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Table 4. Location quotients for selected occupations in Columbus, IN, May 2009
Occupation	Location quotient
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	4.55
Tool and die makers	4.93
Team assemblers	5.62
Heat treating equipment setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	6.19
Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	6.38
Mechanical drafters	6.86
Industrial engineers	6.91
Drilling and boring machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	9.50
Lathe and turning machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	11.21
Mechanical engineers	12.15

Last Modified Date: April 4, 2011