers 51-3092 $ 9.99 $ 8.27 $ 10.85 $ 8.75
General and Operations Managers 11-1021 $ 40.73 $ 23.31 $ 49.44 $ 34.91
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products 45-2041 $ 9.99 $ 8.47 $ 10.75 $ 10.20
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198 $ 11.45 $ 8.69 $ 12.82 $ 10.89
Industrial Production Managers 11-3051 $ 33.91 $ 21.66 $ 40.04 $ 33.48
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051 $ 14.00 $ 10.90 $ 15.55 $ 13.74
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061 $ 14.70 $ 10.42 $ 16.84 $ 14.42
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other 49-9099 $ 16.09 $ 10.43 $ 18.92 $ 11.75
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand 53-7062 $ 11.28 $ 8.83 $ 12.51 $ 11.00
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061 $ 15.46 $ 13.41 $ 16.48 $ 15.29
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other 19-4099 $ 24.65 $ 12.77 $ 30.61 $ 26.02
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9042 $ 17.39 $ 12.45 $ 19.87 $ 16.54
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-9043 $ 20.20 $ 16.18 $ 22.22 $ 18.62
Managers, All Other 11-9199 $ 25.23 $ 12.27 $ 31.70 $ 23.13
Market Research Analysts 19-3021 $ 24.32 $ 19.21 $ 26.87 $ 22.66
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technicians 29-2012 $ 18.40 $ 14.46 $ 20.37 $ 18.22
Medical and Clinical Laboratory Technologists 29-2011 $ 25.11 $ 21.38 $ 26.97 $ 24.51
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9023 $ 15.89 $ 14.07 $ 16.79 $ 15.28
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-9199 $ 11.59 $ 11.05 $ 11.87 $ 11.46
Office Clerks, General 43-9061 $ 12.07 $ 8.68 $ 13.77 $ 11.80
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111 $ 15.85 $ 12.45 $ 17.54 $ 16.58
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064 $ 10.88 $ 8.58 $ 12.01 $ 10.09
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199 $ 16.72 $ 10.40 $ 19.88 $ 18.98
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061 $ 19.78 $ 13.48 $ 22.94 $ 18.86
Purchasing Agents and Buyers, Farm Products 13-1021 $ 21.88 $ 17.11 $ 24.27 $ 20.58
Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014 $ 12.61 $ 9.56 $ 14.13 $ 12.26
Soil and Plant Scientists 19-1013 $ 30.93 $ 20.98 $ 35.91 $ 27.14
Stock Clerks and Order Fillers 43-5081 $ 10.14 $ 8.08 $ 11.17 $ 9.10
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 11-3071 $ 45.47 $ 27.09 $ 54.67 $ 46.69
Truck Drivers, Heavy and Tractor-Trailer 53-3032 $ 21.18 $ 12.83 $ 25.35 $ 21.27
Truck Drivers, Light or Delivery Services 53-3033 $ 13.76 $ 9.16 $ 16.06 $ 11.93
Water and Liquid Waste Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031 $ 15.83 $ 12.28 $ 17.60 $ 15.63
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-5111 $ 16.21 $ 13.20 $ 17.72 $ 15.96
This Iowa Wage Survey for the Iowa Workforce Development (IWD) Region 5 was produced by the Labor Force & Occupational Analysis Bureau to
provide communities local information on wages by occupation. This publication was developed specifically for the IWD Region 5. The source of the
wage and employment data is the 2010 Iowa Wage Survey. Additional data from the Iowa Wage Survey for individual counties, Iowa Workforce
Development regions, and by industry statewide are available on the Iowa Workforce Development web site located at www.iowaworkforce.org.
Webster City Economic Development
P,O, Box 217
Webster City, IA 50595
Phone: 515-832-9151
Email: info@buildwebstercity.com
www.buildwebstercity.com