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Industry Clusters for DeKalb County, Alabama as of 2020Q4
Industry Group
Av. Annual Employment
Forecast Rate 
2020Q4-2030Q4
Average Wages Employment
Textile/Leather -3.63 $29,306 1,175
Food Mfg. 0.34 $26,282 852
Agricultural -0.57 $47,856 1,095
Chemical -0.48 $43,803 241
Wood/Paper -0.75 $42,193 321
Electric/Electronics Mfg. -0.09 $47,972 515
Auto/Auto-related -0.22 $43,362 1,483
Machinery Mfg. 0.01 $48,277 770
Metal & Product Mfg. 0.12 $62,284 1,106
Coal/Oil/Power -0.54 $62,350 233
Retail -0.25 $32,029 3,445
Consumer Svc. 0.77 $23,562 2,949
Education -0.25 $33,267 2,201
Construction 0.16 $45,278 1,200
Freight Tran. 0.11 $49,219 715
Utilities 0.67 $54,601 170
Public Admin. 0.33 $37,839 1,037
Health 1.05 $41,553 2,475
Source: JobsEq - 2020 Q4


Employment and Wages - Total All Industries

EmploymentWages JobsEQ

Source: JobsEQ, http://www.chmuraecon.com/jobseq 


Top Employers

Company Employees Product
The Children's Place 1,548 Distribution Center
 Koch Foods, Inc.  850  Poultry Processing
Heil Environmental  853 Garbage Truck Bodies
 Renfro Corporation  650  Hosiery
 Rainsville Technology, Inc. (RTI)  436 Injected Plastic Automotive Parts
GH Metal Solutions, Inc.  400 Plate/Sheet Metal Fabrication
GameTime (Playcore)  412  Playground & Park Equipment
Plasman Corp  337 Injected Plastic Automotive Parts
Vulcraft, Inc. (NUCOR)  317 Steel Joists
Polymer Engineering  280  Industrial Plastics
Siemens Energy, Inc.  238  Electric Coils
Heritage Wire Harness  255 Wire Harness
 D&F Equipment Sales, Inc.  183  Equipment Manufacturing
 BlueScope North America  160  Structural Frames
 Ferguson Distribution  140  Distribution Center
Information updated: June 2021

Fortune 500 Companies

DeKalb County has a presence of several Fortune 500 companies in retail, service, business and industry:

  • NUCOR
  • United Parcel Service
  • Pilgrim’s Pride
  • Lowe’s
  • Walgreen
  • Wal-Mart
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