The Penn State Workforce Education and Development Initiative conducted an analysis of the economic impacts of wood products in Adams, Dauphin, and York countiesvreleased the Economic and Workforce Brief, “Role of Wood Products in the Economy of Adams, Dauphin, and York Counties.” The Brief quantifies the role of every 100 workers employed by the wood products industry in generating jobs, compensation, and property taxes in the region.
 
The analysis in the Brief focuses on the impact of the wood products industry in Adams, Dauphin, and York counties. The analysis of the wood products industry for this Brief was assembled by combining information from the cut stock, resawing, and planing industry with other millwork (including flooring). Data from the 2002 Economic Census, the most recent economic census available, indicate that:

• There were 67 establishments in the Pennsylvania involved in cut stock, resawing lumber, and planing that generated $412.7 million in receipts (7.2% of US receipts in cut stock, resawing lumber, and planing) with 2,529 employees (7.3% of US employees in cut stock, resawing lumber, and planing) and an annual payroll of $69.9 million (7.8% of US payroll in cut stock, resawing lumber, and planing).
• There were 108 establishments in the Pennsylvania involved in other millwork (including flooring) that generated $156.9 million in receipts (2.7% of US receipts in other millwork, including flooring) with 1,242 employees (2.8% of US employees in other millwork, including flooring) and an annual payroll of $33.9 million (2.8% of US payroll in other millwork, including flooring).

 An analysis behind a Penn State Economic & Workforce Brief targets an industry (a group of establishments providing similar products or services), not an individual firm. As a result, economic and workforce impacts calculated for a Brief represent an industry average, not the impacts generated by an individual firm.
 
For additional information about this Brief or about the work of the Penn State Workforce Education and Development Initiative, contact Rose M. Baker (814.865.9919; rmb194@psu.edu) or David L. Passmore (814.863.2583; dlp@psu.edu). To view other Brief reports produced about other Pennsylvania industries and regions, navigate to: http://PSUBrief.notlong.com
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