EDQ Quarterly Newsletter Fall 2014 | Page 20

What Manufacturing Really Looks Like Celebrating Manufacturing Day Manufacturing Enables Our Everyday Lives* And It Drives Our Economy 1 GDP 12% Manufacturing comprises nearly 12% of our GDP U.S. Manufacturing is the tenth largest economy in the world Manufacturing supports more than 17.4 MILLION $1.00 U.S Jobs $1.48 $1.00 spent in manufacturing creates $1.48 for the U.S. economy *Representatives from Manufacturing Day Manufacturing Offers Diverse Career Opportunities OPERATIONS MANAGERS HUMAN RESOURCES Manufacturing Pays DESIGNERS WELDERS MACHINISTS ENGINEERS Nearly ??? $60k SALES/ MARKETING PROFESSIONALS Annual average salary of entry-level manufacturing engineers And More than $77k ASSEMBLERS RESEARCHERS ELECTRICIANS COMPUTER PROGRAMMERS/ OPERATORS (IT) FABRICATORS Annual average salary of manufacturing workers Manufacturing Day: Celebrating the Backbone of America The first Friday of October marks Manufacturing Day. The movement seeks to improve public perception of manufacturing careers and expand understanding of its value to the U.S. economy. Manufacturers open their doors to educate the public through open house tours and events. Students, Parents Public Officials NEWS Media Educators Business Community America Noticed: 2013 MFG DAY Results 834 hosted Organizations open houses and events 35,000 + Attendees 80 million: Learned about Manufacturing Day through Discovery Communication's Science Channel and “How It’s Made” +Thousands: News articles published: Huffington Post - Wall Street Journal Industry Week - US News and World Report - Thomas Net - Boston Globe 22 Penske Racing No. 22 Shell-Pennzoil Ford Fusion race car deck lid featured the Manufacturing Day logo at NASCAR® Sprint Cup 15 Governors issued proclamations officially recognizing Manufacturing Day WWW.MFGDAY.COM - REFERENCES - National Institute of Standards and Technology, National Association of Manufacturers, The Manufacturing Institute, National Science Foundation, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis MFG DAY CO-PRODUCERS: 9 Floor speeches delivered in Congress