A workforce report on available labor and skills/experience in plastics manufacturing.

1. Labor Characteristics
Plastic Manufacturing
Webster City, Iowa Laborshed
Concentration of those with transferable Estimated Potential Available Labor
experience/skills by place of residence Per Occupational Category:
Business Operations:
10 Mile Interval Between Rings
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Legend Computer Programmers - 424
Market Analysts - 215
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[ Webster City Production Clerks - 421
Stock Clerks & Order Fillers - 419
HUMBOLDT Interstates Office & Administrative Support - 848
WRIGHT FRANKLIN BUTLER
4-Lane Highways
Production:
Clarion
Supervisors - 425
Dows
Eagle Grove
US Highways Supervisors, Maintenance - 212
State Highways Engineers & Drafters, All - 1,060
Engineering Technicians - 210
Fort Dodge Blairsburg Alden Iowa County
BLACK HAWK Weighers & Measurers - 214
Webster City Iowa Falls
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Maintenance & Repair, General - 636
WEBSTER
Machinery Maintenance & Repair - 213
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Installation & Repair Workers - 211
Jewell Assemblers & Fabricators - 419
Machinists - 415
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Laborshed Concentration
Multiple Machine Operators - 630
Welding & Soldering Machine
Area Shown Operators - 213
by Place of Residence (per ZIP Code)
Inspectors & Testers - 1,254
Low Production Workers - 3,379
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Ames Moderate
MARSHALL Material Movers:
High Heavy Truck Drivers - 1,894
Light Truck Drivers - 210
Forklift Operators - 206
Workers who have transferable experience/skills in the Laborshed area are currently commuting an
average of 9 miles one way for work. Those who are willing to change/accept employment are
willing to commute an average of 17 miles one way for the right employment opportunity. An estimated total of 14,128 people
in the Laborshed area
Employment Status: Current Benefits:
79.1% Employed Health/medical insurance - 96.3%
34.0% of the employed are willing to change Pension/retirement/401K - 63.0%
employment Dental coverage - 57.4%
13.4% Unemployed Paid vacation - 48.1%
77.8% of the unemployed are willing to Vision coverage - 24.1%
accept employment Paid sick leave - 22.2%
3.0% Homemakers, Not Employed Paid holidays - 16.7%
4.5% Retired Life insurance - 11.1%
Education Levels: Disability Insurance - 7.4%
Prescription drug coverage - 7.4%
55.2% Education beyond high school
3.0% Trade certified Desired Benefits:
13.4% Associate degree (by percent of interest)
17.9% Undergraduate degree Health/medical insurance - 85.2%
6.0% Postgraduate degree Pension/retirement/401K - 48.1%
Dental coverage - 44.4% Underemployment:
Flexibility in the Workplace: Paid vacation - 33.3% Total Underemployment - 13.4%
(by percent of interest)
Vision coverage - 18.5% Low hours - 6.0%
Cross-training - 89.3% Paid holidays - 11.1% Mismatch of skills - 6.0%
Varied shifts (2nd, 3rd, & split) - 46.4% Paid sick leave - 7.4% Low income - 3.0%
Job sharing - 46.4% Prescription drug coverage - 7.4%
Job teams - 75.0% IWD only counts individuals once when
Seasonal work - 50.0% Top Advertising Media: estimating Total Underemployment.
Temporary work - 57.1% (for those seeking employment opportunities)
The Internet Webster City Economic Development
Other Facts: www.iowaworkforce.org P,O, Box 217
77.3% paid an hourly wage www.monster.com Webster City, IA 50595
86.6% are/were employed full-time Local/Regional Newspapers Phone: 515-832-9151
7.5% are/were employed part-time The Messenger - Fort Dodge Email: info@buildwebstercity.com
5.7% hold two or more jobs The Des Moines Register
www.buildwebstercity.com
Currently working an average of Iowa Workforce Development Centers
42 hrs/week Networking through friends, family, & Information was compiled by Iowa Workforce
acquaintances Development using 2010 data.

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Assemblers and Fabricators, All Other 51-2099 $ 12.36 $ 10.36 $ 13.36 $ 11.70
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031 $ 13.53 $ 9.63 $ 15.48 $ 13.63
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and 51-9121 $ 12.70 $ 10.51 $ 13.80 $ 12.09
Computer Programmers 15-1021 $ 26.71 $ 19.48 $ 30.32 $ 25.14
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic 51-4011 $ 15.88 $ 13.74 $ 16.95 $ 14.82
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9032 $ 13.61 $ 12.62 $ 14.10 $ 13.81
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders,
51-4031 $ 12.61 $ 10.08 $ 13.88 $ 12.37
Metal and Plastic
Drilling and Boring Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal
51-4032 $ 14.49 $ 12.62 $ 15.42 $ 14.47
and Plastic
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technicians 17-3023 $ 29.52 $ 25.72 $ 31.41 $ 29.50
Electricians 47-2111 $ 18.77 $ 13.92 $ 21.19 $ 18.55
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011 $ 21.92 $ 14.87 $ 25.45 $ 20.07
General and Operations Managers 11-1021 $ 39.27 $ 21.60 $ 48.11 $ 34.57
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters,
51-4033 $ 12.50 $ 11.13 $ 13.19 $ 11.96
Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198 $ 10.61 $ 8.62 $ 11.59 $ 10.38
Industrial Engineering Technicians 17-3026 $ 19.76 $ 16.84 $ 21.22 $ 19.14
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041 $ 17.01 $ 14.01 $ 18.52 $ 16.93
Industrial Production Managers 11-3051 $ 30.43 $ 19.67 $ 35.81 $ 28.55
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061 $ 14.61 $ 10.77 $ 16.53 $ 14.46
Machinists 51-4041 $ 14.94 $ 11.33 $ 16.74 $ 15.18
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9042 $ 17.07 $ 12.47 $ 19.38 $ 16.50
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-9043 $ 21.90 $ 16.61 $ 24.54 $ 19.93
Market Research Analysts 19-3021 $ 24.27 $ 19.66 $ 26.57 $ 23.05
Mechanical Engineering Technicians 17-3027 $ 20.51 $ 17.92 $ 21.81 $ 19.91
Mechanical Engineers 17-2141 $ 27.70 $ 23.17 $ 29.98 $ 27.54
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9023 $ 15.81 $ 14.05 $ 16.68 $ 15.46
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-9199 $ 11.53 $ 10.72 $ 11.93 $ 11.33
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111 $ 14.63 $ 10.30 $ 16.80 $ 15.26
Painters, Transportation Equipment 51-9122 $ 14.91 $ 13.61 $ 15.55 $ 15.13
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199 $ 11.78 $ 8.97 $ 13.19 $ 11.40
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061 $ 18.45 $ 13.59 $ 20.89 $ 18.26
Secretaries, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014 $ 12.25 $ 9.42 $ 13.66 $ 11.68
Team Assemblers 51-2092 $ 11.89 $ 9.35 $ 13.16 $ 11.64
Water and Liquid Waste Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031 $ 14.06 $ 10.44 $ 15.87 $ 13.70
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121 $ 14.59 $ 11.15 $ 16.33 $ 14.10
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and 51-4122 $ 14.63 $ 10.46 $ 16.72 $ 14.67
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 2009 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.