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Work
Force Demographics
Oktibbeha County
has an available work force that is highly adaptable as well as
trainable. According to local plant managers, the work force has
a low to moderate turnover rate and generally has ranked above average
in productivity.
Click
here for a wage, salary and benefits summary, as well as further
labor analysis.
A January 2001
independent study of the Oktibbeha County Workforce showed the following:
- In addition
to the unemployed in the Oktibbeha County region, a new employer
will be able to attract employees from an additional pool of about
13,000 underemployed workers (individuals who are now working
but desire a better job and who posses the skills, education,
and experience to qualify them for better jobs;
- those workers
possess the skills, experience, and education to qualify them
for the pay rates at which they would take a new job, ranging
from less than $7.00 to over $25.00 per hour;
- about 10%
of the underemployed would change jobs for under $7.23 per hour;
one-third would change jobs for less than $9.26 per hour, and
50% would change for $11.00 or less;
- almost 35%
of the 13,000 underemployed individuals have some college experience
and another 16% have college degrees;
- 1,800 people,
neither employed nor seeking work, might re-enter the workforce
for the proper job;
- the "labor
shed" area (Choctaw, Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Webster
and Winston Counties) has an estimated total civilian labor force
of 77,300 people.
| Number
of unemployed workers |
13,000
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| Number
of unemployed persons who are seeking work |
4200 |
| Number
of persons who are not working, but are contemplating re-entering
the workforce |
1800
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| Total Number
of Workers Available for Employers |
19,000 |
The work attitude
is pro-business. Mississippi is a "Right to Work" state, as mandated
by the State's constitution.
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