Advanced manufacturing employment in Missouri was estimated at 121,520 in 2000, a decrease of -20.9% since 1990. In 2000, the advanced manufacturing industry accounted for 4.6% of total employment in Missouri. The majority of advanced manufacturing jobs were located in metropolitan St. Louis, Kansas City, springfield and Columbia.
Total annual real wages during 2000 in the advanced manufacturing industry in Missouri was estimated at $6.37 billion, a decrease of -9.1% since 1990. Estimated annual average real wages per job was $52,430, an increase of 14.9% since 1990. In 2000, the advanced manufacturing industry accounted for 7.8% of total wages in Missouri.
The advanced manufacturing industry accounts for 18.5% of Missouri's GSP, which is equivalent to $29.8 billion dollars in 2001. The advanced manufacturing industry accounts for the largest percent of GRP in the Kansas City Metro Region (41.8%), the St. Louis Metro Region (25.6%), and the South central Region (20.9%). However, in terms of GRP dollars the advanced manufacturing industry is largest in the St. Louis Metro Region ($13.2 billion), the Kansas City Metro Region ($4.1 billion), St. Louis ($3.0 billion), springfield Region ($1.8 billion), and Kansas City ($1.7 billion).
The direct employment 121,520 jobs in the advanced manufacturing industry created an additional 303,280 ancillary jobs in Missouri's economy, resulting in a total impact of 424,800 jobs and $16.5 billion in wages across Missouri - which translates into an annual average wage per job of $38,912.
Both directly and indirectly, the advanced manufacturing industry has the greatest impact on the Durable Manufacturing sector (117,100 jobs at $47,831 per job); the Services sector (98,660 jobs at $33,458 per job); the Retail Trade sector (60,160 jobs at $17,254 per job); and the Non-Durable Manufacturing sector (38,360 jobs at $64,520 per job). It appears that the Mining, Agriculture/Forestry/Fishing and Government sectors are marginally impacted.
Regions most positively affected by the advanced manufacturing industry include the St. Louis Metro Region (185,500 jobs at $44,927 per job); the Kansas City Metro Region (50,960 jobs at $38,462 per job); St. Louis (35,800 jobs at $48,855 per job); and Kansas City (31,650 jobs at $43,223 per job). In general, most other regions in the state are only moderately impacted by the advanced manufacturing industry.
Both directly and indirectly, the advanced manufacturing industry supports four main occupational groups in Missouri: (1) 56.8% of all Assembly and Fabrication Hand Workers in the state, comprising 25,110 employees in the industry; (2) 43.1% of all Plant and Utility Operators in the state, comprising 1,636 employees in the industry; (3) 39.8% of all Precision Production workers in the state, comprising 20,767 employees in the industry; and (4) 34.9% of all Machine Operators and Setters in the state, comprising 29,374 employees in the industry.
