2.3 for lumber and wood products and 2.6 for pulp and pa- 
per products. Regional multipliers for forest industry income 
and employment are probably higher, since a greater de- 
gree of interdependence among sectors exists within a re- 
gional economy than within a State. 
Although the contributions cannot be measured precisely, 
it is clear that forest industries hold a very important place 
in the southern economy through the people they employ, 
the income they generate, and the value of the products they 
make. 
Comparison With Other Manufacturing 
In relationship to all manufacturing in the South, forest in- 
dustries in 1982 employed one out of every nine workers, 
paid $1 out of every $10 in wages and salaries, and pro- 
duced $1 out of every $11 of value added to the economy 
by manufacturing (app. table 1.8). Aggregate employment 
and income from forest industries across the South ex- 
ceeded those in other major manufacturing industries, such 
as textiles, apparel, processed food, chemicals, electric and 
electronic equipment, nonelectrical machinery, and trans- 
portation equipment including ships, boats, and aircraft (fig. 
197): 
In the South, forest industries employed one 
out of every nine workers, paid $1 out of 
every $10 in wages and salaries, and 
produced $1 out of every $11 of value 
added to the economy by manufacturing in 
1982. 
Employment 
Forest industries 
Textiles 
Apparel 
Machinery 
(non-electrical) 
Food products 
Electric/electronic 
equipment 
Chemicals 
Transportation 
equipment 
ce) 100 200 300 400 500 £4600 
Thousand employees 
Wages and salaries 
Forest industries 
Textiles 
Apparel 
Machinery | 
(non-electrical) |__ 
Food products | 
Electric/electronic 
equipment | 
Chemicals 
Transportation | 
equipment | 
Billion dollars 
Figure 1.7—Employment and wages and salaries in 
manufacturing in the South, by industry, 1982 
