Business Facilities - July 2008 - (Page 23) COST OF LABOR T here was a shuffling of the top 10 states in this year’s Cost of Labor ranking, with one big exception: South Dakota retains its number one ranking. The methodology used was the same as 2007; all six data sources were updated from the previous year. In the top 10, the biggest changes came from Arkansas, which jumped from 23rd in 2007 to 9th in 2008; Georgia, which rose from 15th to 7th; and Virginia, which increased from 8th place to 2nd, right behind South Dakota. The thinking behind this ranking was to compile some of the most critical labor costs facing employers in the United States. To that end, we measured unionization rates, unemployment insurance tax rates, worker’s compensation premium rates, average hourly pay in manufacturing, average annual pay in the private sector (all industries), and the employer’s average annual cost for providing an employee with “employee + one” health coverage. Each of these six factors carried an equal weight. Up-to-date worker’s compensation premium data was not available for ND, OH, WA, WV, or WY; those states had their remaining five factors weighted more heavily to normalize the results. Top 10 Cost of Labor 1. SOUTH DAKOTA 2. VIRGINIA 3. ARIZONA 4. MISSISSIPPI 5. SOUTH CAROLINA 6. LOUISIANA 7. GEORGIA 8. TENNESSEE 9. ARKANSAS 10. FLORIDA A site to see. SITES.NPPD.COM A SITE WITH COMPREHENSIVE BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION ON NEBRASKA. 1-800-282-6773, ext. 5534 #3503 at www.BusinessFacilities.com BUSINESS FACILITIES 23 http://www.BusinessFacilities.com
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Business Facilities - July 2008 Business Facilities - July 2008 Contents First Word Snapshots Corporate Moves: New York The 2008 Business Facilities Rankings Report 2008 Rankings: Biotech Blasts Off 2008 Rankings: Green with Envy 2008 Rankings: Warm Climate for Business Nanotech Looms Large in Pennsylvania Metro Spotlight: Inland Empire, CA Food Processing Sites: Providing Sustenance as Well as Nutrition Sale-Leasebacks: Easing the Credit Crunch Corporate Moves: Georgia Metro Spotlight: Albuquerque, NM Advertiser Index Inside LiveXchange Business Facilities - July 2008 Business Facilities - July 2008 - Business Facilities - July 2008 (Page Cover1) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Business Facilities - July 2008 (Page Cover2) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Business Facilities - July 2008 (Page 1) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Contents (Page 2) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Contents (Page 3) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Contents (Page 4) Business Facilities - 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July 2008 - Metro Spotlight: Inland Empire, CA (Page 44) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Metro Spotlight: Inland Empire, CA (Page 45) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Food Processing Sites: Providing Sustenance as Well as Nutrition (Page 46) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Food Processing Sites: Providing Sustenance as Well as Nutrition (Page 47) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Food Processing Sites: Providing Sustenance as Well as Nutrition (Page 48) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Food Processing Sites: Providing Sustenance as Well as Nutrition (Page 49) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Sale-Leasebacks: Easing the Credit Crunch (Page 50) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Sale-Leasebacks: Easing the Credit Crunch (Page 51) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Corporate Moves: Georgia (Page 52) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Corporate Moves: Georgia (Page 53) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Metro Spotlight: Albuquerque, NM (Page 54) Business Facilities - July 2008 - Advertiser Index (Page 55) Business Facilities - 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