Workforce

Strengthening the Workforce

The Greenwood-Leflore-Carroll area delivers a reliable, trainable workforce to employers. Our local manufacturers boast a turnover rate of less than 3%.

Mississippi Delta Community College, the Capps Center, and Holmes Community College administer industry-specific training to meet the needs of our local companies. Whether you are expanding, diversifying, or upgrading your technology systems, we are committed to saving you time and money by providing employees who are highly trained to do the job.

The Mississippi Development Authority and the Delta Workforce Investment Area can help simplify the workforce training process by utilizing one-on-one interaction with local employers to identify their needs and challenges and pursue opportunities in a coordinated, strategic manner focusing on job retention and expansion.

Workforce Profile

Our labor shed consists of the following 13 counties located in Mississippi:

  • Attala County
  • Bolivar County
  • Carroll County
  • Grenada County
  • Hinds County
  • Holmes County
  • Humphreys County
  • Leflore County
  • Montgomery County
  • Sunflower County
  • Tallahatchie County
  • Washington County
  • Yazoo County

The labor shed is based on this data which shows where people drive into Leflore County to work:

Drive Destinations

This area has the following skilled workers:

  • 7,505 Registered Nurses
  • 4,699 Truck Drivers
  • 4,164 Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
  • 3,989 General and Operations Managers
  • 3,527 Unskilled labor working via Temp Agencies
  • 3,071 Military Occupations
  • 2,153 Farmworkers and Laborers
  • 2,116 Team Assemblers
  • 1,418 Construction Laborers
  • 1,363 Automotive Service Technicians and Mehanics
  • 1,009 Carpenters
  • 971 Packers and Packagers, Hand
  • 857 Helpers, Production Workers
  • 753 Medical and Health Services Managers
  • 751 Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
  • 732 Welders
  • 707 Meat, Poultry, Fish Cutters and Trimmers
  • 678 Physicians
  • 671 Computer User Support Specialists
  • 649 Electricians
  • 553 Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
  • 545 Inspectors, Testors, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers
  • 528 Packaging and Filling Machine Operators
  • 462 Computer Systems Analysts
  • 418 Construction Managers
  • 413 Industrial Machinery Mechanics
  • 393 Sales Managers
  • 366 Civil Engineers
  • 357 Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Operators
  • 345 Food Service Managers
  • 303 Network and Computer Systems Administrators
  • 293 Sheet Metal Workers
  • 286 Computer and Information Systems Managers
  • 260 Machine Feeders and Offbearers
  • 230 Civil Engineering Technicians
  • 222 Machinists
  • 218 Maintenance Workers, Machinery
  • 214 Logging Equipment Operators
  • 206 Computer Programmers
  • 203 Agricultural Equipment Operators
  • 197 Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters
  • 188 Industrial Production Managers
  • 186 Sewing Machine Operators
  • 185 Human Resource Managers
  • 183 Industrial Engineers
  • 177 Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers
  • 172 Software Developers, Applications
  • 163 Environmental Engineers
  • 163 Coating and Spraying Machine Operators
  • 160 Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians
  • 146 Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers
  • 145 Architectural and Engineering Managers
  • 143 Marketing Managers
  • 133 Mixing and Blending Machine Operators
  • 132 Mechanical Engineers
  • 120 Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators
  • 113 Electrical Engineers
  • 113 Electronics Engineers
  • 109 Crushing Machine Operators
  • 108 Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers
  • 108 Paper Good Machine Operators
  • 103 Computer Hardware Engineers
  • 101 Software Developers, Systems Software
  • 99 Extruding Machine Opeartors
  • 90 Web Developers
  • 87 Logisticians
  • 81 Chemical Plant and Systems Operators
  • 80 Chemists
  • 68 Labor Relations Specialists
  • 64 Information Security Analysts
  • 62 Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Operators
  • 61 Sawing Machine Operators
  • 60 Molders, Shapers, and Casters
  • 60 Petroleum Engineers
  • 58 Plating and Coating Machine Operators
  • 51 Roustabouts, Oil and Gas
  • 51 Multiple Machine Tool Operators
  • 49 Molding Machine Operators
  • 48 Millwrights
  • 48 Woodworking Machine Operators
  • 43 Foresters
  • 29 Tool and Die Makers
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