Manufacturers in Arizona, California, and Nevada now describe the Great Recession as a memory and their business outlook as good. “The momentum is extraordinary,” says Sandra Watson, president and CEO at the Arizona Commerce Authority. “In 2013 there were about 155,000 manufacturing jobs. In five years, those grew five percent to 162,400 jobs today.”
Companies like Nikola Motor Company and Lucid Motors each added 2,000 jobs, while Orbital, Raytheon, and Intel also grew. Salaries are rising: “The average wage is $72,800, up 6.5 percent from five years ago,” Watson says.
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