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Major
Manufacturers and Employers
Number of
manufacturing plants in the community: 12
| Major
Employers |
|
|
| Firm |
Total |
Product |
| National
Beef Packing |
3,100 |
Beef
Processing |
| USD
480 School District |
759 |
K-12
+ tech school |
| Southwest
Medical Center |
398 |
Medical |
| Super
Wal-Mart |
358 |
Retail |
| City
of Liberal |
225 |
Government |
| National
Carriers |
170 |
Refridgerated
Truck |
| Seward
County Community College |
145 |
Higher
Education |
| Duke
Energy |
156 |
Petroleum |
| Supreme
Feeders |
75 |
Beef
Feed Lot
|
| JC
Penney |
65 |
Retail |
| Merit
Petroleum Corp. |
39 |
Petroleum |
| Kansas
Smith Farms |
38 |
Swine
Breeding Stock |
| Panhandle
Eastern Pipeline |
28 |
Petroleum |
Work
Force - May 2004
Hourly wage
rates in selected occupations
| Assembler,
Light |
$9.45
- 11.65 |
| Industrial
Truck Operator |
$8.42
- 9.42 |
| Mechanic,
Maintenance |
$12.03
- 13.75 |
| Clerk,
General |
$9.08
- 11.04 |
| Machine
Operator |
$9.95
- 10.15 |
| Machinist |
$10.30
- 16.50 |
| Welder,
Combination |
$10.25
- 13.75 |
Percentage
of labor force unionized: 5%
Labor
Data for Seward County (November 2004) Kansas Labor Force Estimates
| Civilian
Work Force |
11,303 |
| Employment |
10,996 |
| Unemployment |
307 |
| Unemployment |
2.7% |
