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New York City still has a vibrant industrial sector. There are over 7,000 manufacturing companies in New York City, employing nearly 100,000 New Yorkers. A healthy industrial sector adds stability to the local economy by providing stable jobs and bringing much-needed export dollars into the City.
Manhattan remains the borough with the most industrial and manufacturing jobs - the Garment Center is still the most dense cluster of industrial jobs in the U.S.
Blue-collar jobs are good jobs.
The average NYC manufacturing job pays over $12,000 more per year than retail and restaurant jobs, and is more likely to be unionized and provide benefits. In 2005, average wage for the sector was $43,900 and 63% of workers had health coverage.
NYS Department of Labor, Q2 2005
The majority of manufacturing firms are small businesses owned by local entrepreneurs.
98% of all NYC manufacturers employ less than 100 people.
84% employ less than 25 people.
NYS Department of Labor 2004
The NYC Manufacturing Workforce:
78% are people of color.
64% are immigrant.
82% live in the outer boroughs.
2000 Census; 2004 American Community Survey
Why New York City?
Manufacturers want to be in New York City to stay close to their market, to collaborate directly with customers and designers, and to draw on the city’s phenomenal pool of labor.
In recent years, local manufacturers have refocused from producing high volume goods to more customized, high value goods.
"Manufacturing adds substantially to the city's coffers and offers gateway employment for non-English speaking immigrants and New Yorkers with little education and minimal job skills. These workers feed into and bolster the city's disappearing middle class, particularly in the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens."
Newsday, Jan. 31, 2005
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