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Talented Workforce

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The Katy Area offers employers a growing, energized, and world class talent and workforce base with high educational attainment.  A majority of existing employers rate the Katy Area workforce as available, high quality, productive, and available at a reasonable cost.

Availability:

  • 1,564,567 civilians employed * (2008)
  • Average Unemployment Rate, 3.86%, 94,107 unemployed * (2008)
  • Manufacturing Employment: 167,213 * (2008)
  • Engineering, Research, and Accounting workers: 105,928 * (2008)
  • High Workforce Participation Rate in KISD: 70.17%
Estimated Population 16+ by Occupation Classification, 2008
Occupation City of Katy Katy Area 30 Mile Radius*
  No. % No. % No. %
Blue Collar 1,393 19.88 14,233 12.68 311,637 19.44
White Collar 4,655 66.44 87,322 77.77 1,076,462 67.14
Service and Farm 958 13.67 10,725 9.55 215,101 13.42
Source: Claritas 2009 Pop-Facts: Demographic Snapshot Report
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 *Within a 30 mile radius of The City of Katy

 Quality

  •  In 2007, 25 major employers; representing 15,000 workers, were interviewed and rated the Katy Area workforce characteristics.  Employers rated Katy employees high in productivity, reliability, attitudes, and teamwork skills.

  

Employer Rating
 Excellent to Good
 Reliability  91%
 Attitudes  86%
 Teamwork Skills  94%
 Productivity  96%
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  • The Katy Area has a very low union presence, with a low percentage of unions in the industrial and office workforce.  The Houston Area has a low unionization rate of less than 5%.  Texas is also a Right-to-Work State.

Cost

  • Highly Educated
Wages of Selected Hourly Workers
Job Title Average Entry Wage Weighted Average
Accounts Payable Clerk $11.22 $13.76
Assembler - General $8.25 $9.00
CNC Operator / Set-up $18.00 $26.00
Electrician $15.75 $30.59
Engineering Technician $16.00 $22.91
Injection Molding Operator $9.50 $11.00
LPN $15.00 $18.40
Maintenance Mechanic $12.21 $13.75
Materials Handler $10.46 $24.24
Welder $14.75 $17.57
Salesman $48.00 $50.00
Source: 2007 Katy Area Wage Survey - by The Pathfinders
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The 2007 Katy, Texas Area Wage and Fringe Benefits Survey was sponsored by the Katy Area Economic Development Council. The Pathfinders, an economic development and corporate site-selection consultant firm located in Dallas, Texas, conducted the survey. Information was gathered via a printed survey form and telephone calls.

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