St. Joseph ranks first in list of 'Best Places to Work in Manufacturing'

To be known as a manufacturing hub- but now, we can officially say it's the best.

This according to a new list.

Here's kq2's kilee thomas with st.

Joseph's newest title.

Kilee thomas reportingif you're looking to work in the field of manufacturing don't have to look too far.

Turns out- st.

Joseph is the mecca of manufacturing ?nats?

"the industry that you see here today is really a legacy."

According to a new list by smartasset -st.

Joseph ranks number one in best places to work in manufacturing in the country.

Out of nearly 400 metro areas across the us.st joseph comes out on top.

And the st.

Joseph chamber of commerce isn't surprised.

"there's no doubt that other places around the country have seen a diminishment in manufacturing, but the truth is in st.

Joseph we've actually seen an increase."

"it's also a testament to our workforce.

We have a very skilled workforce in st.

Joseph and certainly that's allowed us to not only to let our local companies grow, but to attract new companies."

?nats?st.

Joseph is home to some big manufacturing companies industries their st joseph location is the company's largest manufacturing division along with its most extensive and diverse equipment production facility and altec says business is good.

"we got a brand new building.

We're going to fill it up.

Our customer demand is wonderful right now.

We're trying to meet that customer demand so we're trying to grow pretty quickly, but the other manufacturers in town have indicated the same that it's strong out there in the economy and st.

Joseph is a great place to work."

The studies pins cities against each other based on unemployment rate, job growth and income growth rates.

According to the study-nearly 25% of st.

Joseph's workforce is in manufacturing.and our unemployment rate is low.in october of 2020-unemployment was just 3.1%.

The chamber says the goal now is to focus on keeping and recruiting talent "the challenge for us as a community is that many of our individuals that have been in manufacturing are beginning to retire."which explains the push to get local kids trained for these manufacturing jobs from places like hillyard technical centerbut we're also looking beyond the fence- hoping to grab skilled manufacturers outside of the show me state.

"what our hope is is that we attract them here because they are interested in a job, but we keep them here because they like the city."

Reporting in st.

Joseph kilee thomas kq2 news for exporting, st.

Joseph ranks as the third largest in the state of missouri.

Just behind kansas city and st.

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