Wisconsin Manufacturing
Presentation of the METTE Research Group
Wisconsin Center for Educational Research
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Fall 2011
This material is based upon work supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (Award no. 1104226).
Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not
necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
What is manufacturing?
The manufacturing sector
comprises establishments
engaged in the
mechanical, physical, or
chemical transformation
of materials, substances,
or components into new
products
Source: North American Industrial Classification System
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Wisconsin continues to employ a significantly greater
percentage of its non-farm workforce
in manufacturing than the United States as a whole
Percentage of Non-farm Workers
Employed in Manufacturing
United States
Wisconsin
1961
2011
30%
9%
37%
16%
Source: Annual Average Employment, 2010, Current Employment Statistics, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
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Despite the shift to a service economy,
manufacturing continues to employ 1 in 8 Wisconsin
non-farm workers
Source: Annual Average Employment, 2010, Current Employment Statistics, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
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What are industrial sectors?
Manufacturing subsectors generally reflect
distinct production processes related to material
inputs, production equipment, and employee
skills
Source: North American Industrial Classification System
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Wisconsin manufacturers employ workers across a wide
range of industrial sectors
Source: Annual Average Employment, 2010, Quarterly Census of Employment, WI Department of Workforce Development
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Durable goods yields utility over time rather than
being completely consumed in one use
Examples include:
• Industrial machinery
• Electrical equipment
• Transportation
equipment
• Construction equipment
• Wood products
• Engines
• Furniture
• Consumer appliances
• Consumer electronics
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Wisconsin has a much greater portion of it durable goods
manufacturing workers employed in bending, shaping, and
forming, and assembling metal than in the U.S. as a whole
Source: Annual Average Employment, 2010, Quarterly Census of Employment Wages, WI Department of Workforce Development
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Non-durable goods are immediately consumed in one
use or have a lifespan of less than 3 years.
Examples include:
• Paper and paper
• Cleaning supplies
• Textiles
• Footwear and apparel
• Food and fuel
• Office supplies
• Packaging and containers
• Products
• Personal products
• Rubber and plastics
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Wisconsin has a much greater portion of its non-durable
goods manufacturing workers employed in papermaking
and in printing than in the U.S. as a whole
Source: Annual Average Employment, 2010, Quarterly Census of Employment , WI Department of Workforce Development
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Most Wisconsin manufacturing firms employ fewer than
20 workers. However, there is a higher percentage of larger firms
engaged in manufacturers than in the state’s economy as a whole
Source: Quarterly Census of Employment and Earnings, 2010, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
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Wisconsin’s manufacturing workforce tends to be older,
more likely to be male, and earn significantly higher
weekly wages than state’s workforce as a whole
Employee Characteristics
Manufacturing
Firms
All Private
Firms
Percentage of Workers
age 45 or more
52%
44%
Percentage of Male Workers
71%
49%
Average Weekly Wage
$965
$796
Source: Quarterly Workforce Indicators, 2010, U.S. Bureau of the Census
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Wisconsin’s manufacturing workforce tends to have less
formal education than state’s workforce as a whole
Source: Quarterly Workforce Indicators, 2010, U.S. Bureau of the Census
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Most of the production occupations projected to provide the
greatest number of job openings in Wisconsin manufacturing
are middle skill jobs requiring training beyond high school
Projected Annual Estimated Average
Job Openings
Annual Salary
Occupational Title
Middle Skill Jobs
Team assemblers
Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers
Assemblers and fabricators, all other
Machinists
Paper goods machine setters, operators, and tenders
Molding, coremaking, and casting machine setters, operators, and
tenders, metal and plastic
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders,
metal and plastic
Computer-controlled machine tool operators, metal and plastic
Production workers, all other
Printing machine operators
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders
Low Skill Jobs
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders
Helpers--production workers
Food batchmakers
900
460
290
260
240
240
$29,963.00
$37,675.00
$32,483.00
$34,853.00
$40,169.00
$40,106.00
210
$29,713.00
190
180
150
140
130
$32,774.00
$35,172.00
$29,639.00
$38,204.00
$34,212.00
270
230
160
$27,501.00
$25,965.00
$31,061.00
Source: Occupational Projections, 2008-2018, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
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Although production occupations dominate, workers in a
variety of other occupational categories are also employed
in Wisconsin’s manufacturing workforce
Source: Occupational Projections, 2008-2018, Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
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Sources of data used in this
presentation include:
• Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
– Data Analyst:
http://worknet.wisconsin.gov/worknet/homeda.aspx?men
uselection=da
– Office of Economic Advisors:
http://dwd.wisconsin.gov/oea/
• US Bureau of Labor Statistics:
– Databases and Tools: http://www.bls.gov/
• US Census
– Quarterly Workforce Indicators:
http://lehd.did.census.gov/led/datatools/qwiapp.html
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About Us
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The METTE project is funded by a four-year grant with generous support from the
Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program of the National Science
Foundation to improve the education of manufacturing technologists and
technicians for the high-technology fields that drive our nation's economy
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The METTE project seeks to improve student success in two-year college programs
that prepare postsecondary students to enter employment in manufacturing as
engineering technicians or transfer to baccalaureate programs in fields related to
manufacturing
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The METTE Leadership Team includes:
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L. Allen Phelps, Principal Investigator
Xueli Wang Co-Principal Investigator
Janet L Washbon , Senior Scientist
Hsun-yu Chan, Project Assistant
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