Automotive

Automotive

With its central location in the rapidly expanding Southern automotive corridor, Georgia offers automotive manufacturers accessibility and convenience in production and transportation. Georgia is home to more than 385 auto and vehicle related companies.  It is this well-situated location that makes Macon, Georgia an ideal location for automotive suppliers.

These companies, representing all stages of the supply chain, make use of innovative new technologies via eight research universities, and efficiently ship goods around the world via an integrated logistics network.

Macon, GA has the best tools for serving the automotive industry!

  •  21 automotive, truck and bus assembly plants within 500 miles
  •  Outstanding Interstate Highway access
  •  4 deep water ports within 5 hours
  •  Hartsfield International Airport within 1 ½ hours
  •  Metal fabrication training programs
  •  Welding and exotic metal training programs
  •  Skilled and dedicated workforce
  •  Competitive cost of doing business
  •  Extensive training opportunities or company workers available

 

 

2009 Macon MSA Wage Survey
 
SOC Code
Occupational Description
Entry Hourly Wage
Average Hourly Wage
11-1021
General and Operations Managers
21.00
34.74
11-3051
Industrial Production Manager
23.30
34.29
17-2112
Industrial Engineers
25.02
36.69
51-1011
First-Line Supervisors/Managers of Production and Operating Workers
14.98
24.78
51-4011
Computer-Controlled Machine Tool Operators, Metal and Plastic
8.35
11.42
51-4031
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic
10.65
13.54
51-4121
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers
9.20
15.44
51-9061
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
11.27
15.14
51-9198
Helpers – Production Workers
6.99
8.48

 

2009 Georgia Wage Survey, Georgia Department of Labor, December 2009