CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - A report by the Economic Policy Institute says the average manufacturing worker makes nearly $3 more an hour than other workers in West Virginia.

The report says that the average manufacturing worker makes $19.02 an hour compared with $16.31 for other workers. That's an annual wage difference of more than $5,600 a year.

Manufacturing jobs make up more than 6 percent of total state employment in West Virginia. Nationally, West Virginia ranks 35th in the country by share of manufacturing jobs. In total numbers, West Virginia ranks 39th in manufacturing jobs with 48,500.

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