Lancaster has an excellent pool of workers filling an array of occupational careers - from professional to highly skilled trades to semi-skilled assembly-type workers. In addition, Lancaster's location within the Metroplex provides ready access to a multi-county labor pool numbering in excess of two million.

LABOR FORCE - July 2010

	Lancaster	Dallas MSA	Texas
Labor Force	17,284 mil	3.239 mil	12.177 mil
Employment	15,403	2.963 mil	11.137 mil
Unemployment	1,881	.276 mil	1.040 mil
% unemployment	10.90%	8.50%	8.50%

(source: Texas Workforce Commission)