On Feb 29, 6:57�am, "Loogypicker" wrote:
"Chuck Gould" wrote in message

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On Feb 29, 5:26?am, BAR wrote:



How about cheaper labor.- Hide quoted text -

Some of the production is being moved from Merritt Island, FL to Palm
Coast, FL. It would be hard to imagine that there would be substantial
differences in prevailing wages in one small FL town vs another small
FL town. The rest of Sea Ray's plants are in Knoxville, TN. TN isn't
as far into the deep south, so at first brush one might expect
prevailing wages to be slightly higher there. I would bet that some
other factor is driving the relocation of production- maybe the other
plant is newer, or has equipment that is better suited for certain
processes.
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Florida is not considered to be included the "deep south", and wages are
higher in Fl than TN.

If you get any deeper south than FL. you wind up in Cuba. :-)

But you're right about the wages- even though the difference is pretty
miniscule.

Median household income, southern states, 2004
(Note: overal US median income in 2004 was $44,334)

GA: 42,679 (probably due mostly to Atlanta metro area)
FL: 39730
SC: 39454
TN: 38945
AL: 37062
AR: 35295
LA: 35216
MIS: 34278

Median household income is about $800 less in TN than in FL