SONORA INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

 WORKFORCE & TRAINING

Within 1 hour of Sonora there is access to a civilian work force of over 40,000 dedicated and skilled workers.

Angelo State University and Howard College are great assets to this area and they offer State Industrial Job training and Vocational-technical Education programs to this region. State grants and work training programs are available to new, relocating and expanding companies.

Average Wages in Area:

General Labor - $6.50 to $8.00/hr

Machinists and related fields - $7.50 to $13.00/hr

Truck Driver - $5.00 to $8.00/hr

Production welder - $10.00 to $16.00/hr

General Office Clerk - $6.85 to $10.00/hr

Secretarial - $7.00 to $12.00/hr

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  AVAILABLE INDUSTRIAL SITES

The SONORA INDUSTRIAL PARK has various sites and locations for lease, purchase or new construction sites available.  

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  INCENTIVE PROGRAMS

Skills Development Fund:  Funding for customized job training through community and technical colleges up to $3,000.00 per trainee.

Texas Enterprise Zone Program: State sales tax refund on building and equipment purchases up to $2,000 for each new job created up to $ 1.25 million over five years, franchise tax reductions of up to 50% of capital investment in the zone, and state administered program priority.

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