. Training: Hill College in Cleburne has recently initiated a new worker training program in partnership with local businesses. This program will allow the college to customize and subsidize worker training for the business community. Unemployment Rate (January 2002) Johnson County Dallas PMSA Labor Force 63,379 2,001,066 Total Employment 59,450 1,877,000 Unemployed 3,930 124,066 Unemployment Rate 8.0% 6.2% OCCUPATION LOCAL AVERAGE SURVEY Accountant $30,000 annually Accounting clerk $8.50 Animal caretakers $7.36 Assemblers $7.50 Automotive repair $12.00 Bakers $7.50 Bank tellers $7.00 Billing clerk $8.50 Bookkeepers $9.50 Bricklayers $12.00 Bus drivers $6.50 Cabinetmakers $9.00 Cashier $6.00 Carpenters $12.00 Cement finisher $12.00 Childcare worker $6.00 Construction managers $40,000 annually Cooks, fast food $5.75 Cooks, restaurant $6.50 Data entry operators $8.00 Dispatchers $8.75 Drywall installers $10.50 Electricians $13.00 File Clerks $7.00 Forklift operator $8.00 Helpers, construction $8.50 Home health aids $7.00 Human resource manager $35,000 annually Inspector/packer (Johns Manville) $9.53 Janitors $6.75 Laborers, general $7.00 Library assistant $6.00 Machine operators $8.00 Machinist $11.00 Meat cutters $9.50 Millwrights $15.00 Office clerks $8.00 Operating engineers (Heavy equip.) $12.00 Pharmacy aides $7.25 Receptionist $7.50 Roofers $9.00 Sales clerk $6.75 Secretary $9.00 Sewing machine operator $6.00 Stock Clerks $7.75 Truck driver $11.00 Truck driver, light $8.00 Wait staff $2.13 + tips Warehouse worker $8.25 Welders $11.50 Word processor $9.00 JOHNSON COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION 10 N. Caddo PMB 215, Cleburne, Texas 76031 Phone: 817-556-6985 - Fax: 817-556-6160 - E-mail: jcedc@digitex.net