There is an available labor pool in the Mexico labor basin of 122,402. It is estimated that nearly 20,000 employed workers are seeking new employment, while 73,282 would consider changing their current employment.

It is estimated that a sizable number of farm workers are subsidizing their farm income with manufacturing income.

The Mexico area can staff your facility with quality workers at competitive wage rates. The labor pool has many options for recruitment due to four recent plant closings displacing some 600 workers. Bentley Industries received 853 applications for 100 positions for the opening of their plant in 2004. Commuting, change of primary field of employment, wage change, and job supplementation also expands the pool of available labor to draw from.

Gold Crest Distributing, Brookstone, and Home Decorators all have expressed that Mexico workers have an exemplary work ethic that makes their companies more productive. The overall average wage in Audrain County is $12.78 per hour. Entry - level machine operators and assembly workers typically start between $9 and $12 per hour.

The Mexico labor basin encompasses Audrain, Boone, Callaway, Montgomery, Pike, Randolph, and Monroe Counties in central Missouri.