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You are correct.  The BLS does list wages and salaries for manufacturing workers.  I did not drill down far enough.   In my original post you, as well as several others, missed a key point.  The post does not say that the average compensation for hourly workers is $74 thousand plus.  I just re-read the NAM figure.  It is presumably an average for everyone in U.S. manufacturing.  That would include managers, supervisors, etc.  Some of the occupations that you listed, e.g. baker, laundry workers, etc. don't fit my definition of manufacturing.  Whether they fit NAM's definition is unknown.  I have sent an email to NAM asking them for the types of manufacturing companies that are amongst their membership.     Again, however, you missed the point.  My original point was to counter the argument that the U.S.'s manufacturing busines is insignificant or most of it has been lost to overseas entities.  I subsequently stated that it was a mistake to list the average compensation package for manufacturing companies that are NAM members.  I should have know that you or someone would have missed the key point and focused instead on a relatively inconsequencial point.  I will be more careful in the future not to raise hot buttons.
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